Teachers Shocked in 5-goal Thriller

Autumn Homeroom Champions completed a dream start to the year with a shock 3-2 win over the teachers in a packed Ambrit Stadium today.
Pietro gave his team the lead with a good finish but the teachers seemed to have the situation under control when Mr Piccolo finished off a good move, started by Mr Alessandro and continued by Mr Chad.
But 8G went back on the attack and some poor defensive organisation left Giacomo free to head the ball home to put 8G 2-1 ahead. Time was ticking by quickly and the teachers needed 'a helping hand'. Taki provided it, turning his body in the penalty area to clear a ball with his arm: penalty!
Mr Alessandro converted and now both sides went searching for a late winner. 8G found it. A midfield muddle finished with the ball at Tommaso's feet and, though his poor first touch drew the goalkeeper out, he managed to recover and slide the ball home to send the crowd wild!

6R 1-3 8G

For 15' minutes, the dream was alive and Mattia's opening goal for 6R sent Ambrit Stadium into a frenzy of celebration. 8G looked like they were in trouble. Yes, they made some chances but 6R closed them down well.
But then Pietro came back on and everything changed. He took on 6R single-handedly for his first goal and you could see the effect on the sixth graders: they were shattered. 8G now took advantage and ploughed into them... using their experience and physique to force their opponents back. Tommy'a second goal and Pietro's third gave 6R no way back into the game and 8G earn the right to test themselves against the Teacher's team on Friday!

8G 3-0 7C

An awful display from 7C today, were unable to deal with a rampant 8G that was well-organised and determined to salvage some G8 pride after yesterday's result. A fine headed goal from Taki and a powerful drive from Tommy sandwiched Pietro's second.

8T 0-1 6R

From a winning position, 8T managed to throw away a lead and then found themselves on the wrong end of a 1-0 scoreline when Alberto T managed to roll the ball past a beleaguered Joel right at the end.

To win the Autumn Homeroom Championship, you need talent, hard work, discipline and organization. 8T will surely have to question whether they had the last two: winning with a Paul goal, they were caught with an extra player on the pitch and the scoreline returned to 0-0. Heartened, 6R piled on attack after attack and, after Joel had kept them out for 20' with a heroic display of goalkeeping, Alberto finally managed to earn a historic win for 6R that sees them into next week's final!

6S 2-0 6V

With a goal and an assist to Lorenzo, Camila was the star of the show today. Nikos hit a post and, on the 6V team, Janice made some great saves and both Dylan and Bertie might have scored.

6R 3-0 6V

6R produced an electrifying display of football today which demolished 6V and sent a message to grade 8 for next week's semi-final.
Goals today from Santiago, Alice and Alberto but notable too some of the performances from 8V: Carolina, Bertie and Dylan all played well... Janice played superbly!
Mr Gianluca, interviewed after the game, said: "sono molto contento di vedere che la prima media e' pieno di ottime giocatrici; il futuro del cacio femminile a Ambrit sembra essere al sicuro!"

6R 2-0 6S

6R won this game twice!

Having been 3-0 up thanks to goals from Alice, Alberto and Mattia, the referee noticed that they had an extra player on the pitch and the score was brought back to 0-0.

But nothing much changed. 6R continued to dominate and the stats afterwards showed that they had 72% possession. They also had lots of shots on goal and Alice was first on the scoresheet again to put 6R 1-0 ahead. Cameron followed up with a second and 6S, reduced to a few ragged breakaway attempts, could do nothing to haul themselves back into the game.

7H 1-0 7M

Tommaso's goal after 11' decided the game and handed 2nd place in the G7 championship to 7H. 7M has more than their fair share of chances to equalise but a combination of profligate finishing, Massimo's goalkeeping and bad luck kept them scoreless.

7C 4-2 7H

7C sealed their place in the semi-finals with a second consecutive win and condemned 7H to a play-off next Wednesday versus 7M for second place in the G7 championship.
Massimo M scored first and the early goal seemed to immediately knock some of the confidence out of 7H. 7C were more dangerous throughout and, when 7H did get some shots in, Matteo made some fantastic saves to keep them out. Dylan added two goals; Massimo S got one back and, for a moment, a comeback seemed possible. But Alex PU scored a fourth and Tommy's goal was mere consolation

Yellow Cards so far:
Dylan (Friday)

Augusto (Thursday

7C 3-2 7M

Augusto's early goal - after only 20 seconds - set the scene for a cracking encounter in today's G7 opener. Both teams were intent on playing constructive, attacking football. 7M carved out three or four early chances but Massimo M in goal kept everything out until Mikel dribbled down the left, around Massimo and equalised.
The pace of the game never slowed and 7C took the lead again when Dylan shot from wide on the left; Sam made a fantastic recovery run and looked like he would clear but then somehow let the ball past him and into the net.
But 7M fought back again and deservedly equalised when Edo's deflected shot beat Massimo.
The referee signalled 1 minute to go... 60 seconds.... 59 of the passed without incident but, on the 60th, Dylan shot and scored to inflict a cruel defeat on a gallant 7M.

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8T 2-1 8G

A tireless performance from Guillermo and a series of fantastic saves from Joel were two of the main reasons for 8T's historic win over 8G at Ambrit Stadium today.
Guillermo's early goal rocked 8G. They struggled to create chances early on and, when Giacomo did get through, Joel stopped him. 8G did eventually equalise when Pietro capped a mazy run with a shimmy that left Joel sitting down and Pietro rolled the ball in.
Another Guillermo shot put Cesare in trouble later on; Eleonora and Ludovico followed up: Ludo scored from the loose ball.
8G threw on Matteo and Tommaso. Both of them created chances. Tommaso hit the post. Matteo had a brilliant shot saved by Joel. 8G will play the G7 champions; 8T will take on G6.

September Homeroom Championship

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Grade 8 play-off

Wed         Sep         4                  8T         -         8G            2-1

Winner plays SF1, loser plays SF2

Grade 7 play-offs

Thur         Sep         5                  7C         -         7M

Fri            Sep         6                  7C         -         7H

Wed         Sep         11                 7H         -         7M

Winner plays SF2

Grade 6 play-offs

Thur         Sep         12                  6R         -         6S

Fri            Sep         13                  6R         -         6V

Wed         Sep         18                  6V         -         6S

Winner plays SF1

Finals

Fri         Sep         20         SF1        8G     -      ?

Wed      Sep         25         SF2        8T      -      ?

Thur     Sep         26         FINAL        

Fri        Sep         27         WINNERS vs TEACHERS

RULES
Grade 6 teams will have NINE players on the pitch
Grade 7 teams will have EIGHT players on the pitch

Grade 8 teams will have SEVEN players on the pitch
All teams will always have AT LEAST THREE GIRLS on the pitch

Welcome back everybody!

Coming Soon...

A schedule for our annual September Homeroom Challenge!!

A schedule and teams for the Autumn Intramural!!!

And...

News about this year's ANSPI leagues

News about this year's RISA sports activities

News about this year's Mediterranean Cup