ANSPI u13: Ambrit - Real Guadalupe

Elias celebrates his birthday with a goal!

An incredible game today with Pietro securing the first 2 goals in the first 5 minutes of the match. Great skills from our goalie Cesare, keeping balls out of our goal. Mateo’s pressing on the goalie won him a ball to the net before ending the first period.  

Ambrit kept a tight defense in the second period and Giacomo scored Ambrit’s 4th goal, but not before letting our opponents get one in for the 4-1. To end the game, the third period was played by Elias and Eric in attack, Giacomo & Pietro in defense and Mateo in midfield allowing Elias to get an assist and score on his Birthday ending the 5-1.

ANSPI u13: Santos 2-3 Ambrit

Ambrit vs Santos return game was more of a friendly match, as Ambrit secured their first 2 goals in the first period, Giacomo and Pietro scoring with ease. In the second period Ambrit maintained their defense and did not allow any goals to go through. In the third period, showing admirable fair play, Joel admitted to fouling a Santos player in the box, giving them the chance to score the penalty kick for the 3-1. With an additional 2 min injury time Santos was able to dribble through our defense and score another goal before the whistle, ending the game in 3-2 for Ambrit and an exciting last period.

u11 ANSPI: Ambrit pick up a vital three points

On a blistering afternoon at Ambrit Stadium, the u11s ran out easy winners over Vigna Pia Bianca.
Nikos opened the scoring when he chipped the ball over his marker and then cracked the ball on the half volley into the opposite corner.
Lorenzo made it 2-0 but Ambrit paid for some early sloppiness when Vigna Pia pulled one back, none of the Ambrit players attacking a good cross from the right.

Lorenzo restored the two goal advantage and, just before the break, Zach made it 4-1 when he dummied the goalkeeper and slotted home from close range.
In the second period, Vigna Pia attacked more often but Mattia made some great saves and Santiago, Jonas and Lucas played well at the back. Santiago also provided the assist for Caio to score his first of the game: 5-1 at the second break.
Early in the third period, Nikos cracked a great shot off the post and Caio was first to the rebound to make it 6-1. Caio completed his hat-trick when Zach played him in and Lorenzo's solo effort finished off the scoring.

MedCup Preparation - practice matches

WEDNESDAY
MedCup Boys versus Grade 7 'A'

Louis
Tommy, Gavyn, Andrea
Michele, Ale N, Alex
Julian


THURSDAY
MedCup Girls versus Grade 6

Cesare
Eleonora, Ludovico, Maria Carolina
Giorgio, Lucy, Giacomo
Ameli


FRIDAY
MedCup Boys versus Grade 7 'B'

Max
Filippo, Elias, Lorenzo
Alioune, Anthony, Jacopo
Daniel 

u11 ANSPI: Ambrit go down fighting!

Let's break this one down into three periods: period 1 - awful, period 2 - better, period 3 - much better!!
Ambrit's players were asleep a the start and made every conceivable error, allowing their opponents too much time, too much space and unopposed shots on goal. Vittorio and Lorenzo did have chances but, in truth, we were lucky to come in for the fist break just 4-0 down... it could have been more.
Stern words at the break and Ambrit emerged for the second period with new purpose. Lorenzo continued to harry and chase and the midfield pressed up on their opponents. Chances were created and Nikos stepped up to tuck in a half-chance from the left to make it 4-1/ He almost made it 2-4 with a trademark free kick and Zach's acrobatic follow-up shot went just over.
Ambrit continued to pressure their opponents in the third period. Goalmouth scrambles ensued and, with passes flying around inside the penalty area, it was only a matter of time before Ambrit got another break. This time it came in the form of a penalty decision but Lorenzo pushed his kick wide. San Leonardo re-grouped quickly and, on the break, they made it 5-1.
But Ambrit kept on fighting to the end and were rewarded with a second goal when Alberto's shot from the right fooled the goalkeeper and dribbled in.
All in all, a day with a lot of negatives early on but some positives later. Particularly noticeable today was Lorenzo's ability to turn a defender with his back to the goal and this is always going to cause problems to our opponents and Lorenzo wins a lot of free kicks too with well-controlled dribbling.

ANSPI u11: Empire 2-2 Ambrit

Following Roma's historic exploits against Barcelona, it was Ambrit's turn to take to the field tonight against an Empire team 11 points ahead of them in the table.
In a somewhat confused opening period, it was Ambrit who took the lead. Once again, free-kick expert Nikos stepped up after Lorenzo had earned yet another free-kick with some excellent work in midfield. Nikos planted a splendid drive into the top corner and Ambrit celebrated. Ambrit really should have added at least one more goal before the first interval, with Nikos and Lorenzo having good chances but neither of them finished well.
In the second half, Empire came out strongly and put Ambrit under pressure. Santiago made a couple of miraculous saves but Empire then fired in two quick goals to take the lead. Once again, the character of this Ambrit team was about to be tested.
They passed the test!
They fought valiantly through the third period and were rewarded when, following a mad goalmouth scramble, Vittorio popped up to bang home the equaliser.
A special word for Alberto tonight. He worked tirelessly in midfield, tackled strongly, passed cleverly and, best of all, showed an instinctive tactical awareness when covering gaps on the right side of midfield in the last few minutes. Great stuff!