Challenge

255. Miroslav Klose
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zaccheo Andolina got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Nicasio Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pietro Salles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Vittori having to interfere. After 10 minutes of play, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Pietro Salles made it 1-0 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! After a rather tough play, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Samuel Nava got a free kick in the 12th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pietro Salles in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Flavio Vittori prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 27 minutes into the game, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Pietro Salles nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Flavio Vittori made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. In the 32nd match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliseo Cutri to maneuver through the defense. Zaccheo Andolina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 40th minute, Pietro Salles reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Flavio Vittori. The goal made the score 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 44th minute of play forced Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goalkeeper Nicasio Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Pietro Salles made a kick off. If Pietro Salles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 60 minutes into the game, Samuel Nava threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Eliseo Cutri quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Blomkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. After a rather tough play, Italy's Eliseo Cutri got a free kick in the 65th minute. 71 minutes into the game, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Peter Blomkvist nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Flavio Vittori made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s William Lebigot was substituted for Antonio Alzamendi. Gianpaolo Mascari made in the 74th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Kosmas Banasopoulos. Peter Blomkvist's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Flavio Vittori read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. After 75 minutes of play, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Peter Blomkvist made it 5-1 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! Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Blomkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. After 99 minutes Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Siricio Liotta who took care of the corner kick. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ fans cheered their team off the field, for while Italy had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.