Challenge

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nino Schurter got the match started through his kick off. Roman Beljean made in the 2nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. The supporters of Italy booed when Espen Steelers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ingo Minder didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fabian Honauer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 5th minute of the match. 7 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fabian Honauer narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Espen Steelers getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Williams Imholz hit a great ball. Fabian Honauer 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 14th minute, Zaccheo Andolina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabian Honauer was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 19 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Alain Berset came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Espen Steelers's goalkeeper Fabian Honauer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Italy's attentive Sostene Vitulli managed to snatch the ball when Roman Beljean made a throw-in in the 27th minute of the game. Fabian Honauer 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 30th minute. Italy's Siricio Liotta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Roman Beljean in the 32 minute of the game. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alain Berset, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind Espen Steelers's goalkeeper Fabian Honauer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Fabian Honauer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 42nd minute of play. Porziano Marchitelli hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Italy's Zena Busacca got a free kick in the 45th minute. 46 minutes into the match, Espen Steelers's Rogelio Montez broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The wind increased when Zaccheo Andolina made the kick off in the second half. Williams Imholz kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. After having played for 51 minutes, Zaccheo Andolina managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Italy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zaccheo Andolina was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sigfrido Auletta got free with Fabian Honauer in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sigfrido Auletta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Fabian Honauer made a huge save. 59 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabian Honauer. Espen Steelers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zaccheo Andolina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Fabian Honauer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sigfrido Auletta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 62 minutes into the game, one of Espen Steelers:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Italy a penalty, 63 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Sigfrido Auletta, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Espen Steelers's Fabian Honauer. 0-3. Espen Steelers made a substitution. Hassan Schürch replaced Raffaelo Berger. Espen Steelers made a substitution. Ştefan Lupea replaced Rogelio Montez. 70 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Alain Berset came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nino Schurter, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. 74 minutes into the match, Nino Schurter had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nino Schurter was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's Siricio Liotta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Roman Beljean in the 84 minute of the game. With a little luck, Espen Steelers's Fabian Honauer got control of the ball when Siricio Liotta tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fabian Honauer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Siricio Liotta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Espen Steelers booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sostene Vitulli didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 94 played minutes, Espen Steelers's Williams Imholz shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Flavio Vittori came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Espen Steelers reached it. The Espen Steelers fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Italy were clearly better and deserved to take the win.