Ambrit November Tournament: GRADE 6 CAPTURES FIRST PLACE!

On the road to victory: Ambrit before their second game

Ambrit's Grade 6 team played with skill and determination today and were rewarded with the Winners' trophy.
They began on the front-foot with a convincing 4-1 win against SGBIS, denying their opponents any time and space and taking advantage of all the opportunities that came their way.
The L-E-G defence was solid as a rock and Alex harried and hustled constantly in the middle. Julian and Alioune held the fort until Daniel arrived. Goals from Daniel (2), Alex and a brilliant free kick from Gavyn who piloted the ball into the top corner from 20 meters out!
A derby win against Grade 5 confirmed the team's good moment of form, this time the goals coming from Alex (2), Lorenzo and Daniel.
The last group game was against Castelli, who had also won their first two matches. Ambrit, knowing that they would face the same team later in the final, used this game to study their opponents. They sat back, allowed Castelli to control the game and settled for a 1-2 defeat (scorer: Alex).

A confident Alex shakes hands with the Castelli captain before the final

Ambrit then lined out for the final knowing they had to overturn the result in the group game. This time, they changed their tactics and put Castelli under pressure from the start. Then, as Castelli made a rare foray into Ambrit territory, Gavyn gave away an unnecessary foul on the left and Castelli scored from the resulting free kick. Now Ambrit found themselves 1-0 down again.
At this stage, heads might have dropped, but Captain Alex wasn't about to let that happen! Ambrit redoubled their efforts and equalised when Gavyn scored his second free kick goal of the day, floating a beautifully-judged ball over the goalkeeper's head.
Buoyed by this, Ambrit pinned down Castelli in their own half and Daniel's well-taken brace of goals put his side 3-1 up with seven minutes left to play. With Ambrit now tiring, Castelli came back into the game. They pulled one goal back but Ambrit held on for a fully-deserved victory!
 

The Winning Team

 Ambrit's grade 5 team (right), up against older opponents today, gave a good account of themselves and made all of their opponents work hard for every point. Their best game of the day came against SGBIS, where Pietro's equaliser (he scored four goals today!) opened up the possibility of a first victory of the morning but the team had to settle for a narrow 2-1 defeat.




GRADE 3 & GRADE 4
In a very competitive and even tournament, the third graders beat the eventual finalists - SGBIS A - and collected 6 points; the fourth graders won the Ambrit derby and also collected 6 points. 

RESULTS
Ambrit 3 - SGBIS A   2-0
Ambrit 3 - SGBIS B   3-1
Ambrit 3 - Castelli      1-2
Ambrit 3 - Ambrit 4    2-4
Ambrit 4 - Castelli      0-2
Ambrit 4 - SGBIS B   2-1
Ambrit 4 - SGBIS A   0-4