ITFC ITALIAN BRANCH TROPHY 2014 - REPORT



From above from the left:

Luca Capellini, Ennio Bovolenta, Mirko Dalla Rosa, Claudio Longo, Daniele Longo, Fabio Cardillo Piccolino;

Michael Ferrari, Frank Ferrari, Giacomo Grossoni, Simone Longo, Davide Casati.



Sat 05/04/2014

Start from 3:00 pm (local time)

Centro Sportivo Vittorio Pozzo (via Pozzobonelli 4, Milano)

5-a-side tournament

ITFC ITALIAN BRANCH TROPHY 2014

With:

ITFC ITALIAN BRANCH (IPSWICH TOWN)

ITALIAN CELTS (CELTIC FC)

LEONES ITALIANOS (ATHLETIC BILBAO)

ITALIAN BLUE MOON (MANCHESTER CITY)

Results:

Semi 1:  ITFC ITALIAN BRANCH 3 ITALIAN CELTS 2 (ITFCIB goalscorers: Casati, Bovolenta, S.Longo)

Semi 2: LEONES ITALIANOS 6 ITALIAN BLUE MOON 2

final 3/4 place: ITALIAN CELTS 5 ITALIAN BLUE MOON 3

FINAL: ITFC ITALIAN BRANCH 2 LEONES ITALIANOS 3 (ITFCIB goalscorers: Casati, own goal)

Table:

1 LEONES ITALIANOS (CHAMPIONS)

2 ITFC ITALIAN BRANCH (RUNNERS UP)

3 ITALIAN CELTS (3^RD PALCE)

4 ITALIAN BLUE MOON

Report:

the semifinal against Celts was a spectacular game: we start very well, with confidence and we go 2 -0 for us with goals from Davide Casati and Ennio Bovolenta. The Bhoys come back in the game with a free kick before that Simone Longo puts the ball in the net the for the 3 – 1 for the blues. In the latest minutes of the match the Celts's pressure produced the goal that fixed the score on the final 3-2 .

The final vs Leones Italianos has had a tough start for us, and after few minutes we were under 2 – 0, but after a reorganization we had a great reaction and we leveled the score on 2 – 2 (Casati again and an leones’s own goal); both teams try to take the lead in a thriller-final and at the end the trophy goes to Bilbao that won the game 3 - 2. Congrats to our opponents: they deserve it! We are however satisfied for our very good performance!

Longo’s cousins with 2^nd place’s cup



(Simone, Daniele and Claudio)



Our ITFC ITALIAN BRANCH cabinet have more trophies than norwich! J

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