Milan 1-4 Lazio

Missing Joel and Alex P today, Milan struggled to contain a rampant Lazio. A lot of early pressure was finally rewarded when Mikel turned well in midfield and found Ricky who played a perfect pass to Miguel: 1-0. Giacomo almost made it 2-0 but Ludo made a good save and then Mikel's follow-up shot struck the bar. But Milan were pinned back again soon after and Miguel tapped in a second goal.
He almost finished his hat-trick but ludo made another good save and then, finally, Milan managed a goal when a good Daniel/Tommy/Daniel combination was well-finished by Daniel.
But Lazio were not to be denied: as others tired, Jacopo seemed to get fresher and fresher. He scored the third and set up Ricky for the fourth to fire Lazio into the final against Inter!
Best Player Points: Jacopo 7, Edoardo 6, Daniel 1, Ludovico 1, Mikel 1, Tommaso 1, Alessandro 1, Miguel 1, Augusto 1, Giacomo 1, Ricky 1

u13 ANSPI: C H A M P I O N S A G A I N !!!!!

A slow start for the Ambrit team in the first period against Casaletto. Nikos scored the 1-0 on a rebound ball from a shot taken by Mateo. In the second period, Ambrit pressured their opponents and managed to score 5 goals. ( Nikos, Taki with a header from paul’s corner kick, Pietro clean shot from midfield, Ludovico moved up to striker and got one in the goal, Taki scored off an assist from Ludovico) ending the second period 5-0.
The last period Casaletto managed to score two goals but Ambrit responded with 2 more goals of their own (Zach with a great assist from Mateo  and William following shot from Zach). Ending the game 7-2 and making sure of another ANSPI title!

Inter 1-1 Roma (5-4 after penalties)

Right from the start, this finely-balanced contest looked like it might go to penalties; in fact, the game's best three players finished on the losing side!
Roma, the favourites, started well and Michele and Guillermo had several shots early on. In fact, it was Michele who won possession in midfield and played Guillermo in for the first goal, finished clinically by the Spanish ace.
Inter equalised shortly afterwards, another cunningly executed corner kick by Cristian which Saverio was unable to block.
Later on, both sides had chances, the best of them falling to Dylan when a Saverio save fell to him on the edge of the penalty area but his shot was wide and the teams went to a penalty shoot-out.
Only one kick was missed and that was enough to decide the tie.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Guillermo 4, Pietro 3, Cristian 2, Michele 2, Massimo 2, Filippo 3, Alex 1, Dylan 1, Paul 1, Elias F 1, Lorenzo 1

Lazio 3-0 Fiorentina

Fiorentina bows out of the competition, overcome today by an in-form Lazio who now progress to he semi-finals.
Stiff defence kept Lazio at bay for 12 minutes but Ricky's clever poke opened the scoring and closed the door on the girls who attacked only rarely. Jacopo added two more goals.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Edoardo 4, Ricky 2, Jacopo 2, Gaia 2, Annie 2, Virginia 2, Giacomo 2, Oscar, Sofia, Michelle, Emma C

Chelsea 2-1 Man. City

Un match intenso - anche se tecnicamente poco interessante - nonostante la posta in gioco fosse praticamente nulla: il Chelsea è infatti già qualificato per la finale della prossima settimana, mentre il City è fuori da ogni pretesa.
La partita ha un schema piuttosto limpido: il Chelsea fa la partita, con la regia di Annie e la collaborazione di Michelle, Lucy e Millie; il City agisce di contropiede, grazie all'azione dirompente di Gaia, unica punta.
Il Chelsea passa su tiro dalla distanza di Annie, non trattenuto dal portiere, ma il City pareggia prontamente con una bellissima azione personale di Gaia, che stoppa di petto e trafigge il portiere con un tiro secco all'angolino. Il Chelsea si copre, inserendo Virginia in porta. Quasi allo scadere Annie firma la doppietta personale con un gol direttamente da calcio d'angolo, una perla che la porta - in condivisione con Michelle - in testa alla classifica marcatori.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS:
Gaia 4, Annie 4, Lucy 3, Chanel 2, Michelle 3 Carolina 1, Sofia DM 1, Virginia 1.

Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool

With two players missing today, Liverpool struggled to contain a Chelsea side containing a lot of players with something to prove. Strong play from Virginia in defence, from Annie in midfield and from Michelle up front brought two goals - both struck by Michelle, the first a cracker.

Liverpool competed but couldn't make up for the two-player deficit.

BEST PLAYER POINTS:  Michelle 4, Giorgia 4, Annie 3, Virginia 2, Emma 2, Eleonora 2, Lucy 1, Carolina 1, Millie 1, Yutong 1

Games to play

BOYS                        Semi Finals:                         Roma versus Lazio OR Fiorentina

                                                        Milan versus Inter

          Still to Play:                        Fiorentina versus Lazio

                                                                              If Lazio avoids defeat, they qualify for semi final

                                                                              If Fiorentina wins, they qualify for semi final

GIRLS                        Still to Play:                        Chelsea versus Liverpool

                                                        Chelsea versus Man City

                                                           

 

Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool

This mid-table clash, not surprisingly, finished in a draw. The main battle was in midfield, where Selina and Giorgia fought Ameli and Noor for possession but chances up front were few and far between. Neither side is out; neither side can be sure of a place in the final. Still all to play for!
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Eleonora 3, Selina 3, Giorgia 3, Maisie 3, Sofia S2, Sarah 1, Carol 1, Ameli 1, Allegra 1, Noor 1, Gala 1, Emma C 1

Roma 6-0 Milan

Roma fielded two of Ambrit's successful Med Cup team against a depleted Milan and ran out easy 6-0 winners. Michele opened the scoring when Joel misjudged a long shot (a rare mistake from Joel who played really well today). Filippo followed up a shot from Michele that was saved to make it 2-0 and Lorenzo hammered home a fantastic third. Filippo's fourth was even better; a good tackle, some good dribbling and a cool finish.. Guillermo added two more very well-taken goals.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Guillermo 4, Pietro 4, Joel 4, Lorenzo 4, Filippo 3, Michele 2, Augusto 1, Sam 1, Alex PU 1