Challenge

中国•北京•鸟巢
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, 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. 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 4th minute. The corner ended in Sigfrido Auletta almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Eddy Luirink did a great save. Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by 洪奕锋, made in the 7th minute of the game. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goalkeeper Eddy Luirink, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 12th minute, Gustaw Fudalej ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Flavio Vittori was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Eddy Luirink played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Siricio Liotta in the 15th minute of play. Flavio Vittori made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Juan Edur sent off a good shot on target. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eddy Luirink read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 19th minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Eddy Luirink reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eddy Luirink 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 25th minute Gustaw Fudalej shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Vittori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eddy Luirink read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 30th minute of play. In the 31st minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. Italy's Eliseo Cutri was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Eddy Luirink in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zaccheo Andolina in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eddy Luirink saved ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 from getting behind. 36 minutes into the match, Gustaw Fudalej 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 Gustaw Fudalej was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gustaw Fudalej got free with Flavio Vittori in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Gomberto Picozzi fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Italy's protests and gave Gomberto Picozzi a yellow card for diving instead. In the 44th minute, Gomberto Picozzi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 45 minutes, 楚锋誉 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's supporters crossed their fingers, but 楚锋誉 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Juan Edur tried to sneak it across the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Juan Edur made a kick off. In the 50th match minute, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 洪奕锋 to maneuver through the defense. In the 54th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. With a little luck, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Eddy Luirink got control of the ball when Zaccheo Andolina tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siricio Liotta in the 57th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goalkeeper Eddy Luirink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Eliseo Cutri almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Eddy Luirink did a great save. Thanks to some nice moves Porziano Marchitelli could shoot a difficult shot in the 61st minute, which Eddy Luirink however easily saved by the left post. After 62 minutes ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sigfrido Auletta who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Sigfrido Auletta got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Eddy Luirink quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 64 minutes in the game 洪奕锋 did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Marc Bouman. In the 66th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddy Luirink saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Juan Edur scored 3-0 in the 69th 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. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 made a substitution. 潘洲悦 replaced Juan Edur. If Zaccheo Andolina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute, Gustaw Fudalej made a precise shot to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. The throw-in from 洪奕锋 in the 87th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Porziano Marchitelli took a quick shot and it went in 4-1 without a chance for Eddy Luirink to make any attempt to save it. In the 91st minute Gustaw Fudalej shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Vittori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 93 minutes into the game, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Marek Markowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Flavio Vittori made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 卓光竞, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 97th minute ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 were awarded a corner. 楚锋誉 went to the cornerflag to take it. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 楚锋誉 was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Flavio Vittori in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Italy's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.