8S 2-1 8V

8S 2-1 8V

8S confirmed themselves as G8 champions with a hard-fought victory over a valiant 8V. Giorgio played well at the back early on and Lorenzo and Nikos improved as the game went on but 8S would not have won today without Carolina. Apart from a well-taken goal, she made tackle after tackle, pass after pass and rarely wasted a ball, though she did almost score an own-goal with a dangerous back header!

The first real chance of the game fell to Mattia but Santiago stopped him with the first of many superb tackles. Two more chances fell to the Blues when Alberto played in Mattia and Carolina drilled a shot that was well blocked by Lorenzo G but the score remained at 0-0 on the first break as even Giorgio's shot from a corner went wide.

The Blues kept attacking in the second period. Lorenzo headed wide from a corner and then, when Pedro handled in the box, Lorenzo's poor penalty was saved by Benjamin and Carolina pounced on the rebound and fired it past a stunned goalkeeper to make it 1-0. 

But 8V were back even almost immediately. Santiago spotted some hesitation in the new 8S goalkeeper and he was on hand to tap in a header when Massimo fumbled a catch.

But Massimo settled down, made no more mistakes and 8S came forward again. Lorenzo should have scored, Nikos should have scored... but then Lorenzo did score to seal the win.