Teachers 1-1 Grade 8

 After yesterday's debacle, the teachers plunged into the transfer market and fielded a much stronger side today. They began the match confidently, passing the ball well and looking for an opening. Their goal finally came from a corner, Mr. Piccolo chipping a corner onto the head of Mr Max. 

But now the momentum began to swing as the students rotated their team and the teachers were visbly tiring. Vittorio almost equalised with a photocopy of the teachers' goal, but Mr Alessandro made a spectacular one-handed save. He was helpless 5' later though when Vittorio played Antonio in, and Anto made no mistake with a strong left-footed shot. The students then almost pulled off a historic win, but Adam saw his far-post header drift agonisingly wide.

LYON 2-0 AS ROMA

 Una partita in equilibrio fino alla fine, quando un guizzo di Lavinia ha sbloccato il risultato, ribadito dalla rete all'ultimo secondo di Ella.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS: Ella 3, Lavinia 2, Irene 2, Bianca P 2, Margherita 1, Sara P 1, Clotilde 1, Azzurra 1,  Alessia 1.

Chelsea 3-0 Arsenal

Un match senza storia, anche se le due squadre si sono fronteggiate con coraggio.

La solidità del Chelsea nella zona di centrocampo e attacco ha fatto la differenza.

Di Martina e Aurora (2) le reti.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS:

Aurora 4, Martina 2, Erica 2, Naila 1, Marina 2, Alessandra 2.

Intramural Champions 3-1 Teachers

 With half the team out injured, the Teachers faced the students today with an inexperienced line-up and they suffered the consequences. Lorenzo did fire the Teachers into a first-period lead but Tommaso's assist set Marco up for an equaliser soon after. The game was even; the Teachers dominated possession and played better football but the final ball lacked precision. The students took advantage, going ahead when Marco played in Tommaso and stretching their lead when Tommaso scored again.

ACLI Final: Serafico 5 - 3 Ambrit

 For the second year running, Ambrit made it all the way to the final of the ACLI Champions Cup but, alas, they had to settle for second place this year. It all started well though, Lorenzo scoring after only 20 seconds. Ambrit then created a few more half-chances but Serafico played their way back into the game and equalised after 16'; their no.11 got to the by-line, crossed and the ball went on off Dylan. Cameron made a couple of good saves then but Serafico went ahead just before half-time. A harmless shot was deflected into the middle of the penalty area and Serafico reacted quickly as Ambrit's players merely looked on.

Serafico fired home two bullets early in the second half and they also hit the bar to leave Ambrit 4-1 down and looking a little pumch-drunk. But they dug deep and came back at their opponents. Emilio scored with a header at the far post and Giorgio blasted home a free kick to make it 4-3 and it looked like Ambrit might yet take the tie to a penalty shoot-out. But Serafico woke up again and made their physical advantage count with two late goals.

AOSR tournament: Ambrit Boys Champions again!

 Ambrit took three teams to the AOSR event at Campo Gentili and, for the second year running, the Boys team won all of their games.

Here are all of the days results

Ambrit A 3-1 SGBIS (scorers: Marco 2, Antonio A)

Marco rifled home the opener and then supplied the assist for Marco; Marco scored again off Emilio assist.

Ambrit A 5-10 Ambrit B (scorers: Marco 3, Vittorio, Hugo)

Marco's hat-trick included a left-foot drive, a header and a spectacular bicycle kick!

Ambrit A 2-0 Acorn (scorers: Hugo, Antonio A)

Didn't play well in this one; the team looked tired but the energy of Hugo and Vittorio carried them home and Hugo and Anto scored)

Ambrit A 6-1 AOSR (scorers: Marco, Antonio A 2, Emilio 2, Hugo)

A decisive win in their final match sealed the title and six goals were enough so that the Doctor's penalty miss was irrelevant!

Ambrit B 1 - 0 Acorn (Antonio F)

Antonio was qiuckest to react when Leopoldo's shot was saved.

Ambrit B 1 - 3 AOSR (Tommaso)

Ambrit B 0 - 3 SGBIS

Ambrit Girls 1 - 4 AOSR

Ambrit Girls 1 - 4 SGBIS

Students versus Teachers

 Students team for Thursday - IM winners versus teachers

PERIOD 1

Goalkeeper Ryan

Defence Ziyi, Aditi, Carlo C  

Midfield Carlo T, Nicola, Costanza

Attack Marco, Ashton 

PERIOD 2

Goalkeeper Aurora A

Defence Remi, Vittoria, Carlo T   

Midfield Martina, Naila, Hugo

Attack Tommaso, Aurora R

PERIOD 3

Goalkeeper Ryan

Defence Carlo C, Rex, Erica 

Midfield Hugo, Costanza, Martina 

Attack Marco, Aurora R 

Students team for Friday - Grade 8 versus teachers

PERIOD 1

Goalkeeper Patrick

Defence Giulio, Leo, Clara  

Midfield Oliver, Tiago, Sara

Attack Gianmarco

PERIOD 2

Goalkeeper Alessia

Defence Vittorio, Louis, Lubiana   

Midfield Bianca, Emilio, Adam

Attack Alessandro

PERIOD 3

Goalkeeper Patrick

Defence Matteo, Michael, Annika, Sofia 

Midfield Anto, Ella, Irene 

Attack Adriano

GIRLS' FINAL: Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal

 This was a fitting match for a final: end-to-end football and total commitment to keep a capacity crowd entertained. Aurora scored the game's only goal just before half-time, when a well-timed pass from midfield released her through the centre of the Arsenal defence and she drilled the ball home ruthlessly past Freydis in goal. In the second half Arsenal might have scored twice, on both occasions Chelsea clearing the ball away desperately after goalmouth scrambles where shots were blocked, re-taken and re-blocked. Arsenal had strong penalty claims in the middle of one of these scrambles but referee Corcoran was unmoved and VAR did not intervene. Sara then had another chance to equalise but Aurora pulled off a miraculous save from point-blank range. 

BEST PLAYER POINTS: Costanza 4, Sara M 4, Aurora R 4, Aurora A 3, Alessandra 3, Naila 3, Martina 2, Annika 1

BOYS FINAL - Liverpool 1 - 3 Real Madrid

 Liverpool were looking to repeat their semi-final tactics: park the bus and look for a goal off the long ball. But Real Madrid had Carlo in defence and he mopped up all the long balls before they could cause any danger. Up front, a shrewd tactical variation saw Tommaso leading the line, with Marco and Hugo on the flanks just behind and it worked like a dream. Tommaso won lots of ball and he released Marco for the first goal, the big No. 9 beating Patrick to the ball. Marco turned provider for goal 2, setting up Hugo on the left and Tommaso slotted home a third, breaking quickly after a Liverpool free kick. Liverpool rallied towards the end and Gianmarco lit a candle of hope with a well-taken goal. The reds then almost nabbed a second but Lorenzo's shot was cleared off the line. A lot of good individual performances from both teams today.

BEST PLAYER POINTS: Carlo T 3, Tommaso M 3, Marco 2, Hugo 2, Nicola 2, Kevin 2, Patrick 2, Gianmarco 2, Lorenzo 2, Louis 1, Ryan 1, Christian 1, Nicholas 1,  

Boys' Intramural, 3rd Place final: Ajax 1 - Man City 6

 The game was balanced for the first period and for some of the second period but City's relentless possession slowly wore down their opponents and opened up the scoring chances. Rocco took advantage. Five times! Dani grabbed the other goal and Tiago scored for Ajax.

BEST PLAYER POINTS: Rocco 4, Giovanni 4, Daniele 3, Tiago 2, Giulio 2, Adriano C 2, Antonio 1, Emilio 1, Gabriele 1, Aron 1