GARDA Trials

Our trip to the Mediterranean Cup for International Schools is coming soon.

To help us prepare for the tournament, we will play the following matches after the easter break:

Wednesday April 10^th, 13.45

Ambrit Boys ‘B’                         vs                               Ambrit Girls ‘A’

Danilo Cressman											Lavinia Sansone
Cesare Fraticelli											Joana David e Silva
Andrea Ooi											Valeria Muratori
Francisco Hu											Livia Passarelli
Sam Cole											Camilla Espositi
Hans Ndaw											Emma Zucchelli
Luca del Vecchio (Capt)											Julia Audinet
Joshua Croppenstedt											Giulia Espositi
Jacopo Marzotto											Sara Quattrocchi
Lorenzo Carocci											Allegra Capucci
Alex Veillerette											Chiara Bufano
Yi Chen
Jiaqi Song

Thursday April 11^th, 13.45

Ambrit Boys ‘B’                         vs                                Ambrit Boys ‘A’

Danilo Cressman											Christian Tukun
Cesare Fraticelli											David Costantini
Andrea Ooi											Danyal Ghani
Francisco Hu											Nawin Khoram
Sam Cole											Simone Calento (Capt)
Hans Ndaw											Giovanni Grassi
Luca del Vecchio (Capt)											Emilio Pascarelli
Joshua Croppenstedt											Simon Shoji
Jacopo Marzotto											Antoine Veillerette
Lorenzo Carocci											Andrea Sgambati
Alex Veillerette											Mattia Marzotto
Yi Chen											Luca Cerri
Jiaqi Song											Marco Ossicini

Bordeaux 3-2 Liverpool

The first half was marked by four significant episodes: Giulietta's opening goal past a stationary Julia; Livia's excellent block of Julia's free kick; Julia's equaliser; Allegra's shot that rebounded off the post.
Half time score: 1-1.
Sofia made an excellent save at the start of the second half, then Allegra scored a goal after rounding two defenders and the goalkeeper. Livia followed up another Allegra shot and scored from the rebound. Julia pulled a second goal back but Bordeaux took the three points.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Allegra 5, Giulia E 3, Zoe 3, Livia 2, Lavinia 2, Sofia 2, Valeria 1,  Miranda 1, Delfina 1, Annika 1,

Napoli 5-1 Inter

Yet another win for Napoli against a disorganized and temperamental Inter who also permitted themselves the luxury of some glaring misses.
Mattia M struck first and then David and Sam missed chances to equalise. Francisco sent Sam in for another chance but it was Luca dV who finally equalised  with a spectacular overhead kick.
But Inter's joy was short-lived. Mattia M's pass was deflected by Danyal into brother Jacopo's patch: 2-1. Mattia himself was then denied by a good save from Ludovico but Emilio made it 3-1 before half-time.
The second half was distinguished by a remarkable run of point blank saves from Tommaso and some more point blank misss by Inter. David, Mattia J and Simon were all guilty and Jacopo added two more goals for Napoli and narrowly missed a third with a header.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Mattia M 4, Tommaso 4, Emilo 3, Danyal 2, Andrea O 1, Nicholas 1, Jacopo 1, Francisco 1, William 1, Ludovico 1, Mattia J 1, Filippo T 1

Ambrit Girls Win St George's Tournament!

Ennesima vittoria delle ragazze dell’Ambrit che aggiungono una nuova coppa alla loro già nutritissima bacheca. Questo successo è frutto però di un radicale cambio nello stile e nella tattica di gioco e suggella la fine di un tipo di calcio arcaico e statico: quello di Mr Gianluca, passato tristemente alla storia come l’inventore della difesa a Subbuteo, forma esasperata del più bieco catenaccio che prevede lo schieramento di addirittura tre liberi!!!
Grazie alle intense sedute di allenamento del martedì condotte dal preparatore Mr. Colm di Longford, le ragazze hanno raggiunto quella forma fisica che ha permesso loro di applicare con semplicità ed efficacia le complesse, ardite e vincenti trame tattiche di Mr. Calento da Chioggia, e di cogliere un meritatissimo trionfo sui prati gibbosi del St Georges.

formazione schierata tatticamente con l’innovativo 1-2-2-1





Risultati della fase a gironi/e
Ambrit – Rome International 3-1 (Tripletta di Julia van Basten)
Rome International – St Georges 2-1
Ambrit - St Georges  4-1 (4 goals di Julia van Basten)

Finale
Ambrit – Rome International 4-0 (doppiette di Olivia e Julia)

Ma adesso un piccolo giudizio sulla prestazione di ogni singola ragazza.

Lucrezia
La sua presenza tra i pali infonde sicurezza alla nostra difesa. Viene battuta solo due volte: su calcio di rigore ed in seguito ad una confusissima azione in area di rigore.
Mr Gianluca, stai già pensando a chi scegliere come capitano il prossimo anno?

Sofia Gioca in difesa affrontando senza paura anche avversarie più grandi di lei, brava anche nella impostazione di gioco e nel passare la palla alle compagne del centrocampo.

Miranda
Brava in difesa sia in posizione centrale che sulla fascia. Le attaccanti avversarie riescono a superarla raramente.

Delfina Un altro ottimo difensore in grado di far ripartire velocemente l’azione d’attacco, in fase difensiva è lucida e decisiva nel bloccare gli attacchi del centravanti avversario.

Lara Bravissima sulla fascia destra sia in fase difensiva che in fase di impostazione, si spinge in attacco e sfiora il goal in due occasioni.

Annika
Autentico motore del centrocampo, corre velocemente dappertutto e non si stanca mai. Aiuta la difesa, imposta le azioni a centrocampo, va in aiuto degli attaccanti.

Zoe
Un’altra che non si stanca mai e che corre dappertutto, intelligentissima nello sfruttare le rimesse laterali trasformandole sempre in pericolose azioni d’attacco.

Olivia Una delle veterane del gruppo è bravissima a mettere al servizio della squadra la sua esperienza di vera sportiva. Ottime le sue incursioni in attacco, in finale segna la doppietta che sblocca la partita.

Julia Su di lei un giudizio ermetico: dopo 5 minuti di gioco si è illuminata d’immenso. Ha segnato 9 goal in tutti i modi possibili: da vicino, da centrocampo, di piatto, di collo, di punta, d’esterno. Ha dribblato le avversarie come birilli, ha quasi sfondato la traversa della porta su punizione, ha aiutato le compagne meno esperte. Che capitano!

Boys Soccer: Marymount Tournament

A Second Place for the Grade 6 team and a semi-finale exit for the Grade 7/8 team was a decent reward for an enjoyable morning of football for Ambrit's boys teams missing, as they were, some of their important players.

Grade 6:
The highlight of Ambrit's tournament came at the end of the first match when Hans dribbled around 4 opponents and slotted an accurate pass past the enormous AOSR goalkeeper, but the whole team played well all morning and desrved their excellent SECOND PLACE finish!
Team: Stuart, William, Luca, Max, Hans, Jacopo, Alex, Filippo
AOSR 0-1 Ambrit (Hans)

St George's 3-0 Ambrit

Castelli 2-1 Ambrit (Hans)
Southlands 0-5 Ambrit (Filippo 3, Luca, Hans)
PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Hans

Grade 7/8:

Ambrit began with a solid win over Marymount but then lost to New School and went to the bottom half of the draw. Here they beat St George's and RIS before losing a tight semi-final to Southlands. Who knows if they would have gone on to win the tournament if they had had the 'luxury' of even just one substitute? 

Team: Lorenzo, Luca C, Antoine, Marco, Simon, Giovanni, Luca dV

Marymount 2-6 Ambrit (Simon 3, Luca dV 2, Antoine)

New School 2-0 Ambrit

St George's 0-10 Ambrit (Luca C 3, Giovanni 2, Antoine 2, Marco, Luca dV, Simon) 

RIS 0-7 Ambrit (Antoine 2, Luca C 1, Luca dV 1, Simon 1, Marco 1, Giovanni 1)

Southlands 1-0 Ambrit

PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Marco

Chelsea 2-1 Inter

Without their star player, Inter suffered an important defeat at the hands of a Chelsea team determined to collect a valuable three points to keep them in contention for a semi final place.
Early misses by Mattia at one end (over the bar) and Giovanni at the other (saved by Alex) set the standard for a poor-quality match but Chelsea took a first half lead when Jonathan struck after 8 minutes.
Sam equalised for the Italian team but a close second half was settled in Chelsea's favour when Nawin broke quickly from defence and kept his head to slip a well-placed shot past Alex.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Giovanni 3, Nawin 3, Jonathan 2, Jiaqi 2, Lucas 2, Yi 2, Simon 1, Alex 1, Joao 1, Ale P 1, Mattia J 1, Luca dV 1, Simon 1

Bordeaux 3-0 Newcastle

A first-half hat-trick from "Giulietta Tripletta" was enough to bury the Geordies and send the French team to the top of the table.
Unstoppable in the first half, Giulia pouced on every loose ball, hassled the defenders continuously and notched up three cracking goals with a minimum of fuss. Meanwhile, Allegra was sent off and Valeria yellow-carded but Newcastle weere unable to get a foothold in the game.
In the second half, Valeria choked off all attempts by Newcastle to get back in the game and Sofia madde a series of good saves from by Camilla, Orsola and Camilla again. Valeria cleared a ball off the line and Lara made a good save when Giulia attempted to score a fourth. Joana too was strong in the second half and was unluck not to score from one of three well-placed shots and Livia met a corner with a well-timed shot that went narrowly wide.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Giulia 6, Valeria 2, Joana 4, Camilla 2, Sofia 2, Livia 3, Maria 1, Valentina 1

Napoli 2-1 Atalanta

In trouble all through the first half and losing 1-0 at half time, Atalanta fought their way back into the game in the second half and equalised, only to see their hard work disappear a minute later when an inocuous shot somehow found its way through the defence and past the goalkeeper.
Emilio scored the opening goal in the first minute and then found himself handicapped by the 'one-goal-only' rule for the rest of the match.
In the second half, Luka came on and was unlucky not to score, clipping the post twice - once with a shot and once with a header. With 5 minutes to go, Allegra came forward and found Giulia E free with a well-placed pass. Her nifty footwork left the ever-more-popular Tommaso floundering as the ball hit the back of the net.
But the Girls' spirits, riding high for those few moments, were rapidly deflated when Andrea Ooi's shot a minute later sneaked in past Lucrezia.
Once again the girls played well but were left with little reward. Particularly impressive today was Giulia E in attack.

Liverpool 1-1 Sparta Prague

Despir dominating the game, Sparta took only one point after allowing Liverpool to equalise before half time.
The opening goal was scored by Emma Z when her spectacular long shot took Lavinia by surprise and crept in just under the bar. Liverpool reacted well and created a chance or two before Julia tucked the ball away to make it 1-1.
It was one-way traffic in the second half, with Ema Z and Mallika peppering the Reds' goal with shots, but Lavinia made up for her early lapse with a series of fine saves.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Lavinia 6, Mallika 4, Emma Z 3, Ginevra 3, Julia 3, Zoe 1, Annika 1

Lazio 3-0 Inter

One of the worst games in the history of the intramural leagues saw Lazio take the three
points with three goals and an unconvincing performance.
Antoine had two early shots saved by Alex dF and Luca C shot over from far out before
Filippo put the Roman team ahead. He turned up to finish off a cross from Alessio who had
made a sizzling run down the right. Filippo almost made it 2-0 a little later when Luca C
and Hans combined to put him in but Alex dF intervened.
In the second half, Alessio had a good shot blocked by Ludo who had taken over in goal,
but he could do nothing when Luca C freed Hans on the right to drill in another good cross
and Filippo was on hand again. The third goal came right at the death: Ambrit stadium held
its breath as Zahir teed up a shot, but Ludo saved it. However Hans followed up to make it
3-0.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Alessio 4, Harry 4, Hans 2, Luca C 1, Yi 1, Antoine 1, Christian 1,
Joao 1, Tommaso R1, Giacomo 1, Ludovico 1, Mattia J 1, Alex dF 1, Zahir 1.

Napoli 1-0 Chelsea

Frantic scenes at today's big match as Tommaso V made a rare public appearance. His adoring fans greeted his every move with screams of joy. Every catch, every kick, every throw provoked cheers and laughter.
Meanwhile, on the pitch, a dour match was being fought by two sides intent on avoiding defeat. The best chance of the first half fell to Nawin but he was too slow to shoot. The only goal of the game came in the second half when Mattia M passed the ball early enough for once and Emilio's shot was well placed.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Yizhang 4, Giovanni 3, Andrea O 3, Lucas 2, Emilio 2, Jacopo 1, Jiaqi 1, Tommaso 1, Nawin 1, Mattia M 1, Danyal 1, William 1

Inter 3-1 Atalanta

Despite not playing as well as their opponents, Inter managed to exploit the defensive naivety of their opponents to take three valuable points from the game.
The early exchanges saw Julia and Alex coming close at either end but it was Atalanta who opened the scoring when Julia deftly turned in a corner from Emma Z. Atalanta then continued to play the better football with good passing and moving and some strong tackling in midfield.
In the second half, Luca dV broke away and struck a firm shot past an unprotected Lucrezia. Luca then picked up another ball in midfield and managed to get a pass through to David, alone on the left. His shot took Lucrezia by surprise and her momentary slip allowed the ball to trickle past her and into the goal.
Giacomo added a third goal near the end to seal the girls' fate.

Sparta Prague 3-0 Bordeaux

A competitive start degenerated into an easy victory for the Czech side as the French champions struggled to contain a rampant Emma Z.
Bordeaux could have taken an early lead when Emma P needlessly handled the ball to give away a penalty but Allegra's kick was well-saved by Lucrezia.
Emma Z then punished the mistake by scoring to put her team 1-0 up and Emma P played in Mallika to make it 2-0. Giulia came close to pulling a goal back but Bordeaux were two down at half time. The second half was all about Sparta and Emma Z set up Mallika for the third goal.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Mallika 4, Emma P 4, Emma Z 3,  Lucrezia 1, Giulia 2, Sofia 2, Livia 1, Angelica 2, Priscilla 1, Valeria 1

Tottenham 4-2 Chelsea

The points went to North London today after a typically competitive derby left the blues with the blues.
Chelsea began brightly when Giovanni took Danilo by surprise with a powerful shot from the right in the first minute and Danilo could only help it into the net. Jonathan set up Giovanni again but this time Danilo was out quickly to make an excellent save. Spurs responded with an equaliser halfway through the first half: Marco played a perfectly weighted ball to Simone and his shot left Jiaqi with no chance.
Both teams then had chances: Danilo made a good save from Nawin who had made an excellent run down the left; at the other end, Andrea S shot just over and then had a second shot well saved by Jiaqi.
A late goal gave Tottenham a half time lead; Simone's corner was deflected into the net.
Chelsea began the second half aggressively: Jonathan shot over, Giovanni shot wide. Then the killer blows. A long throw in from Simone was nodded home by Sgamba and Simone made it 4-1.
Chelsea pulled one back when an excellent Cesare played in Giovanni but Danilo denied a late attempyt by Nawin.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Marco 5, Jiaqi 3, Simone 3, Andrea S 3, Cesare 2, Max 2, Danilo 1, Giovanni 1, Jonathan 1

Referee Under Investigation

After another controversial morning's work, FIGC referee Corcoran is under pressure to resign from his post as Chief Tournament Referee. Sources close to the Federation's disciplinary committee report that officials have been increasingly exasperated by Corcoran's incomprehensible decisions, culminating in last Saturday's award of a penalty to the general amazement of players and spectators alike. Reacting angrily to the decision, Coach Calento questioned the referee's sanity and expressed solidarity with his defenders who "committed not one foul in the penalty area today". Corcoran declined to comment.

Ambrit Girls Win Saturday Tournament

Ambrit's 'A' team continued to collect trophies and the 'B' team continued to collect valuable experience in a wonderful morning of sport at Ambrit.

Ambrit 'A' results:

RIS 0-10 Ambrit 'A' (Giulia 7, Julia 2, Chiara)

Ambrit 'B' 0-4 Ambrit 'A' (Camilla 3, Giulia)

St George's 3-3 Ambrit 'A' (Giulia 2, Emma Z)

Ambrit brushed aside the challenges of RIS and Ambrit 'B' to set up yet another 'final' with St George's. Going into the game with a better goal difference, the girls knew that a draw would suffice. Early on, they played to win and raced into a 3-1 advantage.

Then their rhythm slowed and St George's began to get back into the game, though it must be said that their attacking game depended disproportionately on a long throw-in tactic. Then referee Corcoran awarded a harsh penalty to the visitors and the score was 3-2. Another long throw then brought another goal - 3-3. Ambrit finally woke up again and controlled the game for the closing minutes.

A shaky end but a well deserved trophy. Team: Livia P; Valeria, Joana, Sara, Francesca, Chiara; Camilla, Olivia, Julia (C), Emma Z; Giulia

Ambrit 'B' results:

St George's 4-2 Ambrit 'B' (Mallika, Greta)

Ambrit 'B' 0-4 Ambrit 'A'

RIS 0-2 Ambrit 'B' (Mallika 2)

In a tough opening game, Ambrit went 2-0 down but recovered, began to play with more confidence and then scored through Mallika. Overall St George's continued to dominate but Greta scored the best goal of the game with a neat turn on the edge of the area and a sweet shot into the opposite corner. In the derby, Ambrit B played even better against their in-form club-mates and did well to keep the score down. In their last game, they dominated RIS but failed to create enough space going forward and had to settle for a modest victory.

Team: Lucrezia; Lara, Emma, Valeria, Angelica; Zoe, Mallika, Annika; Greta 

Lazio 2-1 Atalanta

Atalanta were very unlucky to come away without a point after another good performance against a well-tuned Lazio.
Antoine opened the scoring after a nice passing move involving Luca and Filippo. Hans had a good chance afterwards but he was well blocked by Julia. Allegra then came close when she got on the end of a corner and Atalanta equalized before half time when Julia turned in Camill's pass.
Atalanta were caught cold agian at the beginning of the second half: Filippo passed to Antoine and his cross was met with a spectacular scissors kick but Luca Cerri. Atalanta piled forward looking for another equalizer but Julia put an attempt over and Allegra shot just wide.

Liverpool 1-0 Newcastle

An even match was decided by a single goal, scored by Zoe when she received a pass from Julia who had done all the hard work to cut through the Magpies' defense on the right. Good performances in goal from Angelica (on loan) and Lavinia kept the scoreline down. Annika on one side and Joana on the other were always looking to pass and shoot, and Julia and Camilla played to their usual high standard.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Lavinia 4, Camilla 3, Annika 3, Joana 2, Delfina 2, Julia 2, Zoe 2, Ginevra 2, Matilde 1

GRADE 5/6 Boys Win Tournament

Congratulations to Ambrit 'Green'!

Team:
Lucrezia, Max; Tommaso, William, Stuart, Harry, Hans, Alex, Filippo C, Luca R

Results & Scorers:
Ambrit Black (Noah) 1-3 Ambrit Green (Filippo C 2, Luca R)

Ambrit Orange           0-6 Ambrit Green (Filippo C 3, Hans 2, autogol)

St George's                 1-1 Ambrit Green (Luca R)

Ambrit Yellow           0-9 Ambrit Green (Filippo C 2, Hans 3, Stuart 1, Alex 1, Luca R 2)

FINAL

St George's                 0-0 Ambrit Green, 1-2 after extra time (Hans 2) 

Ambrit Boys Win Tournaments

Congratulations to the 7/8 and 5/6 teams who both won their tournaments on Saturday.

GRADE 7/8 Results:
Rome Int. 0-6 Ambrit (Simone C, Simon S 3, Sam, Zahir)
St George's 0-7 Ambrit (Simone C, Simon S 2, Sam 2, Antoine, Joshua)
Marymount 0-9 Ambrit (Giovanni 2, Simon S 2, Simone C, Antoine, Sam 2, David)
New School 2-2 Ambrit (Giovanni, Simon S)

Team: Christian; Jonathan, Nawin, David; Simone, Giovanni, Antoine; Simon S; Lorenzo, Zahir, Sam, Joshua

Newcastle 2-0 Sparta Prague

Sparta Prague dominated the first half, found themselves a goal down at the break and then conceded a second goal against the run of play in the second half to lose by a two goal margin.
Maria Flavia was unlucky not to score early on when she met a cross from the right with her head but Lara made a good save. Emma picked up a lot of ball in midfield and got on three good shots: one was well blocked by Camilla, another went just wide and the third was saved by Lara. Maria Flavia came close again too, just beating a defender to the ball to poke a shot past the goalkeeper but onto the post. Then, just before half time, Sparta gave away a free kick and Greta blasted past Lucrezia.
In the second half, Camilla played a lovely pass to Greta who had made an intelligent run off the ball and Greta scored a second. Orsola almost made it 3-0 but her shot hit the post and she had to settle for the three points.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Camilla 4,Angelica 3, Greta 3, Valentina 3, Joana 2, Lucrezia 2, Mallika 2, Emma Z 1, Maria Flavia 1,