Challenge

De Sanctis Montenero
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Black Mount™'s Peter Santos 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 5th minute of play forced Black Mount™'s goalkeeper Jânio César to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 6th 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: 0-1. Black Mount™'s Jânio César played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Porziano Marchitelli in the 8th minute of play. In the 12th minute of the match Italy got a corner. Black Mount™'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. In the 17th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jânio César saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Black Mount™'s Marcelinho Sergipano got a free kick in the 20th minute. Marcelinho Sergipano hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. With his leg Flavio Vittori managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when Black Mount™'s Peter Santos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Flavio Vittori came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Black Mount™'s Peter Santos. But to his dismay, Peter Santos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Italy's attentive Siricio Liotta managed to snatch the ball when Mustafa Emre Seha made a throw-in in the 35th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Peter Santos in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Flavio Vittori saved Italy from getting behind. 47 minutes into the match, Black Mount™'s goal looked a bit too open when Porziano Marchitelli came free, but Jânio César reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half Italy were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zaccheo Andolina made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Black Mount™'s goalkeeper Jânio César had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Porziano Marchitelli. Black Mount™'s Jânio César proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Black Mount™ from getting a goal against them. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peter Santos in the 57th minute of play. 61 minutes into the game, Black Mount™'s Hayri Pitirimov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Flavio Vittori made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. In the 74th minute, Peter Santos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Flavio Vittori was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Black Mount™'s Özgür Canser was substituted for Mustafa Emre Seha. Black Mount™'s Oswaldo Trigo was substituted for Hayri Pitirimov. Marcelinho Sergipano got a throw-in 79 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Arturo Di Pasquale. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Santos in the 81st minute of the match. Porziano Marchitelli received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jânio César came out and tried to block the shot, but Porziano Marchitelli slotted it home off the left post making it 3-3 in the 85th minute. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. 94 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Oswaldo Trigo came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.