Challenge

Paulo I. Heineck
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Wei Guang Xing made the kick off which started today's match. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wei Guang Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 9th minute Siricio Liotta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jens Mikaelsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 11th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. Sigfrido Auletta was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 12th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 15 minutes into the match, Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Radomir Narbut. Jens Mikaelsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Siricio Liotta in the 16th minute of the match. In the 18th minute of the match Italy got a corner. MONTANHA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sigfrido Auletta ran over to the corner to take the kick. Jens Mikaelsson 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 23rd minute. Jens Mikaelsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sigfrido Auletta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jens Mikaelsson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaccheo Andolina went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 30th minute, MONTANHA's Radomir Narbut ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Jens Mikaelsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 33rd minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Czeslaw Walec came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Radomir Narbut in the 40th minute. Jens Mikaelsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 41st minute of play. Víctor Cuesta kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. After 43 played minutes, Italy's Sigfrido Auletta shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jens Mikaelsson came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Italy reached it. In the 44th match minute, MONTANHA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radomir Narbut to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Sostene Vitulli hit a great ball. A collision led to MONTANHA getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Nilton Montenegro hit a great ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zaccheo Andolina to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jens Mikaelsson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Italy's Zena Busacca got a free kick in the 56th minute. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Radomir Narbut in the 60th minute of the match. A collision led to MONTANHA getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Gonçalo Matos hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, MONTANHA's Víctor Cuesta got a free kick in the 62nd minute. 63 minutes into the match, Sigfrido Auletta notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of MONTANHA's Jens Mikaelsson. Jens Mikaelsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Flavio Vittori didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Radomir Narbut went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. After 68 played minutes MONTANHA got a freekick which was hit by Dráuzio Severo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 71st minute of play forced MONTANHA's goalkeeper Jens Mikaelsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zaccheo Andolina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th 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 Dráuzio Severo in the 79th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Siricio Liotta ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jens Mikaelsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Siricio Liotta in the 89th minute. A nice corner shot did that Siricio Liotta got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jens Mikaelsson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The Italy supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Italy would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.