Italia Shooters @ Attak

The Trois-Rivières Attak (6-3-5) will play the second of four straight home games against the Italia Shooters (9-2-3), this Saturday at 4pm at the UQTR Stadium (CHLN 550AM).

On June 10 in Toronto, two late second half goals from Jean-Louis Bessé and Elkana Mayard have permitted the Attak to come from behind and get a valuable 2-2 tie against the 2006 CSL champions. Camilo Benzi, the Shooters goalkeeper, was beaten for the first time after almost six games and over 530 minutes without conceding a goal.

The Toronto team, which is first in the international division, lost 1-0 against the Wolves, Wednesday in St. Catharines. Therefore, the Shooters will be more motivated to win on Saturday.

Trois-Rivières is also in first place in its division and is unbeaten in its last seven league games. Last Sunday in Trois-Rivières, the Attak won 5-4 over Windsor.

With the Serbian White Eagles and Toronto Croatia, the Italia Shooters and the Attak are probably the four best teams in the league, but Marc Dos Santos' men have yet to win against one of the top three teams thus far.

"We got three points in six games against the top three teams, but we always played big games against them," explained Dos Santos. "We did not lose against the Italia Shooters and Toronto Croatia, and our three losses against the Serbian White Eagles were all by one goal. The problem when we play against these teams is very simple: experience. Our team is very young. However, we are first in our division and we will play the semi-final of the Open Canada Cup, which is very good for a new team with so many young players. But the players are not satisfied, they want more and are ready to beat the Italia Shooters on Saturday…"

Five Impact players in the line-up
Guillaume Barrette and Jean-Louis Bessé, injured, will not be in the line-up for the game on Saturday. However, five Impact players will be available for Dos Santos: goalkeeper Jon Paul Piques, defender David Fronimadis, as well as forwards Sita-Taty Matondo, Frederico Moojen and Massimo Di Ioia.

The Attak active the whole weekend
The Attak players will take part in two major events in Mauricie, the Trois-Rivières Grand Prix and the Albatros Cup, Saturday from 10am to 11:30am. While some players will distribute invitations for the game against the Shooters at the car race, others will be at the Albatros Cup to sign autographs and animate a skillfulness workshop. In addition, the team will be at the Sports experts on des Récollets street in Trois-Rivières, Sunday from 1:30pm to 3:30pm, to sign autographs and play a game of street soccer.

GAME #15

Date: August 18, 2007

Time: 4pm

Place: UQTR Stadium, Trois-Rivières

Opponent: Italia Shooters

Teams' record (w-l-d): Attak (6-3-5); Italia Shooters (9-2-3)

Standings: Attak - first in the national division; Italia Shooters - first in the international division

Attak games this season:
14- August 12 vs Windsor Border Stars, win 5-4 [Attak goalscorers: Darko Kolic (5,6), Alpha bah (2) and Nicolas Lesage (10,11); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
13- July 22 @ St. Catharines Wolves, draw 0-0 [Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
12- July 20 @ Toronto Croatia, draw 1-1 [Attak goalscorer: Ibrahim Baldeh (1); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
11- July 14 @ Windsor Border Stars, win 5-1 [Attak goalscorers: Nicolas Lesage (7,8,9), Joe Di Buono (1) and Alex Surprenant (2); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer (Lorenzo Borella, 84)]
10- July 13 @ London City, draw 2-2 [Attak goalscorers: Nicolas Lesage (6) and Alex Surprenant (1); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
9- July 7 vs North York Astros, win 2-1 [Attak goalscorers: Nicolas Lesage (5) and Alpha Bah (1); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
8- June 24 vs Canadian Lions, win 3-1 [Attak goalscorers: Nicolas Lesage (3,4) and Jean-Louis Bessé (3); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
7- June 17 vs Serbian White Eagles, loss 2-1 [Attak goalscorer: Darko Kolic (4); Attak goalkeeper: Gerry Argento]
6- June 10 @ Italia Shooters, draw 2-2 [Attak goalscorers: Jean-Louis Bessé (2) and Elkana Mayard (2); Attak goalkeeper: Gerry Argento]
5- June 3 vs Portuguese Supra, win 4-2 [Attak goalscorers: Darko Kolic (2,3), Guillaume Barrette (1) and Nicolas Lesage (2); Attak goalkeeper: Andrew Weber]
4- May 27 vs Serbian White Eagles, loss 3-2 [Attak goalscorers: Danny Anderson (1) and Darko Kolic (1); Attak goalkeeper: Gerry Argento]
3- May 20 @ Canadian Lions, win 2-1 [Attak goalscorers: Jean-Louis Bessé (1) and Nicolas Lesage (1); Attak goalkeeper: Gerry Argento]
2- May 18 @ Serbian White Eagles, loss 2-1 [Attak goalscorer: Elkana Mayard (1); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
1- May 13 vs Toronto Croatia, draw 0-0 [Attak goalkeeper: Andrew Olivieri]

Italia Shooters games this season:
14- August 15 @ St. Catharines Wolves, loss 1-0
13- August 12 vs St. Catharines Wolves, win 2-0
12- July 15 vs North York Astros, draw 1-1
11- July 7 vs Portuguese Supra, win 4-1
10- June 24 vs Serbian White Eagles, win 2-0
9- June 22 @ Serbian White Eagles, win 1-0
8- June 17 @ North York Astros, loss 3-2
7- June 15 @ London City, win 6-1
6- June 10 vs Attak de Trois-Rivières, draw 2-2
5- June 3 vs Windsor Border Stars, win 4-0
4- May 27 vs Portuguese Supra, win 2-0
3- May 25 @ Portuguese Supra, win 2-0
2- May 20 @ North York Astros, win 4-0
1- May 13 @ Canadian Lions, draw 0-0

Previous meeting between the two teams:

• date and place: June 10, 2007 @ The Soccer Center, Toronto
•  result: draw 2-2
• goalscorers: Jean-Louis Bessé, Elkana Mayard (Attak), Gladstones Richards and Jason De Thomasis (Italia Shooters)
• goalkeepers: Gerry Argento (Attak) and Camilo Benzi (Italia Shooters)

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