Challenge

Pitbull Stadion
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, 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. Turbo Koksy's Anabhisastra Shebalin quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Eliseo Cutri, made in the 5th minute of the game. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cheng Chao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 9th minute of play forced Turbo Koksy's goalkeeper Patryk Ranc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 14 minutes into the match, Cheng Chao notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Italy's Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The throw-in from Anabhisastra Shebalin in the 18th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. In the 19th minute Sigfrido Auletta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patryk Ranc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cheng Chao got free with Flavio Vittori in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cheng Chao, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Anabhisastra Shebalin made in the 32nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. After a rather tough play, Turbo Koksy's Anabhisastra Shebalin got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Patryk Ranc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sigfrido Auletta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute Cheng Chao 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. Sigfrido Auletta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Esteve Crespin hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Turbo Koksy's Patryk Ranc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 45th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cheng Chao to make the kick off. Esteve Crespin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Sigfrido Auletta came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Italy 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 Sigfrido Auletta couldn't finish the play. Patryk Ranc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 58th minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Cheng Chao came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patryk Ranc was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cheng Chao in the 69th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Turbo Koksy's Klement Brysz was substituted for Anabhisastra Shebalin. Turbo Koksy's Olgierd Fronczak was substituted for Cheng Chao. 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 76th minute. Patryk Ranc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Porziano Marchitelli got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Patryk Ranc quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olgierd Fronczak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After taking down the ball on Turbo Koksy's corner Cyprian Hajduk fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Flavio Vittori quite easily take care of the ball. Esteve Crespin hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Olgierd Fronczak blasted a shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Flavio Vittori having to make a save. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olgierd Fronczak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Turbo Koksy support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.