ANSPI: Ambrit 4-3 RP Monteverde

This was a difficult moment for the Ambrit team.
Having lost heavily in their previous match, they now found themselves facing the winners of Group A - Regina Pacis Monteverde - in this vital play-off match.
Not only that - they also found themselves without key defender Alessandro and Joell, who has been in great form recently: a lesser team would have crumbled.
And things began badly - RP Monteverde went ahead after 5 minutes! Amrit bounced back though and Pietro fired home a great shot from the left wing, 1-1. Pietro then struck again and Ambrit went into the first break 2-1 ahead.

Ambrit defend a free kick against RP Monteverde

The second period was evenly contested and each side scored one goal. Ambit's was a beautiful strike from Giacomo: he was played in by Elias and, as the goalkeeper advanced, Giacomo flicked it past him into the opposite corner. Nikos almost squeezed in another when he got on the end of a Pietro mis-kick but it was Monteverde who scored just before the second break.
The final period began with Ambrit 3-2 ahead. It stayed that way for 10 minutes but then Filippo scored a lovely goal - very like Pietro's first: he drifted in from the left and planted an unstoppable shot into the top right corner.
Monteverde kept pressing though and they got one back when Ludo and Eric failed to communicate and the ball finished up in the net. But the referee's whistle blew full time almost immediately and Ambrit gained 3 more vital points.
TEAM: Eric; Elias, Ludovico, Filippo: Pietro, Nikos; Giacomo