Challenge

San Mauro A Mare
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rogério Mitovski. San Mauro A Mare FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zaccheo Andolina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. With an all-out effort, San Mauro A Mare FC's Flavio Vittori threw himself towards the right post 7 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Augusto Riso, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With his leg Flavio Vittori managed to avoid a goal in the 13thth minute, when San Mauro A Mare FC's Serafo Tome fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Rogério Mitovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 26th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 31st minute of play forced San Mauro A Mare FC's goalkeeper Rogério Mitovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the match, San Mauro A Mare FC's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Rogério Mitovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rogério Mitovski was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. In the 34th 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. With 37 minutes on the clock, Abel Gasparyan commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Rogério Mitovski had in the 38thth minute some difficulties stopping Sigfrido Auletta's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Levent Hicran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Italy booed when San Mauro A Mare FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Augusto Riso didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 44th minute Augusto Riso 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. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zaccheo Andolina to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute of the game Fabinho Bastos made a throw-in which Dinu Dobre played forward. Francesco Cremonese took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. San Mauro A Mare FC's Concetto Tesone was substituted for Augusto Riso. Fan Liang Chong made in the 59th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Porziano Marchitelli. San Mauro A Mare FC's Armin Berardini was substituted for Levent Hicran. San Mauro A Mare FC's Tony Rosa was substituted for Serafo Tome. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Armin Berardini in the 78th minute of play. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. With a little luck, San Mauro A Mare FC's Rogério Mitovski got control of the ball when Porziano Marchitelli tried to sneak it across the goal line. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Siricio Liotta fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rogério Mitovski quite easily take care of the ball. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.