Challenge

San Mauro A Mare
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Levent Hicran got the match started through his kick off. Rogério Mitovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A sloppy throw-in by Fabinho Bastos in the 8th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Zena Busacca. Dinu Dobre hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Italy's Sigfrido Auletta got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 12th 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. Zena Busacca kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. In the 23rd minute of the match Sostene Vitulli shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rogério Mitovski showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After having played for 25 minutes, Serafo Tome managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. San Mauro A Mare FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Serafo Tome was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A sloppy throw-in by Fabinho Bastos in the 26th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. In the 31st minute of the match Italy got a corner. San Mauro A Mare FC'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. Rogério Mitovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 41 minutes, Flavio Vittori successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 44 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of San Mauro A Mare FC's Rogério Mitovski. Rogério Mitovski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

The supporters of San Mauro A Mare FC booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gomberto Picozzi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 58th minute, Gomberto Picozzi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serafo Tome in the 59th minute of play. A collision led to San Mauro A Mare FC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Zhu Yun Bin hit a great ball. Rogério Mitovski was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Zaccheo Andolina showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 67 minute of play. San Mauro A Mare FC made a substitution. Armin Berardini replaced Levent Hicran. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhu Yun Bin in the 75th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Porziano Marchitelli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armin Berardini in the 79th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. San Mauro A Mare FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dinu Dobre in the 81st minute. After taking down the ball on San Mauro A Mare FC's corner Dinu Dobre fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Flavio Vittori quite easily take care of the ball. After a rather tough play, San Mauro A Mare FC's Augusto Riso got a free kick in the 81st minute. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. The supporters of Italy booed when San Mauro A Mare FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Augusto Riso didn't get a good kick on the ball. San Mauro A Mare FC's Rogério Mitovski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save San Mauro A Mare FC from getting a goal against them. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armin Berardini in the 92nd minute of the match. The Italy supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Italy would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.