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Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Xuaco Oñaederra started the match with the kick off. Flavio Vittori had great luck who in the 8thth minute grab hold of the ball when Imre Szabics from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. After 9 played minutes Moneyball got a freekick which was hit by Stanislav Mikolášek. After a defensive mix-up in Moneyball's zone, Zaccheo Andolina stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jose Mourinho 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. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. Jose Mourinho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Siricio Liotta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jose Mourinho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Siricio Liotta, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Xuaco Oñaederra could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. In the 26th match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Deodato Magliozzi to maneuver through the defense. 30 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jose Mourinho narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 31st minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jose Mourinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Zaccheo Andolina managed to get in a good position for a shot. Italy's supporters rose to their feet, but Zaccheo Andolina was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jose Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Xuaco Oñaederra tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jose Mourinho read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 45th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Moneyball's Anthony D'Amico got a free kick in the 46th minute. If Porziano Marchitelli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jose Mourinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 48th minute of play. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zaccheo Andolina to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jose Mourinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xuaco Oñaederra, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Moneyball were awarded a corner in the 60th minute after Italy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cheng Wei Yan took the corner. Xuaco Oñaederra'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 66th minute of play. Jose Mourinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 70th minute of play. Moneyball's Jakub Šantrůček was substituted for Oliver Bergman. Moneyball made a substitution. Božetěch Caletka replaced Stanislav Mikolášek. The supporters of Moneyball booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sostene Vitulli didn't get a good kick on the ball. With an all-out effort, Italy's Jose Mourinho threw himself towards the right post 77 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Zaccheo Andolina, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 79 minutes of play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jose Mourinho was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jose Mourinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Siricio Liotta in the 83rd minute of play. In the 87th minute, Zaccheo Andolina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jose Mourinho was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. After a rather tough play, Moneyball's Jakub Šantrůček got a free kick in the 91st minute. 94 minutes into the match, Italy's Adriano Curto sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jose Mourinho narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Porziano Marchitelli might have been able to make a better finish in the 96th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jose Mourinho. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Porziano Marchitelli ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match was over Italy could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Moneyball throughout the match.