Challenge

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zaccheo Andolina got the match started through his kick off. Claudinei Velloso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 4th minute of the match. 8 minutes in the game Eliseo Cutri did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Sigfrido Auletta. Claudinei Velloso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 9th minute of play. ACF Fiorentina's Claudinei Velloso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 14th minute of play. ACF Fiorentina's Hu Xi managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Eliseo Cutri in the 16 minute of the game. 20 minutes into the game, Eliseo Cutri threw the ball into play from the sideline. ACF Fiorentina's Hu Xi quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Claudinei Velloso 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 21st minute. If Maximino Cabezon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Porziano Marchitelli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maximino Cabezon in the 28th minute of play. Maximino Cabezon received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Flavio Vittori came out and tried to block the shot, but Maximino Cabezon slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 30th minute. Claudinei Velloso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hu Xi made in the 40th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Maximino Cabezon to strike the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes of play, ACF Fiorentina's Maximino Cabezon made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Flavio Vittori was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Maximino Cabezon came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the ACF Fiorentina 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 Maximino Cabezon couldn't finish the play. ACF Fiorentina's Ruperto Quilino was substituted for Rigoberto Rozarius. ACF Fiorentina made a substitution. Federico Teofilio replaced Saturnino Michael. ACF Fiorentina made a substitution. Hernán Leandro replaced Maximino Cabezon. In the 69th minute ACF Fiorentina were awarded a corner. Ciriaco Urdaspal went to the cornerflag to take it. A very nice done corner allowed Hernán Leandro to score against Flavio Vittori in Italy's goal. 3-0 after 69 minutes. The supporters of Italy booed when ACF Fiorentina was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hu Xi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 76th minute, Hu Xi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 81st minute of play forced ACF Fiorentina's goalkeeper Claudinei Velloso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Claudinei Velloso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 84th minute of play. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Hu Xi got a throw-in 87 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Hernán Leandro. In the 89th minute ACF Fiorentina were awarded a corner. Ciriaco Urdaspal went to the cornerflag to take it. After 95 played minutes Italy got a freekick which was hit by Sostene Vitulli. The ACF Fiorentina players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.