Challenge

Scrugenkrake Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zaccheo Andolina kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd minute, Zoil Pequeño fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Zaccheo Andolina might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jose Boldu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zaccheo Andolina ran back to his position shaking his head. 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 7th minute. Zaccheo Andolina made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that Deportivo ScrugenFC's Jose Boldu managed to reach the ball for a save. A throw-in in the 10th minute of the game was made by Deodato Magliozzi with Porziano Marchitelli as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Jose Boldu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zaccheo Andolina's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Jose Boldu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 14th minute of the match. Jose Boldu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 18th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Zoil Pequeño kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Flavio Vittori. That made the score 1-0 in the 19 minute of play. A collision led to Deportivo ScrugenFC getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Zoil Pequeño hit a great ball. Zaccheo Andolina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jose Boldu having to interfere. Siricio Liotta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Jose Boldu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 41st minute, Franky Flam hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 43rdth minute of the game Zaccheo Andolina who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Deportivo ScrugenFC's Jose Boldu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zoil Pequeño to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Doriva Saldanha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zoil Pequeño in the 55th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Flavio Vittori prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 64 minutes into the match, Zoil Pequeño had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zoil Pequeño was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Deportivo ScrugenFC made a substitution. Romário Macedo replaced Jonatan Maidana. In the 69th match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Deodato Magliozzi to maneuver through the defense. Deodato Magliozzi hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leobardo Padierna in the 72nd minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zaccheo Andolina in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jose Boldu saved Deportivo ScrugenFC from getting behind. The crowd rose to their feet as Italy's Zaccheo Andolina slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jose Boldu. That made the score 2-1 after 80 minutes of play. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. 88 minutes into the match, Deportivo ScrugenFC's goal looked a bit too open when Guiscardo Davide came free, but Jose Boldu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jose Boldu was a little too slow when Adriano Curto got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 2-2. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Siricio Liotta in the 95th minute. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Siricio Liotta fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jose Boldu quite easily take care of the ball. Italy were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.