Spring Intramural

BOYS TEAMS

France	Italy	Germany	Spain	Greece
Riccardo F	Francesco B	Luca R	Tommaso	Giacomo
Laith	Grant	Thomas	Filippo T	Mattis
Michael	Luka D	Ramnath	Giovanni	Noah I
Francesco C	Nikos	Edo R	Lucrezia	Anastasia
AnZhe	Tristano	Matthew N	Emil	Jacopo S
Filippo B	Andrew Co	Gustav	Lorenzo	Artur
Harry	Zeno	Ludovico	Sam	Jacopo M
Stuart	Alex V	Filippo C	Noah G	Edo J
Pietu	Filippo G	Nicolas	Sasha	Alex K
Gabriele	Edo P	Francesco R	Andrew Cr	Guerrino
Alfonso	Ascanio	Octavio	Riccardo G	Taro
Matteo

GIRLS TEAMS

Argentina	Brazil	USA
Lucie	Sophie	Raffaella
Greta	Carolina	Eilidh
Fatou	Noemi	Yara
Shaihana	Martina	Emilia
Helena	Gaia	Lea
Leila K	Celeste	Elizabeth
Anna	Margarida	Sofia
Ginevra	Angelica	Beatrice
Valentina	Chiara	Leila EZ
Juna

Lucrezia & Anastasia in goal for each match

Ran will play one match for each ream (see calendar)

The following players, having accumulated most ‘Best Player’ points in the Autumn Intramural, are now ON SALE!

                                   

GIRLS

Angelica	Celeste	Ginevra	Margarida
Anna	Chiara	JuNa	Sofia
Beatrice	Elizabeth	Leila EZ	Valentina

                                   

Teachers 0-1 Grade 8

The teachers slumped to a 1-0 defeat against Grade 8 in the final match of the season.
Filippo T's pace and strength earned him an early chance and his low shot squeezed past Mr Mallary.
The teachers came back and Mr Kisling fired a bullet of a shot that looked certain to go in but Player of the Match, Anastasia, pulled off a fantastic save and tipped the ball onto the crossbar.
She followed up soon after with two more good saves, both from Ms Wilson.
Towards the end, Mr Corcoran had an excellent chance to score a late equaliser but his hurried left foot shot was too high.

Congratulations!

Girls
Best Player / Top Scorer	Elizabeth P
Best Player	Ran Y
Boys
Best Player	Giacomo O
Top Scorer	Edoardo P
Best Young Player	Ascanio S

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Teachers 7-1 Grade 6

The teachers, accustomed to giving lessons, certainly handed one out to the grade 6 students today but their real test (boom, boom!) will come against the 8th graders next week.
Ms Wilson opened the scoring, Mr Calento added two more and Ms Wilson made it 4-0.
Mr Blake, Mr Wasp and Ms Mascia, turning out for the first time, slotted easily into the formation and the chances kept coming. Mr Griffiths made it 5-0, Mr Corcoran 6-0 and Mr Calento added a seventh. But for Ascanio, it might have been ten or more.
The youngsters grabbed a consolation goal late on when Mr Corcoran lunged into a brutal challenge on Yara and Riccardo scored from the spot.

NEXT MATCH: Wednesday Dec 17th, TEACHERS VS GRADE 8 

Teachers 3-1 Grade 7

An industrious Ms Pringle led her team's recovery today, scoring the equaliser in the 2nd period after G7 had gone ahead in the 1st period through a cooly-converted Michael S penalty.
Mr Calento then entered the fray and, with two clinical strikes, took his Ambrit career goals tally to 99 to keep the teachers undefeated this year.
Mr Mallary and Mr Griffiths each staked a claim for further appearances with convincing debut performances and Ms Wilson's return to the line-up gave the teacher's team something extra going forward.
For G7, Zeno looked unbeatable in goal and Filippo G was the danger-man up front. Noah G threatened for a while in midfield but Ms Van Ness soon took care of him.

NEXT MATCH: Friday December 12th, TEACHERS versus GRADE 6
1st period: 6A
2nd period: 6M
3rd period: 6W

Can Mr Calento score his 100th goal for the Teachers??

Teachers 4-0 Intramural Winners

A packed Ambrit Stadium saw the teachers throw down a gauntlet at the beginning of the Autumn series of friendly matches against the students.
Mr Nardi played Mr Piccolo in for the first goal and the Australian marksman then turned provider, setting up Player of the Match, Miss Van Ness, for the second goal.
In the second period, Mr Nardi made up for an earlier miss in front of goal by scoring a rocket from 2 meters out (well, maybe 80 cm out): Ascanio survived... but only just!
A tireless Mr Piccolo, always making runs into space, finished off the scoring when he got on the end of a pass from Ms Pringle.

Next match: Wed Dec 10, Teachers vs Grade 7

Tempo 1                           Tempo 1                           Tempo 1

Octavio                           Zeno                                    Alex K

Andrew Cr                           Jacopo S                           Artur

Laith                                    Ramnath                           Mateo

Noemi                           Eilidh                                    Ginevra

Raffaella                           Sophie                           Celeste

Lucie                                    Ran                                    Marga

Noah G                           Francesco R                  Sasha

Giovanni                           Nicholas R                           Sam

Michael                           Grant                                    

                 

GIRLS' FINAL Chelsea 4-0 Arsenal

Una partita senza storia, dominata in lungo e in largo dal Chelsea della straripante Elizabeth, autrice delle 4 reti blues (e ora anche capocannoniere del torneo). Peccato per il pubblico e per lo spettacolo, poiché la prima sfida - interrotta per pioggia - era stata godibile e ben equilibrata.
Oggi non è stato così: Sofia in mezzo al campo ha recuperato palloni a non finire, facendo ripartire bene le sue; Margarida con la solita sostanza e Anna con buona visione di gioco hanno dominato il centrocampo; Raffaella sicura e implacabile in difesa ha impedito a Ran, Ginevra ed Eilidh di arrivare alla conclusione; infine Elizabeth ha confermato di avere una marcia in più, trasformando in rete quasi tutte le occasioni. Molto bene in difesa Sophie, che sta imparando anche a gestire la palla, e le due Leila in interdizione.
Ad essere onesti il risultato è stato condizionato anche dalle pesanti assenze di Angelica e Lucie.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS:
Elizabeth 6, Sofia 5, Sophie 2, Ginevra 2, Eilidh 1, Ran 1, Anna 1, Raffaella 1, Leila EZ 1, Leila K 1.

Sampdoria 1-1 Milan (7-6 after penalties)

A historic victory today for Sampdoria in the Intramural Final at Ambrit Stadium.

Having fallen behind to an early Alex V goal in the first half, Stuart grabbed an equaliser late in the second half in what was a scrappy game with few chances and forced the game into an exciting penalty shoot-out.

Five penalties each were not enough and we went to sudden death where Ascanio, having played well in goal, came out to take the last penalty and steal the glory for i Doriani.

BEST PLAYER POINTS: Giacomo 5, Sasha 3, Zeno 3, Ascanio 2, Edo J 2, Alex 1, Gabriele 1, Taro 1, Noah G 1, Alfonso 1, Guerrino 1

Ambrit November Tournament

Congratulations to Ambrit's Grade 4 and Grade 5 teams - Winners of the Primay School Categories.
The Middle School team came third.
MS results
New School 2-2 Ambrit (Guerrino, Alfonso)
St Georges 3-0 Ambrit
AOSR 1-0 Ambrit

New School 0-3 Ambrit (Michael, Alfonso, Guerrino)

Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City

Partita godibile e non priva di emozioni tra le ragazze: l'Arsenal conquista tre punti importantissimi, che le consentono di scavalcare proprio il City in classifica e di portarsi a una sola lunghezza dalla capolista Chelsea. La partita può essere riassunta in poche righe: tante azioni dell'Arsenal tanta buona difesa del City. Quando tutto sembrava avviato verso l'ennesimo 0-0, ecco la rete che non ti aspetti: una bomba di Angelica su respinta corta della difesa! Buona prestazione di Ran in attacco anche se la marcatura di Valentina è stata eccellente; Lucie ha ben manovrato in centrocampo, mentre un po' in difficoltà è sembrata Greta, poco lucida nelle concretizzazioni. Solida come sempre Celeste, sempre più giocatrice completa, bene le rivelazioni Beatriz, Gaia e Leila EZ.

Player of the Match Points: Lucie 5, Vale 5, Angelica 3, Ran 2, Celeste 2, Beatriz 1, Gaia 1.

Juventus 1-2 Milan

Without Riccardo G, Nicholas and Luca R, i bianconeri were overwhelmed by an in-form Milan and lose out on the final, which will b contested by Sampdoria and Milan.
Juve will play off for Third Place against Lazio next Friday.
Sasha rewarded his team for all their early play when he scored from a corner. He continued to combine well with Noah G and scored a second goal with a beautifully-curled shot from a free kick.
Edo P escaped his markers to knock a goal in before half time to keep Juve in the game.
Sasha had a great chance to complete his hat-trick when Alfonso set him up but no goals were added in the second half.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Sasha 5, Giacomo 4, Noah G 3, Mateo 3, Alfonso 2, Jacopo S 1, Thomas 1,  Jacopo M 1, Artur 1

Sampdoria 5-0 Lazio

Lazio kept their genovese opponents at bay for most of the first half but then Luka, under pressure from Stuart and Guerrino, played a sloppy ball across the area and Sam nipped in to take full advantage.
In the second half, the floodgates opened: Gabriele made it 2-0, Stuart, 3-0, Guerrino played in Sam for 4-0 and Stuart scored the fifth.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Gabriele 5, Guerrino 5, Stuart 5,  Taro 3, Pietu 2, Sam 1, Ascanio 1,

Milan 3-2 Lazio

A thrilling game adorned by some fantastic goals entertained a sell-out crowd at Ambrit Stadium today.
Francesco R got things off to a breath-taking start when he nonchalantly flicked a pass into the top corner with his heel.
Milan rallied quickly however and Noah Gallo walloped home an equaliser with his left foot before half time.
Noah struck again in the second half, another well-struck shot from, this time with his left which rattled into the top corner past a bewildered Octavio. The action rocked to and fro and Lazio threatened to equalise until Ramnath stepped up to meet a ball in midfield and his shot thundered off the crossbar, off the goalkeeper and in!
Lazio continued to press and Francesco nabbed a second to give his team some hope of a draw, but time ran out and i rossoneri triumphed.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Edo J 6, Noah G 5, Giacomo 4, Francesco R 2, Zeno 2, Ludo 1, Alex V 1

Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea

Forse la partita più bella sino a questo momento nel torneo femminile, con due squadre che - per una volta al completo - si sono fronteggiate senza esclusione di copli, con buone giocate e ottime occasioni in gran parte neutralizzate dai soliti grandi portieri Lucrezia e Anastasia.
Il Chelsea, naturalmente più votato all'attacco, ha offerto un grande spettacolo, specie a centrocampo, dove i dialoghi di fitti passaggi tra Elizabeth, Margarida e Anna, ben supportate da Sofia, hanno spesso tenuto palla e creato occasioni in avanti. Dal lato Machester la coppia Valentina-Celeste è stata attentissima, anche grazie al supporto di Lea e Fatou, a sbarrare la strada alle avversarie con mestiere e tempismo.
Quando sembrava tutto avviato verso l'ennesimo 0-0, Greta approfittando di una delle poche disattenzioni di Helena, ha preso palla defilatissima sul lato destro del campo, e ha superato Anastasia con un bel diagonale che si è stampato sul palo. Beatriz si è avventata per prima sul pallone e l'ha messo dentro: 1-0 inaspettato per il City!
La risposta del Chelsea non si è fatta aspettare. Mourinho ha spronato le ragazze in campo e sino alla fine è stato un forcing per il meritato pareggio, arrivato quando Elizabeth ha messo Margarida da sola davanti a Lucrezia: bel diagonale e pareggio.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS: Valentina 5, Elizabeth 5, Margarida 3, Celeste 3, Sofia 2, Lea 1, Anna 1, Helena 1.

Sampdoria 3-1 Fiorentina

An open, attacking game ended with another victory for Sampdoria.
Fiorentina took the lead when an Edo R corner was fumbled by an otherwise excellent Ascanio.
Filippo Gigli equalised before half-time, his determination and physical presence paying off, and Sam made it 2-1 when he followed up a rebound off another Filippo shot.
In the second half, Stuart was everywhere and controlled the game for his team. Sam added a third right at the end.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Filippo G 4, Ascanio 4, Stuart 3, Sam 2, Grant 1, Filippo C 1, Filippo T 1, Taro 1, Gabriele 1, Michael 1, Guerrino 1, Andrew Cr 1

Manchester City - Chelsea 0-0

Bella partita, vibrante e molto aperta tra le due formazioni, nonostante le pesanti assenze. Tuttavia le prestazioni eccellenti dei nostri due portieroni - sempre più affidabili - e delle due solide difese non hanno permesso alla squadre di sbloccare il risultato. Oltre alla fase difensiva bisognerà provare a costruire un gioco maggiormente offensivo!

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS: Coming soon...

BOYS SOCCER: St George's 7-3 Ambrit

After last week's heavy defeat, the Ambrit boys did very well today to keep St George's in check and bring home a result that was, at least, better than Roma's against Bayern!
Playing 11 vs 11, Stuart had another great game and opened the scoring after 10 minutes with the first of a hat-trick of goals that were all photocopies of each other. He galloped up the left wing, leaving three defenders in his wake, and scored with a well-placed shot across the goalkeeper in to the bottom right corner.
St George's fought back and equalised when Ambrit failed to close down a loose midfielder and his shot was too high for Michael.

Ambrit's tight defending was frustrating the hosts. Sam, on the right of midfield, kept the dangerous No 10 in check; Mateo moved inside to do a job on the No 12 and Pietu cleaned up everything else.
Going forward, Ambrit were dangerous when Stuart got the ball and he put his side 2-1 up after 18 minutes. But te lead did not last until half-time. St George's equalised and then went 3-2 up, due mainly to Ambrit's failure to clear dangerous balls quickly.
The second half was a different story. St George's took over and only Stuart managed to get a shot in: he scored again.
MAN of the Match: Pietu & Stuart
Ambrit team: Michael (Octavio); Mateo (Grant), Pietu, Andrew, Filippo T (Ramnath); Sam, Luca, Francesco, Stuart; Filippo G, Nicholas (Giovanni) 

Fiorentina 0-1 Lazio

A very disappointing match was settled by just one goal and the low score was due more to ineffective attacking play than to strong defending.
Francesco R took his goal well and then Lazio cynically defended their lead for all of the second half.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Ludovico 3, Luka 2, Francesco R 2, Alex 2, Filippo C 2, Grant 1, Andrew Crossley 1, Pietu 1, Francesco C 1, Max 1, Noah I 1, Emil 1, Riccardo 1, Octavio 1, Michael 1

Juventus 6-3 Fiorentina

Fiorentina 'Rattazzitata'!
With 5 goals in this game, Nicholas gifted three points to his team and rockets to the top of the scoring charts.
Juve's victory epended on Nicholas's classic display of goal poaching married to some clever attacking play and he was well supported by Riccardo G who scored the team's other goal.
Riccardo F and Filippo were rewarded for their determined performances with two an done goals respectively, but they take no points away from this game.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Nicholas 6, Riccardo G 4, Riccardo F 3, Jacopo M 2, Luca R 2, Filippo 1, Giovanni 1, Artur 1, Tristano 1

Sampdoria 1-1 Milan

A game short on excitement finished goalless at half-time.
In the second half, a determined Guerrino looked to have won it with a low cross-shot through a crowd of defenders and past an unsighted Zeno.
But Alfonso, who has been chasing balls all afternoon, finally had a stroke of luck near the end when Gabriele slipped and left him one-on-one against Ascanio in goal. Alfonso buried it.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Giacomo 5, Guerrino 3, Ramnath 2, Taro 2, Ascanio 2, Alfonso 2, Gabriele 2, Stuart 1, Filippo B 1, Mateo 1