ACLI League: AMBRIT finish in FIRST place!!!

 With two victories in their last two games, Ambrit swept aside all rivals and finished the league phase in 1st place! A 1-0 win away to OMC was followed up with a 6-3 win at Velletri. The team now waits to see how the Play-offs will be arranged and these should take place after the International Break, which sees most of the team travel to compete at this years Mediterranean Cup in Verona!

Germany 1-2 Italy

 With a player sent off, Italy came from behind to record a historic win today in from of a partisan crowd at Ambrit Stadium. Germany took the lead when Federico clipped a smart shot in from the left. Freydis, who had another good game today, got her left glove to the ball but couldn't keep it out. Naila picked up her first yellow card for a cynical foul on Ashton and her second for another foul on the same player. Referee Corcoran was merciless and brandished a red card immediately. But Italy rallied and rallied well! Margherita latched onto a long ball and shot past Martti into the corner: 1-1. Then Italy broke out of defence again: Livia controlled the ball and played an accurate and decisive pass to Margherita; Margherita's first touch was good and set her up for another shot past Martti - this one even better and right into the corner!

BEST PLAYER POINTS: Federico 5, Freydis 5, Margherita 3, Aurora 2, Costanza 2, Lavinia 2, Ashton 1, Livia 1

Switezerland 3-1 Croatia

Partita molto vibrante quest'oggi sul campo dell'Ambrit, dove la corazzata Svizzera, nonostante l'assenza di Erica, continua la marcia a punteggio pieno.

In realtà ad andare in vantaggio era stata la Croazia 🇭🇷 con una bordata da fuori di Lavinia, abile a controllare e a imprimere potenza al tiro. Ma poi la Svizzera 🇨🇭 ha iniziato a giocare con una bella trama di passaggi, tra Alessandra, Erin, Sophie e Suleyma, riuscendo a ribaltare il risultato con due reti della stessa Erin e la gemma finale di Suleyma, che con il tacco ha deviato in rete un tiro ancora di Erin.

Positive le prove di Sara W, in difesa, sempre molto attenta, Clotilde - in porta e fuori - Megan, Anna e Margherita. Il calcio femminile sta crescendo e di questo ci rallegriamo. Bellissimo anche il duello fisico tra Lavinia ed Erin...

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS: Erin 4, Suleyma 3, Sophie 2, Lavinia 2, Alessandra 2, Sara W 2, Margherita 1,  Clotilde 1, Megan 1, Anna 1.

Turkey 4-4 Denmark

 A cracking game to re-start the IM championship after the recent international break! Max fired the Danes into an early first-half lead when he finished off an Antoine assist and Jacopo almost equalised immediately but his shot went past the left-hand post. Claudio then put the Turks ahead with a quick double-tap from his left foot to make it 1-1 and then 2-1... both of them classic Claudio goals - a quick drag back to make space for the shot and then a deadly accurate finish. Giovanni equalised immediately with a shot from the half-way line and then he put n an excellent block to stop Claudio from scoring again for Turkey. Diego was next to try his luck but Christian saved well and then Lorenzo missed with a header from 2 meters out: exciting stuff! Just before half time, each team had another good chance: Diego almost scored in the middle of a huge goalmouth scramble and then, at the other end, Steve saw his shot go wide.

Denmark took the lead in the second-half when another long shot from Giovanni - this one an exaggerated lob - took Christian by surprise. But Claudio soon equalised again when he received the ball after a good move involving Jacopo and Max: 3-3! Antoine pounced to put Denmark ahead with just a couple of minutes left on the clock but Turkey equalised yet again right at he death: Steve was chopped down in the box and he picked himself up to convert the penalty!

BEST PLAYER POINTS: Claudio 6, Giovanni Z 4, Jacopo 3, Max 2, Steve 1, Tancredi 1, Matteo 1, Diego 1, Antoine 1, Lorenzo 1,