Challenge

Jose Amalfitani
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sandro Galishoff got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Zurdo FC booed when Austria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabio Schneider didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fabio Auer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiburcio Ubelteso in the 11th minute of the match. If Marvin Harrer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 15th minute, Fernandinho Rodrigues made a precise shot to the right of Fabio Auer. Austria's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. With a little luck, Austria's Fabio Auer got control of the ball when Cornelio Ongile tried to sneak it across the goal line. Virgilio Chus charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Virgilio Chus the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 20th match minute, Zurdo FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Virgilio Chus to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Fernandinho Rodrigues put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Fabio Auer. After 29 played minutes Zurdo FC got a freekick which was hit by Eugenio Rudolfo. After 29 played minutes, Austria's Sandro Galishoff shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jozef Wandzik came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Austria reached it. Austria's Fabio Auer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiburcio Ubelteso in the 33rd minute of play. 38 minutes in the game Virgilio Chus did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Cornelio Ongile. After 40 played minutes Austria got a freekick which was hit by Fabio Schneider. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fernandinho Rodrigues to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manuel Conrao in the 51st minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd minute, Fernandinho Rodrigues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabio Auer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fernandinho Rodrigues, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabio Auer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eugenio Rudolfo in the 64th minute of play. In the 65th minute, Traian Prelipceanu made a precise shot to the right of Fabio Auer. Austria's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cornelio Ongile in the 69th minute of play forced Austria's goalkeeper Fabio Auer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Manuel Conrao had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Fabio Auer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cornelio Ongile, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Fabio Schneider hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Austria's zone, Tiburcio Ubelteso stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabio Auer came out of the goal and Tiburcio Ubelteso tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Fabio Auer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernandinho Rodrigues in the 82nd minute of the match. 84 minutes into the match, Fernandinho Rodrigues had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabio Auer. Austria's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fernandinho Rodrigues was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Fabio Schneider received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Jozef Wandzik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 95th match minute, Austria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonas Nalder to maneuver through the defense. There was no doubt that Zurdo FC were the better team. Zurdo FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.