Challenge

La Cucha
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 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 Tincho Palermo in the 4th minute of play. Simbo FC's Mías Khalifa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 8th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mías Khalifa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Siricio Liotta managed to get in a good position for a shot. Italy's supporters rose to their feet, but Siricio Liotta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mías Khalifa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Nestor Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Simbo FC getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Nestor Sancho hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 20th minute of play forced Simbo FC's goalkeeper Mías Khalifa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tincho Palermo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 21 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Tincho Palermo came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rdth minute of the game Zaccheo Andolina who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Simbo FC's Mías Khalifa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siricio Liotta in the 24th minute of play forced Simbo FC's goalkeeper Mías Khalifa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mías Khalifa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 25th minute of the match. In the 27th minute the ball was on its way in behind Simbo FC's goalkeeper Mías Khalifa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 29 minutes into the match, Simbo FC's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Mías Khalifa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 33rdth minute of the game Tincho Palermo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Italy's Flavio Vittori was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tincho Palermo in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Flavio Vittori prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 35th minute Simbo FC were awarded a corner. Sabri Ravelli went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Simbo FC's Anselmo Leocadio to fire away a dangerous shot which Flavio Vittori despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Anselmo Leocadio kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Flavio Vittori. That made the score 1-0 in the 35 minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Simbo FC's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Mías Khalifa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute Boleslaw Sidorowicz suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Eliseo Cutri kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tincho Palermo in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Flavio Vittori saved Italy from getting behind. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tincho Palermo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Nestor Sancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nestor Sancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tincho Palermo, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. After some careless play in the Simbo FC defense, Sigfrido Auletta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mías Khalifa. The Simbo FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mías Khalifa should have stopped the shot. Simbo FC's Natasha Jain was substituted for Anselmo Leocadio. Mías Khalifa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 71st minute. Simbo FC's Tincho Palermo got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mías Khalifa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. Natasha Jain made in the 91st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. In the 94th minute, Guiscardo Davide ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mías Khalifa was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. The Italy players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Simbo FC from taking control. The game ends in a draw.