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埼玉2002体育场
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Domingo Manni started the match with the kick off. Sostene Vitulli hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. Boubacar Caragea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 5th minute of the match. In the 7th minute, Zaccheo Andolina made a precise shot to the right of Boubacar Caragea. ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by 石景昆 in the 12th minute. Flavio Vittori made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Gumaro Leturia sent off a good shot on target. In the 19th minute of the match Italy got a corner. ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石'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. Boubacar Caragea 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 21st minute. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domingo Manni, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Boubacar Caragea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Boubacar Caragea narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domingo Manni, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. 37 minutes into the match, Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gumaro Leturia. ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's Gumaro Leturia 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. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Boubacar Caragea read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. After 41 minutes ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石'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 well-hit corner resulted in Zaccheo Andolina heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when 石景昆 tried to sneak it across the goal line. After the first half Italy were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zaccheo Andolina to make the kick off. Godofredo Francis made in the 51st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. After a rather tough play, ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's Domingo Manni got a free kick in the 53rd minute. ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's Boubacar Caragea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 54th minute of play. The supporters of Italy booed when ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. 贺桦笑 didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 62 minutes of play, ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's 石景昆 made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Flavio Vittori was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Siricio Liotta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Zaccheo Andolina took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Boubacar Caragea to make any attempt to save it. Zaccheo Andolina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boubacar Caragea having to interfere. Boubacar Caragea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Siricio Liotta in the 79th minute of the match. Boubacar Caragea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 80th minute. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Boubacar Caragea read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 82nd minute of play. Denis Elorri's late challenge caught a Italy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Denis Elorri helped the player get up and apologised. Denis Elorri hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Denis Elorri kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石's zone, Adriano Curto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Boubacar Caragea came out of the goal and Adriano Curto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gumaro Leturia in the 88th minute of play. The throw-in from Godofredo Francis in the 90th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. 91 minutes in the game, Siricio Liotta fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Boubacar Caragea having to interfere. Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Godofredo Francis, made in the 93rd minute of the game. The ≮王者归来≯日本浦和红宝石 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Italy were clearly better and deserved to take the win.