Challenge

Eibenthal
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zaccheo Andolina took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 3rd minute of play forced RED BLUE STAR's goalkeeper Karol Pierz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 5 minutes of play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Karol Pierz was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Răzvan Spineanu tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as 姚然军 kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Flavio Vittori. That made the score 1-1 in the 8 minute of play. If Gianpaolo Mascari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 姚然军 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 22nd minute of play forced RED BLUE STAR's goalkeeper Karol Pierz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Italy were awarded a corner in the 24th minute after RED BLUE STAR's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Zaccheo Andolina got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Karol Pierz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Karol Pierz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Porziano Marchitelli in the 27th minute of the match. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, RED BLUE STAR's Teobald Solarek got a free kick in the 37th minute. A collision led to RED BLUE STAR getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Felix Dragnea hit a great ball. In the 40th minute Porziano Marchitelli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karol Pierz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 43rd minute Porziano Marchitelli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karol Pierz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. After a rather tough play, RED BLUE STAR's Teobald Solarek got a free kick in the 47th minute. Teobald Solarek hit a great freekick 49 minutes into the match. 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 2-1.

If Sigfrido Auletta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. RED BLUE STAR's Karol Pierz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Siricio Liotta in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karol Pierz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eugen Văleanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. The throw-in from Leszek Pankiewicz in the 64th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. 67 minutes into the match, RED BLUE STAR's goalkeeper Karol Pierz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Porziano Marchitelli. Karol Pierz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zaccheo Andolina's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 姚然军 in the 71st minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Eugen Văleanu 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 Eugen Văleanu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Karol Pierz 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 84th minute the ball was on its way in behind RED BLUE STAR's goalkeeper Karol Pierz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 姚然军, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 97 played minutes, RED BLUE STAR's Teobald Solarek shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Flavio Vittori came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in RED BLUE STAR reached it. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. RED BLUE STAR had won after a very even match.