Challenge

Dragons Graveyard
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zaccheo Andolina took the kick off in the first half of the match. Siricio Liotta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jerome Ngake having to interfere. Benny Hills short, quick shot in the 11thth minute got Flavio Vittori to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Benny Hill sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jerome Ngake made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Porziano Marchitelli in the 20th minute of play. Jerome Ngake took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute, Gianpaolo Mascari hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jerome Ngake showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 34th minute of the match. Jerome Ngake stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sigfrido Auletta's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. In the 35thth minute of the game Sigfrido Auletta who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Draconia's Jerome Ngake was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Denis Serebryanikov in the 38th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Zena Busacca. A collision led to FC Draconia getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Denis Serebryanikov hit a great ball. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benny Hill in the 51st minute of play. Jerome Ngake made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 56th minute. FC Draconia made a substitution. Tomislav Mikalauskas replaced Adrian Costandin. FC Draconia's attentive Amaury Van den Berge managed to snatch the ball when Eliseo Cutri made a throw-in in the 67th minute of the game. Jerome Ngake showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 68th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liu Ming Jian in the 70th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute, Benny Van der Poorten hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Through an outstanding action, after 75 minutes, Jerome Ngake successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 77 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Liu Ming Jian came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adriano Curto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jerome Ngake read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 88th minute of play. After some careless play in the Italy defense, Liu Ming Jian kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Flavio Vittori. The Italy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Flavio Vittori should have stopped the shot. When the referee blew the final whistle, FC Draconia could leave the field as winners, despite Italy having more of the ball for most of the match.