Challenge

De Sanctis Montenero
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Federico Fortunato charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Federico Fortunato the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 5th minute, Federico Fortunato hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 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. In the 10th minute, Zaccheo Andolina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carlo De Simone was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Zaccheo Andolina scored 0-3 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Carlo De Simone, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Black Mount™'s Carlo De Simone played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Siricio Liotta in the 16th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, Black Mount™'s goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Carlo De Simone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Italy's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Federico Fortunato 19 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-3. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Federico Fortunato in the 22nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Black Mount™ defense, Porziano Marchitelli kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Carlo De Simone. The Black Mount™ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Carlo De Simone should have stopped the shot. 35 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Carlo De Simone made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-5. Zaccheo Andolina took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Carlo De Simone. Carlo De Simone dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-6. If Zaccheo Andolina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The Italy fans' excitement grew in the 41st 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 1-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Zaccheo Andolina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Porziano Marchitelli managed to get in a good position for a shot. Italy's supporters rose to their feet, but Porziano Marchitelli was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Carlo De Simone breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in Black Mount™'s zone, Sigfrido Auletta stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carlo De Simone came out of the goal and Sigfrido Auletta tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-7 lead.

Carlo De Simone took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Zaccheo Andolina came up free with the goalie in the 55th 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 Zaccheo Andolina couldn't finish the play. In the 55th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlo De Simone saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 56th minute, Black Mount™'s goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Porziano Marchitelli fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 60th minute of play forced Black Mount™'s goalkeeper Carlo De Simone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 62nd minute, Zaccheo Andolina reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Carlo De Simone. The goal made the score 1-8. Carlo De Simone 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 67th minute Augusto Melis 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. After some careless play in the Italy defense, Augusto Melis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Flavio Vittori. The Italy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Flavio Vittori should have stopped the shot. Carlo De Simone stood somewhat misplaced when Zaccheo Andolina came free in front of goal and shot 2-9 to the left of him in the 71 minute. In the 73rd minute, Black Mount™'s goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Siricio Liotta fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Zaccheo Andolina received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Carlo De Simone came out and tried to block the shot, but Zaccheo Andolina slotted it home off the left post making it 2-11 in the 79th minute. In the 83rd minute, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Carlo De Simone. Carlo De Simone yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-12. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Italy's attentive Siricio Liotta managed to snatch the ball when Felice Cera made a throw-in in the 88th minute of the game. 89 minutes into the match, Siricio Liotta had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlo De Simone. Black Mount™'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Siricio Liotta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-13. Adriano Curto scored 2-14 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Carlo De Simone, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the final whistle sounded Italy left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Black Mount™.