ANSPI u11: Casaletto 5-2 Ambrit

Strangely, despite the scoreline, this was a match that Ambrit could have won... had they been at full strength.
Those who showed up played really, really well; they played 5 versus 6 for the whole match and kept running, kept fighting for the whole 45 minutes.
The first period remained scoreless almost to the end. Casaletto had chances but so did Ambrit. The ball fell to Alberto close to the goal but his shot was high; Lorenzo too had a chance but his shot was blocked. Casaletto scored two good goals just before the break.
Lukas was having a great game in defence, marking their most dangerous forward, and Vittorio was everywhere: harrying, tackling, passing. Santiago, in goal, made loads of good saves and played sweeper too. Alberto tracked back well and was always looking to break quickly. Lorenzo... see below!
The second period began badly. Ambrit were asleep as a corner came in and gifted a free header at the far post to finish 3-0 down. Ambrit were unlucky though for the fourth. Vittorio made a fantastic tackle but the ball broke unkindly and trickled over the line. All seemed lost.
But it wasn't! Just before the second break, Alberto scored a fantastic goal to make it 4-1! Lorenzo, already playing well, now stepped up a level and made some great runs. Vittorio had a good shot.
Lorenzo almost scored as soon as the third period began but Ambrit was then caught on the break and went 5-1 down. But did our heads drop? NO!!
Lorenzo was incredible. Every time Casaletto tried to play out of defence, he put them under pressure and, more than once, forced a mistake and created a scoring chance. In fact, from one of these, the ball broke to Santiago and he let fly an absolute scorcher of a shot into the top corner.
What a goal! What a game!! What a team!!!