ANSPI u13: Santos 4-2 Ambrit

With only six players against seven and playing away from home, Ambrit put up a good performance and might easily have won this game. Despite being a man short, Ambrit dominated possession and spent most of the game attacking.
The home side exploited the space well on the break and scored two early goals with quick breaks as Ambrit were still settling in.
Undaunted, Ambrit pressed high. Ale fed Mattia and Zach with lots of passes and Mattia's speed on the right opened up some chances. Santos resorted to fouls. Ale shot a free kick wide to the right but, with the next one, Vittrio drilled the ball low past the goalkeeper: 1-2 at the first break.
Unfortunately Santos began the second break as they had begun the first and Ambrit soon found themselves 4-1 down. But Ambrit came back again and Zach was terribly unlucky when the goalkeeper made an incredible save from his close-range header. But Zach kept niggling at the defenders and goalkeeper and it paid off when he made it 4-2 from a corner.
Ambrit now had 15' left to pull back two goals. They gave it everything. Mattia almost scored with a header, Carlo made sure the ball never passed the halfway line, Santiago - nominally in goal - played as a sweeper and kept the momentum high. Ale and Vittorio combined set up lots of chances but Santos managed to keep them at bay by blocking shots, by tackling, by fouling and by their goalkeeper making two more excellent saves.
TEAM: Santiago, Vittorio, Carlo, Alessandro, Zach, Mattia