Challenge

Stadio Martignano
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Toni Mauzer kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Sorci Viola's Arturo Di Sipio sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ilija Skugor narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ilija Skugor was out of position in the 4 minute of play, and Cesare Loreto capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cesare Loreto really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Arturo Di Sipio received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ilija Skugor came out and tried to block the shot, but Arturo Di Sipio slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 7th minute. When Toni Mauzer fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Croatia's protests and gave Toni Mauzer a yellow card for diving instead. Toni Mauzer hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Cesare Loreto took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Ilija Skugor to make any attempt to save it. Ilija Skugor was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Arturo Di Sipio showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-0 in the 14 minute of play. Antonio Martano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Ilija Skugor made a huge save. 22 minutes into the game, Cosimo Toninelli cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Ilija Skugor was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Croatia's Ilija Skugor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Croatia from getting a goal against them. In the 26th match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patrik Terzic to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Croatia's zone, Cesare Loreto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal and Cesare Loreto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sorci Viola's Bruno Egidi got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Armando Bonelli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damir Pongrac, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Edoardo Meo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilija Skugor should have stopped the shot. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cesare Loreto in the 36th minute of the match. In the 37th minute, Edoardo Meo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sorci Viola fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. Croatia's Ilija Skugor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Croatia from getting a goal against them. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 8-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Arturo Di Sipio to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Damir Pongrac 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. Edoardo Meo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Ilija Skugor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 57 minutes, Edoardo Meo made it 9-0 with a short kick to the right side. Croatia's Ilija Skugor tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 61 minutes of play, Sorci Viola's Arturo Di Sipio made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilija Skugor was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Damir Pongrac during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 65 played minutes Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Damir Pongrac. After having played for 66 minutes, Cesare Loreto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sorci Viola's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cesare Loreto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 11-0 became the score in the 70th minute when Cesare Loreto elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 73 minutes into the match, Antonio Martano notched a goal, 12-0, to the right of Croatia's Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Damir Pongrac hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Croatia's Damir Pongrac got a free kick in the 77th minute. In the 79th minute, Bruno Egidi 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. Alberto Chioda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Ilija Skugor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 83rdth minute of the game Alvise Urbani who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Croatia's Ilija Skugor was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvise Urbani in the 85th minute of play. In the 87th minute Cesare Loreto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilija Skugor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 87 minutes of play, Sorci Viola's Cesare Loreto made it 13-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilija Skugor was left in no man's land by his defense there! Edoardo Meo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 92 minutes of play, Sorci Viola's Alvise Urbani made it 14-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilija Skugor was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cesare Loreto went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 15-0 was the resulting score. When the referee ended the match the Sorci Viola players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.