Challenge

The Den
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Loco Durazno made the kick off which started today's match. Anders Lundqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 2nd minute of the match. Eliseo Cutri made in the 7th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Gianpaolo Mascari however managed to control. After a defensive mix-up in Golden Lions FC's zone, Zaccheo Andolina stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anders Lundqvist 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. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Loco Durazno in the 12th minute of the match. Italy's Eliseo Cutri quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Joschi Hook, made in the 15th minute of the game. Golden Lions FC's Anders Lundqvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 16th minute of play. In the 21st minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anders Lundqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 23 minutes Golden Lions FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sigfrido Auletta who took care of the corner kick. In the 27th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anders Lundqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Loco Durazno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Flavio Vittori was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. 41 minutes into the game, Loco Durazno cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Flavio Vittori was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zaccheo Andolina stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mats Nyström in the 54th minute of play. Flavio Vittori didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Loco Durazno went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Kálmán Balogh kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Flavio Vittori didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Loco Durazno went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Loco Durazno, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Loco Durazno in the 69th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mats Nyström in the 71st minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Italy's Zaccheo Andolina got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Golden Lions FC made a substitution. Cosme Larpe replaced Mats Nyström. Golden Lions FC made a substitution. Burç Tokhan replaced Loco Durazno. After some careless play in the Italy defense, Cosme Larpe kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Flavio Vittori. The Italy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Flavio Vittori should have stopped the shot. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cosme Larpe in the 81st minute of play. Eliseo Cutri kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. After a rather tough play, Italy's Eliseo Cutri got a free kick in the 84th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Joschi Hook managed to get in a good position for a shot. Golden Lions FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Joschi Hook 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adriano Curto in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Anders Lundqvist saved Golden Lions FC from getting behind. 89 minutes into the match, Guiscardo Davide dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Anders Lundqvist, 5-1. Golden Lions FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.