Challenge

Carlos S. Bilardo
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zaccheo Andolina started the match with the kick off. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anacleto Soin, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Julián Camino got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Italy's attentive Eliseo Cutri managed to snatch the ball when Salvador Polentzi made a throw-in in the 22nd minute of the game. In the 23rd minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bona Dios saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bona Dios showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 25th minute of the match. In the 27th minute, Zaccheo Andolina 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. Bona Dios showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 30 minutes into the match, 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Bona Dios reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Bona Dios played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 33rd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Anacleto Soin in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Flavio Vittori prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Italy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pang Jing Peng was slow to take the kick. During this time 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Pang Jing Peng got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Flavio Vittori quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Bona Dios showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 40th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Pang Jing Peng managed to get in a good position for a shot. 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's supporters rose to their feet, but Pang Jing Peng was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Flavio Vittori breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 45th minute, Italy's Sostene Vitulli seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Sostene Vitulli the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Italy protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Sostene Vitulli had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 44th minute of the game. One of Italy:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín:s goal. After the first half Italy were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tony Justus was the one to do the kick off. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anacleto Soin, who was totally free with the ball in the 50th minute. Bona Dios made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 58th minute of play. Juan Manuel Díaz kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Bona Dios made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gianpaolo Mascari in the 60th minute of play. In the 60th minute, Gianpaolo Mascari made a precise shot to the right of Bona Dios. 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. When Sigfrido Auletta came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Italy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Sigfrido Auletta couldn't finish the play. 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Marcelo Trobbiani was substituted for Tony Justus. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Trobbiani in the 69th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Cristian Claude hit a great ball. Bona Dios didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gianpaolo Mascari went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Julián Camino made in the 79th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Pang Jing Peng. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anacleto Soin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anacleto Soin, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. After a rather tough play, 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Pang Jing Peng got a free kick in the 87th minute. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. In the 88th match minute, 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pang Jing Peng to maneuver through the defense. 92 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Gaston Fernández came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Italy were clearly better and deserved to take the win.