Challenge

Beeker Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Beek City's Marciano Hendrickx started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 4 minutes of play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rodriguinho de Castro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dimitri Diependaele hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Rodriguinho de Castro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 12th minute of play. Marciano Hendrickx's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Flavio Vittori firmly grabbed it by the left post. A sloppy throw-in by Gustav Siöman in the 17th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Sigfrido Auletta. Heiko Sibon hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Sigfrido Auletta struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Rodriguinho de Castro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Italy. In the 25th match minute, Beek City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Heiko Sibon to maneuver through the defense. Rodriguinho de Castro 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 29th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 29th minute of play forced Beek City's goalkeeper Rodriguinho de Castro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marciano Hendrickx in the 34th minute of play. If Porziano Marchitelli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd minute Marciano Hendrickx 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. In the 44th minute, Zaccheo Andolina left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 47th minute of play forced Beek City's goalkeeper Rodriguinho de Castro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

After a rather tough play, Beek City's Marciano Hendrickx got a free kick in the 50th minute. Flavio Vittori came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by Beek City's Josef Valkenaers. But to his dismay, Josef Valkenaers quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Siricio Liotta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Rodriguinho de Castro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rodriguinho de Castro was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Rodriguinho de Castro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Siricio Liotta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 61st play minute Siricio Liotta came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Rodriguinho de Castro. 1-3. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Sigfrido Auletta hit a great ball. After 69 played minutes Beek City got a freekick which was hit by Dimitri Diependaele. Siricio Liotta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Rodriguinho de Castro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Beek City's Stanislaw Rekowski got a free kick in the 77th minute. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marciano Hendrickx, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Porziano Marchitelli got free with Rodriguinho de Castro in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. After 85 minutes Beek City'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 goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Eliseo Cutri advanced and headed the ball into goal, 1-4 in the 85th minute. In the 88th minute, Gustav Siöman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 91st minute, Adriano Curto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. The throw-in from Gustav Siöman in the 95th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Italy played a much better game than Beek City and deserved their victory. The Beek City players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.