Challenge

Switzerland Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Samuele Kunz started the match with the kick off. Lisandro Vellito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuele Kunz in the 11th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Rodrigo von Känel managed to get in a good position for a shot. Switzerland's supporters rose to their feet, but Rodrigo von Känel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lisandro Vellito breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Vinicio Eliu scored 0-1 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hias Nüssli, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Samuele Kunz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Lisandro Vellito tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 27thth minute of the game Jens-Erik Vennerström who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Switzerland's Hias Nüssli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Switzerland's zone, Jens-Erik Vennerström stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hias Nüssli came out of the goal and Jens-Erik Vennerström tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 35 minutes, Jose Bidun managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Juventus's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jose Bidun was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vinicio Eliu in the 37th minute of play forced Switzerland's goalkeeper Hias Nüssli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute, Jacinto Maurer reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lisandro Vellito. The goal made the score 1-1. 47 minutes into the game, Juventus's Jens-Erik Vennerström nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hias Nüssli made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jens-Erik Vennerström to make the kick off. In the 53rdth minute of the game Vinicio Eliu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Switzerland's Hias Nüssli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 58th minute, Jens-Erik Vennerström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Juventus fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. In the 60th match minute, Juventus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pedro Iratxo to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Juventus's Pedro Iratxo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hias Nüssli. That made the score 1-4 after 63 minutes of play. Jens-Erik Vennerström who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 71stth minute tested the skills of Hias Nüssli when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With a little luck, Switzerland's Hias Nüssli got control of the ball when Vinicio Eliu tried to sneak it across the goal line. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by Switzerland's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bernabe Bertol was slow to take the kick. During this time Juventus's players had a chance to rest. Bernabe Bertol made a great header on Juventus's corner, it was just that Switzerland's Hias Nüssli managed to reach the ball for a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Jens-Erik Vennerström managed to get in a good position for a shot. Juventus's supporters rose to their feet, but Jens-Erik Vennerström was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hias Nüssli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in Juventus's zone, Samuele Kunz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lisandro Vellito came out of the goal and Samuele Kunz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vinicio Eliu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Hias Nüssli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Switzerland's zone, Jens-Erik Vennerström stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hias Nüssli came out of the goal and Jens-Erik Vennerström tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Jens-Erik Vennerström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Vinicio Eliu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 90 minutes into the match, Jens-Erik Vennerström had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hias Nüssli. Switzerland's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jens-Erik Vennerström was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. In the 94th minute Jens-Erik Vennerström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hias Nüssli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Juventus's Hias Nüssli threw himself towards the right post 96 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Pedro Iratxo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Pedro Iratxo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 97th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Juventus had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.