Challenge

Florea Dumitrache
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jiang Chong Yuan started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute, Zaccheo Andolina made a precise shot to the right of Qian Ying Lang. LIVERPOOL FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Qian Ying Lang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 10th minute, LIVERPOOL FC's Aurel Corlățean dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. In the 18th minute of the match Italy got a corner. LIVERPOOL 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. In the 18th minute, Eliseo Cutri left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jiang Chong Yuan in the 21st minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, LIVERPOOL FC's Claudio Busillo got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Qian Ying Lang stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zaccheo Andolina's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. When Italy's Zaccheo Andolina in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LIVERPOOL FC's goalie prevented a goal. LIVERPOOL FC's Qian Ying Lang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Siricio Liotta in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute, Sigfrido Auletta ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Qian Ying Lang was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. After a rather tough play, LIVERPOOL FC's Liviu Rada got a free kick in the 35th minute. After a defensive mix-up in LIVERPOOL FC's zone, Porziano Marchitelli stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Qian Ying Lang came out of the goal and Porziano Marchitelli tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Italy's Zena Busacca got a free kick in the 38th minute. Qian Ying Lang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Porziano Marchitelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of LIVERPOOL FC booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sigfrido Auletta didn't get a good kick on the ball. Qian Ying Lang didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaccheo Andolina went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zaccheo Andolina was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 52nd minute of play forced LIVERPOOL FC's goalkeeper Qian Ying Lang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Qian Ying Lang didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaccheo Andolina went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. In the 65th minute, Italy's Sigfrido Auletta dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-6. A sloppy throw-in by Gianpaolo Mascari in the 72nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by LIVERPOOL FC's Svetlan Voynski. 73 minutes into the game, Mihnea Iosub cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-6. Flavio Vittori was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Qian Ying Lang made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Porziano Marchitelli sent off a good shot on target. Qian Ying Lang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 78th minute of play. Qian Ying Lang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sigfrido Auletta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Italy defense, Liviu Rada kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Flavio Vittori. The Italy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Flavio Vittori should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, LIVERPOOL FC's Qian Ying Lang got control of the ball when Guiscardo Davide tried to sneak it across the goal line. Qian Ying Lang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guiscardo Davide, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Mihnea Iosub fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Vittori having to interfere. The LIVERPOOL FC 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.