Challenge

Keleler
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Italy's Zaccheo Andolina 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Doychin Konsulov got free with Flavio Vittori in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Italy fans' excitement grew in the 9th match minute when Italy's Zaccheo Andolina looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stuart Byman in the 13th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Doychin Konsulov got free with Flavio Vittori in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Porziano Marchitelli's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Velimir Popchev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. Velimir Popchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Siricio Liotta in the 20th minute of the match. In the 24thth minute of the game Zaccheo Andolina who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but VN Keleler's Velimir Popchev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stuart Byman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. VN Keleler were awarded a corner in the 27th minute after Italy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Andreas Lund took the corner. After a rather tough play, VN Keleler's Erkan Okan got a free kick in the 28th minute. Velimir Popchev 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 30th minute. Sigfrido Auletta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Velimir Popchev was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. After the first half Italy were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stuart Byman to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doychin Konsulov in the 51st minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Hakkı Kenan Pınar came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the VN Keleler fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Hakkı Kenan Pınar couldn't finish the play. In the 57th minute Sigfrido Auletta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Velimir Popchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Velimir Popchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. 64 minutes into the game, Gong Yuan Yu threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Sostene Vitulli quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Velimir Popchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. 73 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Doychin Konsulov came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Velimir Popchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 74th minute of the match. After 77 minutes of play, VN Keleler's Seyit Bozbey made it 1-1 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! Sigfrido Auletta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Velimir Popchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. The crowd rose to their feet as Italy's Adriano Curto slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Velimir Popchev. That made the score 1-3 after 91 minutes of play. In the 94th minute the ball was on its way in behind VN Keleler's goalkeeper Velimir Popchev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Italy's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.