Challenge

Sunken Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Siricio Liotta in the 7th minute of play forced Sunkens Surtröjor's goalkeeper Sokol Narev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sigfrido Auletta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sokol Narev having to interfere. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Börje Njurenius, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Sokol Narev 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 14th minute. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sokol Narev was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Blom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sunkens Surtröjor's Sokol Narev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 22nd minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, Frans Alström 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 Frans Alström was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Porziano Marchitelli might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sokol Narev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Porziano Marchitelli ran back to his position shaking his head. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zaccheo Andolina in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sokol Narev saved Sunkens Surtröjor from getting behind. Sokol Narev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 42nd minute of the match. Italy were awarded a corner in the 43th minute after Sunkens Surtröjor's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Sigfrido Auletta got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Sokol Narev quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Sunkens Surtröjor's Sten Enström was substituted for Börje Njurenius. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sigfrido Auletta in the 58th minute. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sten Enström in the 60th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Sunkens Surtröjor's Error Uchiha got a free kick in the 61st minute. Sokol Narev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 62nd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th 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. Sokol Narev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sunkens Surtröjor's Victor Blom got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zaccheo Andolina recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frans Alström, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. In the 75th minute Sten Enström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Vittori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Error Uchiha made in the 81st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. After having played for 84 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. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. In the 88th minute, Anton Galle left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sunkens Surtröjor fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Siricio Liotta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 96 minutes into the game, Italy's Guiscardo Davide nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sokol Narev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. For all the effort they put into the match, the Italy players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Sunkens Surtröjor.