Challenge

Stepan Kravchenko
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Frank Mees got the match started through his kick off. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Mees, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 5 minutes into the match, FC Henter Somosd's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Gábor Király reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Italy's Eliseo Cutri got a free kick in the 5th minute. Alvaro Koldo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Flavio Vittori firmly grabbed it by the left post. Bart van Goetsenhoven could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. In the 10th minute, Tamás Antal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 12th minute of play forced FC Henter Somosd's goalkeeper Gábor Király to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute Siricio Liotta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gábor Király saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Bart van Goetsenhoven had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 20th minute of play forced FC Henter Somosd's goalkeeper Gábor Király to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Mees in the 21st minute of play. Porziano Marchitelli kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, Teodosio Lawrence hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 30th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gábor Király saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Mees in the 33rd minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Teodosio Lawrence made in the 37th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Arnd Schade immediately put the ball in play. Teodosio Lawrence'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. Teodosio Lawrence helped the player get up and apologised. In the 38th minute, Teodosio Lawrence hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gábor Király took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Mees in the 46th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frank Mees got free with Flavio Vittori in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 49th minute FC Henter Somosd were awarded a corner. Ottó Hudák went to the cornerflag to take it. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zaccheo Andolina stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 56 minutes, Zaccheo Andolina managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Italy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zaccheo Andolina was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alvaro Koldo charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alvaro Koldo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Gábor Király showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 59th minute of the match. After 63 played minutes FC Henter Somosd got a freekick which was hit by Alvaro Koldo. A sloppy throw-in by Teodosio Lawrence in the 68th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. 69 minutes into the match, FC Henter Somosd's goalkeeper Gábor Király had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zaccheo Andolina. Arnd Schade got a throw-in 70 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Alvaro Koldo. In the 74th minute Sigfrido Auletta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gábor Király saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Mees in the 77th minute of play. After 80 played minutes FC Henter Somosd got a freekick which was hit by Kristóf Szőllőssy. In the 81st match minute, FC Henter Somosd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kristóf Szőllőssy to maneuver through the defense. Italy's Eliseo Cutri shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 83rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Gábor Király but with some difficulty. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Mees, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gábor Király was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and Sigfrido Auletta capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Sigfrido Auletta really showed his touch with that goal: 0-1. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. When the final whistle sounded Italy left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Henter Somosd.