Challenge

The wings of success
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind SPARROWS's goalkeeper Vitko Hadzhiiliev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Pavlin Pintev, made in the 7th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 9th minute of play forced SPARROWS's goalkeeper Vitko Hadzhiiliev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vitko Hadzhiiliev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vitko Hadzhiiliev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 17th minute of play. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aan 周瑜, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. With an all-out effort, SPARROWS's Flavio Vittori threw himself towards the right post 29 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Aan 周瑜, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 31st minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitko Hadzhiiliev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 32 minutes into the game, Pavlin Pintev threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Siricio Liotta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. SPARROWS's Vitko Hadzhiiliev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 34th minute of play. Italy were awarded a corner in the 35th minute after SPARROWS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. Vitko Hadzhiiliev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 36th minute of play. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aan 周瑜 in the 38th minute of play. Flavio Vittori made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Karl-Michael Tinglöv sent off a good shot on target. Vitko Hadzhiiliev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Siricio Liotta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vitko Hadzhiiliev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 45th minute of the match. 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. With a little luck, SPARROWS's Vitko Hadzhiiliev got control of the ball when Zaccheo Andolina tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Karl-Michael Tinglöv managed to get in a good position for a shot. SPARROWS's supporters rose to their feet, but Karl-Michael Tinglöv 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. After 58 played minutes SPARROWS got a freekick which was hit by Flóki Floki. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zaccheo Andolina got free with Vitko Hadzhiiliev in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. SPARROWS's Vitko Hadzhiiliev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save SPARROWS from getting a goal against them. Vitko Hadzhiiliev was out of position in the 69 minute of play, and Zaccheo Andolina capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Zaccheo Andolina really showed his touch with that goal: 0-1. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karl-Michael Tinglöv, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 84 played minutes SPARROWS got a freekick which was hit by Pavlin Pintev. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Adriano Curto in the 88th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vitko Hadzhiiliev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Vitko Hadzhiiliev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Curto, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. In the 95th minute, Adriano Curto 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: 0-2. Italy played a much better game than SPARROWS and deserved their victory. The SPARROWS players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.