Ambrit Boys Top of the Table

In the season's opening round of u14 RISA league fixtures, Ambrit took full points with five wins out of five games and now sit comfortably at the top of the table. Santiago was a rock in goal but still needs to be more dominant; in front of him, the defence (Augusto, Sam, Massimo, Lucas) coped well but they do need to improve their heading skills. Alex protected the defence and passed well but needs to work on his left-foot; Andrea and Raffaele worked the left flank, the former in particular punching regular holes in the opposing defence. Tommaso and Edo ran patterns all day, controlling the ball, jinking past opponents, passing and shooting with accuracy and power.

Ambrit 2-1 New School
The first game was crucial, a tough opener against last year's champions New School. Ambrit absorbed some early pressure and then took the lead through Tommaso. The game was keenly contested but Ambrit got some breathing space when Andrea made it 2-0. Ambrit were under pressure for the last few minutes. NSR pulled one back but Ambrit hung on!

Ambrit 1-0 Southlands
Despite constant pressure, despite a missed penalty and despite creating a million chances, it looked like Ambrit would never score in this game... but then, with just a couple of minutes left, Tommaso scored a stunning goal. Turning tightly past two defenders, he used dummy runs from Edo and Alex to carve a path past the last two defenders and fire the ball home. Geniale!

Ambrit 3-2 St George's 
Again Ambrit dominated the opening exchanges but this time they were caught on the break and went behind. Another wave of Ambrit attacks brought a quick equaliser through Edoardo but, in this ding-dong battle, SGBIS went ahead again. However Ambrit were determined to get something from this game and they equalised again when Tommaso scored. The bonus came when Massimo was taken down in the penalty area and the captain himself stepped up to blast home the resulting penalty!  

Ambrit 8-1 AOSR A
Andrea scored the first goal off Edoardo’s assist. Massimo got the second, assist from Edoardo. AOSR managed to get one in for the 2-1 but Ambrit responded with 5 more goals. Edoardo scored off an assist from Alex. Tommaso put in the fourth goal, followed by Alex and Edoardo scoring two more goals to finish with Edoardo putting in the final 8th goal.

Ambrit 3-1 AOSR B
With goals from Massimo off an Alex assist. Tommaso had two great goals - one from midfield shot straight to the goal.