Challenge

Rapid Giulesti
Spectators: 51 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Italy's Zaccheo Andolina started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by King Scorpio in the 3rd minute of play. In the 4th minute, Zaccheo Andolina got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A4p FC Gad's Glenn Fyfe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 6th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when James Batistuta got free with Flavio Vittori in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sigfrido Auletta in the 15th minute. In the 16th minute, Iulian Berceanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from King Scorpio, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Glenn Fyfe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 21st minute of the match. Zaccheo Andolina scored 0-1 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Glenn Fyfe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Glenn Fyfe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 29th minute of the match. Glenn Fyfe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 33rd minute of the match. Daniel Löfgren made in the 34th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. In the 35th minute, Zaccheo Andolina left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. The supporters of Italy booed when A4p FC Gad was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dumitru Purcărete didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anfilogino Manzi hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. A4p FC Gad's Glenn Fyfe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 45th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. James Batistuta was the one to do the kick off. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Löfgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 56th minute, Daniel Löfgren made a precise shot to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Daniel Löfgren scored 2-2 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Flavio Vittori, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A4p FC Gad's Gică Busuioc was substituted for James Batistuta. A4p FC Gad's Glenn Fyfe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 67th minute of play. In the 70thth minute of the game Zaccheo Andolina who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but A4p FC Gad's Glenn Fyfe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Glenn Fyfe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Siricio Liotta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute of the match Italy got a corner. A4p FC Gad's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sigfrido Auletta ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 76th match minute Sigfrido Auletta ran free in the middle of the field and shot a long shot which scored behind a totally surprised Glenn Fyfe. 2-3. After a rather tough play, Italy's Gomberto Picozzi got a free kick in the 78th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Anfilogino Manzi in the 79th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. Zaccheo Andolina took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Glenn Fyfe. Glenn Fyfe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. Glenn Fyfe made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adriano Curto in the 86th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Adriano Curto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Italy's supporters rose to their feet, but Adriano Curto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Glenn Fyfe breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Italy players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.