Challenge

St James Park
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zaccheo Andolina kicked off to start the match. Zaccheo Andolina recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 5th minute of the match Italy got a corner. Kania Gostyń'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. Italy's Sostene Vitulli was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Boruc Furgal in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Boruc Furgal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gianpaolo Mascari went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Italy's zone, Severiano Oliverio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Flavio Vittori came out of the goal and Severiano Oliverio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The throw-in from Alin Niculiță in the 17th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. 18 minutes into the match, De-Jesús Haaland 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 De-Jesús Haaland was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kania Gostyń's goalkeeper Boruc Furgal, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when De-Jesús Haaland got free with Flavio Vittori in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Kania Gostyń booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliseo Cutri didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 42nd minute of the match, De-Jesús Haaland got a very nice opportunity to score, but Flavio Vittori was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Boruc Furgal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 44th minute of the match. The supporters of Italy booed when Kania Gostyń was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alin Niculiță didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Sigfrido Auletta got free with Boruc Furgal in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Boruc Furgal 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 62nd minute. Kania Gostyń's Konstanty Domalik was substituted for Wiktor Falkiewicz. Kania Gostyń's Rei Bolas was substituted for Remigiusz Kazanowski. In the 68th match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Porziano Marchitelli to maneuver through the defense. If Konstanty Domalik had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konstanty Domalik in the 70th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Italy's Boruc Furgal threw himself towards the right post 73 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Siricio Liotta, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Konstanty Domalik received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Flavio Vittori tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstanty Domalik in the 78th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Kania Gostyń's goalkeeper Boruc Furgal, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 85 minutes into the game, Italy's Sigfrido Auletta nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Boruc Furgal made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Boruc Furgal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Curto, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. In the 92nd minute, Adriano Curto made a precise shot to the right of Boruc Furgal. Kania Gostyń's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. The Kania Gostyń supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Italy's performance. The match ended with a win for Italy.