Challenge

DAVID de AZEVEDO
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Roy Makaay got the match started through his kick off. Nenko Reza 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 2nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Villaverde Celeste Clube's zone, Zaccheo Andolina stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nenko Reza came out of the goal and Zaccheo Andolina tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sigfrido Auletta recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind Villaverde Celeste Clube's goalkeeper Nenko Reza, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nicolai Otamendi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Flavio Vittori tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roy Makaay's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 26thth minute, Flavio Vittori skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Tang Qian Xiong made in the 34th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. After a rather tough play, Villaverde Celeste Clube's Zeledon Vachon got a free kick in the 34th minute. In the 37th minute, Zaccheo Andolina 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: 0-1. Flavio Vittori was a little too slow when William Lucas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 40th minute. The score was now 1-1. 44 minutes into the match, Villaverde Celeste Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Porziano Marchitelli came free, but Nenko Reza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zaccheo Andolina to strike the kick off in the second half. Roy Makaay blasted a shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Flavio Vittori having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by William Lucas in the 56th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Sigfrido Auletta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A throw-in in the 63rd minute of the game was made by Edmund Wawrukiewicz with Dino Manfredi as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Villaverde Celeste Clube's goalkeeper Nenko Reza, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. William Lucas kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Tang Qian Xiong, made in the 80th minute of the game. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind Villaverde Celeste Clube's goalkeeper Nenko Reza, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by Villaverde Celeste Clube's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Siricio Liotta was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. The Italy fans' excitement grew in the 84th match minute when Italy's Adriano Curto looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The throw-in from Dino Manfredi in the 92nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta.