After the ecstasy of a SF derby win on penalties, Ambrit's ACLI team lost out to AOSR in the final but they take away the satisfaction of a good day's work and a good first test for this year's team.
Ambrit's other team - Ambrit 'A' - kicked off their day with a resounding 5-0 win over Chateaubriand in group A, with all five goals coming from an unstoppable Rocco in attack. They followed this up later with a 1-0 win over New School (Giovanni Z) and another 5-0 win over Viterbo (Rocco 3, Giovanni 1, Dimitri 1) to propel themselves safely into the semi-final.
In group B, Ambrit ACLI progressed with a modest 1-0 win over Marymount (Daniele) and a much more precious 1-0 win over AOSR (Kevin), before losing their final group match 1-0 to Acorn. However, a superior goal difference saw ACLI creep into the SF to face their Ambrit rivals! After a typically tense 15' of derby football, the score was still 0-0 and so on to the dreaded penalty shoot-out! Here the standard of penalties was amazing and so too was the standard of goalkeeping, with Giovanni Z and Gabriele outdoing one another time after time. After 8 koicks each, Ambrit ACLI won through!
The final began with a quick and messy goal for AOSR and it was then one-way traffic, with Ambrit dominating possession. But their play was chaotic and needed someone to step on the ball, slow it down and find the killer pass. Somehow, the visitors surviced, flourished and won the the game and the tournament.
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