Challenge

Jazz Arena
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. Antal Valentin started the match with the kick off. Andrea Bolognesi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antal Valentin in the 4th minute of the match. Andrea Bolognesi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antal Valentin, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. The audience was convinced that Antal Valentin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Andrea Bolognesi was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Carmine Bellisario hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Marco Jazz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fodor Daniel read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 15th minute of play. In the 17th minute Takacs Tibor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrea Bolognesi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Marco Jazz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fodor Daniel was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. In the 23rd minute, Marco Jazz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Fodor Daniel. The goal made the score 1-1. Mai Yang Yan struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Fodor Daniel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Jazz. After 34 minutes of play, Hungary's Antal Valentin made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Andrea Bolognesi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Hungary's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Marco Jazz 39 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-2. 47 minutes into the match, Jazz's goal looked a bit too open when Hegedus Henrik came free, but Andrea Bolognesi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 48th minute, Camillo Salerno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marco Jazz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Marco Jazz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Fodor Daniel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Balazs Lajos's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 57thth minute, Andrea Bolognesi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 59 minutes of play, Jazz's Marco Jazz made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fodor Daniel was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Marco Jazz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fodor Daniel was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Antal Valentin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Andrea Bolognesi made a huge save. In the 75th minute Hungary were awarded a corner. Antal Valentin went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nae Preda in the 77th minute of play forced Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Major Barna might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Andrea Bolognesi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Major Barna ran back to his position shaking his head. Antal Valentin struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Andrea Bolognesi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hungary. Fodor Daniel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nae Preda, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Andrea Bolognesi was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Antal Valentin capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Antal Valentin really showed his touch with that goal: 4-3. After 95 minutes, Marco Jazz made it 5-3 with a short kick to the right side. Hungary's Fodor Daniel tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Hungary's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Jazz had won, even though Hungary had held more of the ball.