Challenge

Jose Amalfitani
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Fernandinho Rodrigues made the kick off and thus started the match. Fernandinho Rodrigues's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 5thth minute, Hias Nüssli skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a rather tough play, Switzerland's Federico Wiesendanger got a free kick in the 9th minute. Tiburcio Ubelteso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Hias Nüssli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hias Nüssli made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fernandinho Rodrigues in the 12th minute. An unexpected shot in the 14th minute by Manuel Conrao got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Switzerland's Hias Nüssli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiburcio Ubelteso in the 15th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Traian Prelipceanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hias Nüssli was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. A nice corner shot did that Fernandinho Rodrigues got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hias Nüssli quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Zurdo FC's Traian Prelipceanu got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 30th minute of the game. One of Switzerland:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Zurdo FC:s goal. After 31 minutes Switzerland's goalkeeper Hias Nüssli managed, with a little bit of luck, save Fernandinho Rodrigues's penalty, on his right side after a tricky shot. Hias Nüssli was out of position in the 31 minute of play, and Fernandinho Rodrigues capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Fernandinho Rodrigues really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. After having played for 42 minutes, Jacinto Maurer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Switzerland's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jacinto Maurer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Samuele Kunz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hias Nüssli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernandinho Rodrigues in the 55th minute of the match. In the 55th match minute, Switzerland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacinto Maurer to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Zurdo FC booed when Switzerland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Samuele Kunz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 62nd minute, Fernandinho Rodrigues left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zurdo FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Samuele Kunz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jozef Wandzik having to make a save. The Zurdo FC fans' excitement grew in the 70th match minute when Zurdo FC's Fernandinho Rodrigues looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Hias Nüssli came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Zurdo FC's Tiburcio Ubelteso. But to his dismay, Tiburcio Ubelteso quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. 78 minutes into the game, one of Switzerland:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Hias Nüssli went to the wrong direction when Fernandinho Rodrigues was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. After 83 minutes, Fernandinho Rodrigues made it 6-1 with a short kick to the right side. Switzerland's Hias Nüssli tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match clock showed 89 minutes, the score became 8-1 when Fernandinho Rodrigues sped through Switzerland's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hias Nüssli.