Liverpool 1-1 Sparta Prague

Despir dominating the game, Sparta took only one point after allowing Liverpool to equalise before half time.
The opening goal was scored by Emma Z when her spectacular long shot took Lavinia by surprise and crept in just under the bar. Liverpool reacted well and created a chance or two before Julia tucked the ball away to make it 1-1.
It was one-way traffic in the second half, with Ema Z and Mallika peppering the Reds' goal with shots, but Lavinia made up for her early lapse with a series of fine saves.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Lavinia 6, Mallika 4, Emma Z 3, Ginevra 3, Julia 3, Zoe 1, Annika 1

Lazio 3-0 Inter

One of the worst games in the history of the intramural leagues saw Lazio take the three
points with three goals and an unconvincing performance.
Antoine had two early shots saved by Alex dF and Luca C shot over from far out before
Filippo put the Roman team ahead. He turned up to finish off a cross from Alessio who had
made a sizzling run down the right. Filippo almost made it 2-0 a little later when Luca C
and Hans combined to put him in but Alex dF intervened.
In the second half, Alessio had a good shot blocked by Ludo who had taken over in goal,
but he could do nothing when Luca C freed Hans on the right to drill in another good cross
and Filippo was on hand again. The third goal came right at the death: Ambrit stadium held
its breath as Zahir teed up a shot, but Ludo saved it. However Hans followed up to make it
3-0.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Alessio 4, Harry 4, Hans 2, Luca C 1, Yi 1, Antoine 1, Christian 1,
Joao 1, Tommaso R1, Giacomo 1, Ludovico 1, Mattia J 1, Alex dF 1, Zahir 1.

Napoli 1-0 Chelsea

Frantic scenes at today's big match as Tommaso V made a rare public appearance. His adoring fans greeted his every move with screams of joy. Every catch, every kick, every throw provoked cheers and laughter.
Meanwhile, on the pitch, a dour match was being fought by two sides intent on avoiding defeat. The best chance of the first half fell to Nawin but he was too slow to shoot. The only goal of the game came in the second half when Mattia M passed the ball early enough for once and Emilio's shot was well placed.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Yizhang 4, Giovanni 3, Andrea O 3, Lucas 2, Emilio 2, Jacopo 1, Jiaqi 1, Tommaso 1, Nawin 1, Mattia M 1, Danyal 1, William 1

Inter 3-1 Atalanta

Despite not playing as well as their opponents, Inter managed to exploit the defensive naivety of their opponents to take three valuable points from the game.
The early exchanges saw Julia and Alex coming close at either end but it was Atalanta who opened the scoring when Julia deftly turned in a corner from Emma Z. Atalanta then continued to play the better football with good passing and moving and some strong tackling in midfield.
In the second half, Luca dV broke away and struck a firm shot past an unprotected Lucrezia. Luca then picked up another ball in midfield and managed to get a pass through to David, alone on the left. His shot took Lucrezia by surprise and her momentary slip allowed the ball to trickle past her and into the goal.
Giacomo added a third goal near the end to seal the girls' fate.

Sparta Prague 3-0 Bordeaux

A competitive start degenerated into an easy victory for the Czech side as the French champions struggled to contain a rampant Emma Z.
Bordeaux could have taken an early lead when Emma P needlessly handled the ball to give away a penalty but Allegra's kick was well-saved by Lucrezia.
Emma Z then punished the mistake by scoring to put her team 1-0 up and Emma P played in Mallika to make it 2-0. Giulia came close to pulling a goal back but Bordeaux were two down at half time. The second half was all about Sparta and Emma Z set up Mallika for the third goal.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Mallika 4, Emma P 4, Emma Z 3,  Lucrezia 1, Giulia 2, Sofia 2, Livia 1, Angelica 2, Priscilla 1, Valeria 1

Tottenham 4-2 Chelsea

The points went to North London today after a typically competitive derby left the blues with the blues.
Chelsea began brightly when Giovanni took Danilo by surprise with a powerful shot from the right in the first minute and Danilo could only help it into the net. Jonathan set up Giovanni again but this time Danilo was out quickly to make an excellent save. Spurs responded with an equaliser halfway through the first half: Marco played a perfectly weighted ball to Simone and his shot left Jiaqi with no chance.
Both teams then had chances: Danilo made a good save from Nawin who had made an excellent run down the left; at the other end, Andrea S shot just over and then had a second shot well saved by Jiaqi.
A late goal gave Tottenham a half time lead; Simone's corner was deflected into the net.
Chelsea began the second half aggressively: Jonathan shot over, Giovanni shot wide. Then the killer blows. A long throw in from Simone was nodded home by Sgamba and Simone made it 4-1.
Chelsea pulled one back when an excellent Cesare played in Giovanni but Danilo denied a late attempyt by Nawin.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Marco 5, Jiaqi 3, Simone 3, Andrea S 3, Cesare 2, Max 2, Danilo 1, Giovanni 1, Jonathan 1

Referee Under Investigation

After another controversial morning's work, FIGC referee Corcoran is under pressure to resign from his post as Chief Tournament Referee. Sources close to the Federation's disciplinary committee report that officials have been increasingly exasperated by Corcoran's incomprehensible decisions, culminating in last Saturday's award of a penalty to the general amazement of players and spectators alike. Reacting angrily to the decision, Coach Calento questioned the referee's sanity and expressed solidarity with his defenders who "committed not one foul in the penalty area today". Corcoran declined to comment.

Ambrit Girls Win Saturday Tournament

Ambrit's 'A' team continued to collect trophies and the 'B' team continued to collect valuable experience in a wonderful morning of sport at Ambrit.

Ambrit 'A' results:

RIS 0-10 Ambrit 'A' (Giulia 7, Julia 2, Chiara)

Ambrit 'B' 0-4 Ambrit 'A' (Camilla 3, Giulia)

St George's 3-3 Ambrit 'A' (Giulia 2, Emma Z)

Ambrit brushed aside the challenges of RIS and Ambrit 'B' to set up yet another 'final' with St George's. Going into the game with a better goal difference, the girls knew that a draw would suffice. Early on, they played to win and raced into a 3-1 advantage.

Then their rhythm slowed and St George's began to get back into the game, though it must be said that their attacking game depended disproportionately on a long throw-in tactic. Then referee Corcoran awarded a harsh penalty to the visitors and the score was 3-2. Another long throw then brought another goal - 3-3. Ambrit finally woke up again and controlled the game for the closing minutes.

A shaky end but a well deserved trophy. Team: Livia P; Valeria, Joana, Sara, Francesca, Chiara; Camilla, Olivia, Julia (C), Emma Z; Giulia

Ambrit 'B' results:

St George's 4-2 Ambrit 'B' (Mallika, Greta)

Ambrit 'B' 0-4 Ambrit 'A'

RIS 0-2 Ambrit 'B' (Mallika 2)

In a tough opening game, Ambrit went 2-0 down but recovered, began to play with more confidence and then scored through Mallika. Overall St George's continued to dominate but Greta scored the best goal of the game with a neat turn on the edge of the area and a sweet shot into the opposite corner. In the derby, Ambrit B played even better against their in-form club-mates and did well to keep the score down. In their last game, they dominated RIS but failed to create enough space going forward and had to settle for a modest victory.

Team: Lucrezia; Lara, Emma, Valeria, Angelica; Zoe, Mallika, Annika; Greta 

Lazio 2-1 Atalanta

Atalanta were very unlucky to come away without a point after another good performance against a well-tuned Lazio.
Antoine opened the scoring after a nice passing move involving Luca and Filippo. Hans had a good chance afterwards but he was well blocked by Julia. Allegra then came close when she got on the end of a corner and Atalanta equalized before half time when Julia turned in Camill's pass.
Atalanta were caught cold agian at the beginning of the second half: Filippo passed to Antoine and his cross was met with a spectacular scissors kick but Luca Cerri. Atalanta piled forward looking for another equalizer but Julia put an attempt over and Allegra shot just wide.

Liverpool 1-0 Newcastle

An even match was decided by a single goal, scored by Zoe when she received a pass from Julia who had done all the hard work to cut through the Magpies' defense on the right. Good performances in goal from Angelica (on loan) and Lavinia kept the scoreline down. Annika on one side and Joana on the other were always looking to pass and shoot, and Julia and Camilla played to their usual high standard.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Lavinia 4, Camilla 3, Annika 3, Joana 2, Delfina 2, Julia 2, Zoe 2, Ginevra 2, Matilde 1

GRADE 5/6 Boys Win Tournament

Congratulations to Ambrit 'Green'!

Team:
Lucrezia, Max; Tommaso, William, Stuart, Harry, Hans, Alex, Filippo C, Luca R

Results & Scorers:
Ambrit Black (Noah) 1-3 Ambrit Green (Filippo C 2, Luca R)

Ambrit Orange           0-6 Ambrit Green (Filippo C 3, Hans 2, autogol)

St George's                 1-1 Ambrit Green (Luca R)

Ambrit Yellow           0-9 Ambrit Green (Filippo C 2, Hans 3, Stuart 1, Alex 1, Luca R 2)

FINAL

St George's                 0-0 Ambrit Green, 1-2 after extra time (Hans 2) 

Ambrit Boys Win Tournaments

Congratulations to the 7/8 and 5/6 teams who both won their tournaments on Saturday.

GRADE 7/8 Results:
Rome Int. 0-6 Ambrit (Simone C, Simon S 3, Sam, Zahir)
St George's 0-7 Ambrit (Simone C, Simon S 2, Sam 2, Antoine, Joshua)
Marymount 0-9 Ambrit (Giovanni 2, Simon S 2, Simone C, Antoine, Sam 2, David)
New School 2-2 Ambrit (Giovanni, Simon S)

Team: Christian; Jonathan, Nawin, David; Simone, Giovanni, Antoine; Simon S; Lorenzo, Zahir, Sam, Joshua

Newcastle 2-0 Sparta Prague

Sparta Prague dominated the first half, found themselves a goal down at the break and then conceded a second goal against the run of play in the second half to lose by a two goal margin.
Maria Flavia was unlucky not to score early on when she met a cross from the right with her head but Lara made a good save. Emma picked up a lot of ball in midfield and got on three good shots: one was well blocked by Camilla, another went just wide and the third was saved by Lara. Maria Flavia came close again too, just beating a defender to the ball to poke a shot past the goalkeeper but onto the post. Then, just before half time, Sparta gave away a free kick and Greta blasted past Lucrezia.
In the second half, Camilla played a lovely pass to Greta who had made an intelligent run off the ball and Greta scored a second. Orsola almost made it 3-0 but her shot hit the post and she had to settle for the three points.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Camilla 4,Angelica 3, Greta 3, Valentina 3, Joana 2, Lucrezia 2, Mallika 2, Emma Z 1, Maria Flavia 1,

Napoli 4-3 Lazio

A thrilling match brought a busy week to an end and Lazio were very unlucky to come away with nothing from their first game.
The first chance fell to pre-tournament favourites  Napoli but Luka's attempted lob over Christian was easily cleared by Hans. A second lob by Luka four minutes later went wide but then Mattia M put the Neapolitans ahead when Andrea Ooi broke with pace down the left and fed Mattia who placed the shot under an advancing Christian. Emilio made it 2-0 when he followed up Christian's save from  Luka shot and Luka himself made it 3-0 when he received a pass from Jacopo. Antoine hit the post just before half-time but saw his side turn around three goals down.
The second half was a different story. Lazio took over the midfield and pinned down Napoli. Jacopo broke away and hit the bar but then Luca Cerri's throw was relayed by Hans to Filippo and he made it 3-1. Antoine himself made it 3-2 and Lazio sustained the momentum long enough to make it 3-3 through Hans. Another savage shot from Antoine was well-blocked by Danyal and then Antoine hit the post for the second time. And so what a cruel blow it was when Emilio stole away at the death to hit the winning goal.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Antoine 4, Hans 3, Jacopo 2, Mattia M 2, Filippo 2, Luca C 1, William 1, Alessio 1, Zahir 1, Christian 1, Emilio 1, Tommaso V 1, Harry 1