Lazio 2-2 Inter

Two in-form teams served up a spectacular encounter at Ambrit Stadium today; a draw was a fair result.
Cristian opened the scoring very early on with a soundly-struck shot from a narrow angle on the left that took Peter by surprise. Inter responded quickly when Alioune found himself one-on-one with the goalkeeper. He kept a cool head and slotted the ball past Giacomo.
The game now settled down, with both teams passing well, moving well and creating chances. Both goalkeepers played well too and the scoreline stayed at 1-1. Niccolo', who played very well today, could have put his team 2-1 up but his header went wide.
In fact it was Lazio who took the lead when The Maltese Falcon struck again with just 5 minutes left. Julian received the ball, swayed past a defender and calmly rolled the ball past an advancing Peter. Inter pushed forward again and forced Giacomo into two saves before Jacopo managed to salvage a point for Inter right at the death. Lots of players played well today and points could have been awarded to almost every player on the pitch. But, the ones who really stood out were....
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Niccolo 6, Cristian 5, Ale Z 4, Julian 1, Peter 1,  Alioune 1, Mateo 1, Ottaviano 1, Jacopo 1

Le ragazze Ambrit mostrano i muscoli e vincono il primo RISA Tournament!

Le ragazze dell'Ambrit hanno vinto il primo torneo RISA di quest'anno, sconfiggendo le pari età delle altre scuole internazionali di Roma: Marymount, AOSR e le rivali storiche della St. George's, che ospitavano la competizione. Grazie a un perfetto mix tra tecnica, agonismo e intelligenza, le ragazze guidate da Mr. Gianluca sono riuscite a prevalere con un bilancio di tre vittorie e un pareggio, segnando 11 reti e subendone appena 3. Si può ancora migliorare, ma la strada intrapresa è quella giusta!

Vediamo insieme le tappe di questo successo, avvenuto sotto gli occhi attenti di Mr. Antonio, che presumibilmente prenderà in mano la squadra alla Mediterranean Cup 2018, il prossimo Aprile.

Ambrit - Marymount 4-0
L'Ambrit inizia la sua cavalcata affrontando le ragazze della Marymount, un pochino più giovani delle nostre, in un match a senso unico, segnato dall'inizio incontenibile del capitano Matilde, che prima sfiora la rete, poi raccoglie al volo un fantastico cross di Mia dalla fascia destra. L'1-0 carica la squadra e lo stesso "bomber" Mia segna una doppietta ravvicinata su due rilanci corti del portiere. La squadra, in una girandola di cambi, colpisce diversi legni e mostra grande solidità, specialmente in difesa, dove Annie è letteralmente invalicabile. La ciliegina sulla torta arriva verso la fine, quando Selina si distende sulla fascia, dribbla un paio di avversarie e lascia partire un tiro diagonale che finisce all'angolino: 4-0 e pratica archiviata.

Ambrit - AOSR 4-1
Ben diverso è l'inizio contro l'American Overseas: l'Ambrit si fa sorprendere nei primi minuti da un lunghissimo rilancio direttamente da calcio piazzato, che Virginia non riesce a trattenere; la difesa si addormenta e le avversarie sono più leste nell'avventarsi sulla palla e depositarla in rete. La reazione delle nostre arriva immediata, ma è troppo frettolosa e scomposta: si lotta a centrocampo, con Natalie, Allison e Matilde che aggrediscono le avversarie e le costringono all'errore. Il forcing porta finalmente a dei risultati quando nel giro di un minuto l'Ambrit si ritrova in vantaggio con due tiri - uno di Natalie, l'altro di Selina - entrambi deviati in rete da un difensore. Le ragazze non si accontentano e continuano a mettere pressione: prima Matilde sfrutta un assist di Selina dalla fascia e fa 3-1, poi Gabeen inventa un gol a cucchiaio scavalcando il portiere con una imprendibile conclusione a pallonetto.

Ambrit - SGES 1-1
La terza e ultima partita del girone ha un peso ininfluente poiché l'Ambrit è già qualificata per la finale. Il mister schiera quindi una formazione ampiamente rimaneggiata, lasciando spazio a chi aveva giocato meno. L'approccio è fantastico: nonostante l'evidente disparità fisica, le nostre lottano con grande agonismo. Carol, Amelie, Eleonora e Michelle si fanno valere in ogni zona del campo e presto arriva il vantaggio con Mia. L'1-0 dura praticamente per tutto il match, ma negli ultimi due minuti arriva il pareggio della squadra di casa, con la difesa che lascia sola la più temibile delle avversarie: a tu per tu con Virginia non sbaglia e sigla l'1-1 definitivo.

FINALE Ambrit - St. Geroge's 2-1
Si sa, le finali sono storie a sé, sono diverse da tutte le altre partite. L'Ambrit parte bene e sfiora subito il vantaggio con Matilde e Mia, ma dopo un minuto arriva la doccia fredda: sua una palla profonda e abbastanza innocua non si intendono Annie e Virginia, lasciando che un'avversaria si inserisca e depositi il pallone in rete indisturbata. Consapevole delle proprie capacità le ragazze si buttano alla ricerca del pareggio, trovandolo infine con Natalie. La partita non può dirsi equilibrata poiché il pallino del gioco è sempre in mano alle nostre ragazze, ma di certo bisogna rimanere lucide e attente per portare a casa la Coppa. Ci pensa Allison con una percussione centrale e un tiro violento che il portiere non trattiene: Matilde è la più lesta a scagliarsi sul pallone e a metterlo in rete. Il finale di partita non riserva altre sorprese, con L'Ambrit che controlla la situazione, senza tuttavia riuscire a segnare il gol della tranquillità.

Difficile segnalare una giocatrice migliore delle altre: vogliamo tuttavia sottolineare la crescita di Annie e Selina, la grinta di Ameli e Carol, la maturazione di Mia, Allison e del capitano Matilde. Possiamo sicuramente migliorare, ma ci sono le basi per sognare in grande!

Intramural News

BOYS
With only one qualifying match left to play, Lazio and Inter will fill the top two places. If Inter win or draw, they will face Roma in the semi-finals; if they lose, they will face Juventus.
Milan eliminated, Montella sacked.

GIRLS
NY Bulls, already assured of a place in the final, face LA Galaxy in their last match. Portland and Toronto face off in the last match of the qualifying phase: the winner goes through to the final!

ANSPI: Week 3

Aspiranti: AMBRIT 4-1 S. Michele Trigoria
Ambrit complely dominated the first period in the match vs Trigoria. Playing on their home pitch, Ambrit was taking shots from every angle. The defense pressed up and played most of the first period in midfield, giving Pietro the chance to make the perfect assist to Giacomo for 1-0.

Before the whistle, Trigoria managed to get through and have a few shots at our goal, but Eric's great saves kept us ahead.

Three wins on the trot for Ambrit's u13s!

Our second period was played more in defense than in attack and Ambrit conceded a goal when Trigoria pressed and a tired Ambrit was taken by suprise. Ambrit then saw one of their goals disallowed for a handball that only the referee saw. The tension on the pitch increased, and Ambrit was once again defending their goal.

In the third period, Ambrit was determined to win the game. A shot from outside the box by Alex put us 2-1 up. Pietro took a great ball from Giacomo and dribbled straight into the goal for 3-1. Our winning goal was a shot from Giacomo off an assist by Elias.

Scarabocchio: AMBRIT - Casaletto, MATCH POSTPONED

Juventus 4-10 Inter

With Giuseppe back in the team but missing Anthony and Bernardo, Juve suffered heavy defeat at the hands of Inter, missing Peter and Federico.
Niccolo 'scored an early hat-trick before Pietro lit a brief flame of hope for Juventus. But the scoreline quickly moved on with goals from Ottaviano and Niccolo 'making it 5-1. Giuseppe did not give in to take the score to 5-2. Then Jacopo scored with a header and Niccolo 'nabbed a fifth to make it 7-2. Daniel, 8-2, Giuseppe 8-3, Riccardo 8-4, Daniel 9-4 and Jacopo 10-4.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Niccolo 4, Ottaviano 4, Elias F 3, Mateo 3, Giuseppe 3, Jacopo 2, Daniel 2

Roma 0-5 Lazio

Sometimes the stats don't lie: with 71% possession, 15 shots, 9 on target and 5 goals, Lazio suddenly look to be favourites to lift the 2017 Autumn Intramural title.
Cristian was first on the scoresheet and can surely kiss goodbye to his pocket money for the next few weeks. Captain Zeta made it two and Cristian added a third after ten minutes.
Roma couldn't get into the game. Their individual play was efficiently smothered by coordinated Lazio pressure and, in possession, Lazio moved the ball quickly.
Giorgio gave options on the left, Guillermo and Michele were always available, Ale and Cristian won possession and distributed.
Michele scored to make it 4-0 and Giorgio added a fifth. Giacomo, called upon rarely, made a good save near the end.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Cristian 5, Ale Z 4, Gavyn 3, Michele 3, Guillermo 2, Giorgio 1, Tommaso C 1, Filippo 1, Cesare 1

Toronto FC 1-3 NY Red Bulls

With a clear victory over Toronto,  Red Bulls are forced to make the final victory of the autumn tournament: allison-led girls are full-rated and give the impression of being very aggressive and organized. In this case, the Toronto girls had to pay for it, who struggled, but after losing to Allison, they shortened the distance with Sofia and the rebound wave brought in the third and final goals of Newyorkers with Annie.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS:
Sofia DM 7 ,  Annie 4, Allison 3, Mia 3, Natalie 1, Emma C 1, Virginia 1, Selina 1.

ANSPI, Week 2

ASPIRANTI (u13): S. Girolamo 1 - Ambrit 9

Ambrit were on fire for their second game of the league against S. Girolamo. Pietro scored 2 goals in the first 15 minutes of the match getting through their defenders with ease. Ambrit then relaxed a bit too much and, before the whistle, San Girolamo took advantage of our distracted defense line and made it 2-1.

Aspiranti (+ guest - ciao Filippo!): on fire this week

In the second period Giacomo subbed in for Mateo on the right and Giorgio went in for Ludovico in defense. Elias F kept our defense line tight with help from our midfielders, giving Giacomo and Pietro the chance to score 2 more goals. Ambrit continued to pressure San Girolamo, allowing Giacomo to score 2 more goals.

In the last period Ambrit played without Pietro and Tommaso took over the show, scoring three goals in a row.

Goalie- Eric; Defence- Ludovico, Elias, Giorgio; Midfield- Tommaso, Mateo, Joel; Forward Pietro, Giacomo

SCARABOCCHIO (u11): S. Michele Trigoria Verde 1 - Ambrit 5

Scarabocchio: Celebrating their first win!

The u11 team got three points on the board this weekend with an excellent away win. Goals from Vittorio, Alberto, Bernardo and Nikos plus an own-goal from the unfortunate hosts sealed a solid performance! 

Team: Matteo, Santiago, Alberto, Lorenzo, Vittorio, Bernardo, Nikos, Carlo, Zach, Caio

U11, U14 RISA League, ROUND 2

u14 Results
At Ambrit: 
Rome Int 0-4 New School
Ambrit 4 - 1 Rome Int
Ambrit 1 - 1 New School
Rome Int 3 - 0 Southlands
Ambrit 3 - 0 Southlands
New School 3 - 0 Southlands

At SGBIS: 

St George's 1	1	1	AOSR
St George's 2	0	4	Marymount
St George's 3	1	3	AOSR

St George's 1	0	0	Marymount
St George's 1	1	0	Southlands
St George's 3	1	2	Marymount

AOSR

1

3

St George's 2

 

Ambrit vs New School was a tough game. We were leading 1-0 until the the last minute when an impossible shot into the left corner tied the match. Max had no chance.

Ambrit u14: a good day - seven points out of nine today

Against Rome international, Manfredi dribbled through the whole defense to make it 1-0 and then struck with his head off a Gavyn cornerto make it 2-0.

A throw in from Gavyn led to an own goal (3-0) and Manfredi passed to Joel for a header: 4-0

Manfredi added a fifth at the end.
With these results, Ambrit shoots up into SECOND place in the league table (See RISA page on blog for classifica).

Team: Max; Defense- Peter and Elias F; Midfield- Alex (G5), Gavyn, Joel, Paul; Forward: Manfredi. 

u11 Results

At AMBRIT: 
 Ambrit 0-3 Southlands

Ambrit 0 - 1 New School

Southlands 0-5 New School


At SGBIS: 

St George's 1	8	0	Rome Int.
St George's 2	4	2	AOSR

 

St George's 1	6	1	AOSR
St George's 2	2	0	Rome Int.

Portland 3-0 LA Galaxy

Il Galaxy sprofonda sotto i colpi del Portland, oggi superiore in campo e con una formidabile Lucrezia che - quando decide di giocare - non lascia scampo. Matilde generosa, ma non ancora in grado di organizzare al meglio le sue giocatrici. La partita si è mossa fondamentalmente in una sola direzione, cioè verso la porta californiana: di Gaia il primo affondo, con un inserimento prepotente su calcio d'angolo di Lucrezia. Della stessa Lucrezia, a sua volta molto generosa nel distribuire palloni alle compagne e nel coprire tutte le zone del campo, una bella doppietta da fuori area.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS:
Lucrezia 8, Gaia DR 4, Gea 3, Matilde 2, Clio 2, Carolina 2.

ANSPI, Week 1

The ANSPI leagues began this week and Ambrit's teams got off to a mixed start.

u11: Ambrit 3-6 S. Girolamo
 The u11 'Scarabocchio' team, playing together for the first time and without a fixed goalkeeper, came up against a San Girolamo team that were definitely more used to playing together.
Ambrit's players stuck to their task though and the result was never a foreglone conclusion. Goals from Nikos and Lorenzo (2) kept them in contention and it will be interesting to see how the team develops ast the season wears on.
Team: Santiago, Alberto, Lorenzo, Vittorio, Bernardo, Nikos, Carlo


u13: Ambrit 8-1 ADP Empire
Meanwhile, the u13 'Aspiranti' team swept into an early lead in their game and never looked back.
Some great dribbling and a direct pass from Giacomo found Joel twice for two easy shots on goal and Ambrit was up by 2 goals in the first five minutes of the match. Pietro, playing in midfield, saw an opportunity to shoot from outside the box for 3-0 and, right before the whistle, a tired ambrit conceded one for 3-1 at the break.

 

A winning start for Ambrit u13

In the second period Mateo, Tommaso and Giorgio subbed in for Joel, Gicomo and Ludovico. A free kick given to Ambrit saw Elias F take a long shot from midfield straight to the goal and Ambrit was now up 4-1. 

Ambrit pressured well in this second half and, with fresh players in, we added 2 more goals from Tommaso, with Pietro assisting each one. Tommaso went for a third goal when Elias F took a corner and he slid the ball straight into the goal.

In the third period Ambrit played a more relaxed game and Mateo scored from a corner kick. 

The final goal was an assist from Tommaso to Giacomo.

Team: Eric; Elias F - Elias EZ - Ludovico/Giorgio; Pietro, Giacomo, Mateo, Joel, Tommaso

Roma 1-0 Milan

A bad-tempered game remained goal-less until 3 minutes from the end when Tommaso C broke away and fired past Max for the winner.
Earlier Max had pulled off some good saves and, at the other end, Pietro did the same for Roma as both sides struggled for the upper hand.
Alex was, as usual, everywhere in defence and midfield but, without Manfredi, Ivan and Tommaso S struggled to impose themselves up front. Roma created more chances but it was not until Tommy's late effort that they made one count.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Alex 7, Max 2, Ivan 2, Pietro T 2, Lapo 2, Lorenzo 2, Elias EZ, Paul, Tommaso, Jerry
RED CARD: Ale N (misses next game)

Lazio 8 - 2 Juventus

With Captain Giuseppe out injured, and Bernardo Louis and Theo also MIA, Juve never had a chance against a rampant Lazio.

Cristian opened the scoring in the first minute and added four more a the game progressed. Guillermo (2) and Andrea also made the score-sheet and Pietro and Antony replied for Juve.

Lazio used their two-man advantage well; good movement off the ball and crisp, early passing meant that they always had time and space going forward.

BEST PLAYER POINTS: Cristian 6,  Ale Z 4, Elias F 4, Pietro 1, Guillermo 2, Filippo 1, Michele 1, Anthony 1.

ANSPI

If you are in one of our ANSPI teams this year, then please check out the calendar, just published!