Challenge

Catino Pometino
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Italy's Zaccheo Andolina 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. Ramón Abreu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 5th minute of play. After having played for 6 minutes, Siricio Liotta managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Italy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Siricio Liotta was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice moves Andrea Tofani could shoot a difficult shot in the 9th minute, which Flavio Vittori however easily saved by the left post. Ramón Abreu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 11th minute of play. Ramón Abreu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Porziano Marchitelli, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. PomeziaRamblers's Ramón Abreu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 18th minute of play. Italy's attentive Siricio Liotta managed to snatch the ball when Nils Øvstebø made a throw-in in the 19th minute of the game. In the 20th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramón Abreu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andrea Tofani in the 21st minute. In the 21st minute, PomeziaRamblers's Andrea Tofani ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. Andrea Tofani struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Flavio Vittori didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for PomeziaRamblers. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Metin Tekin in the 34th minute of the match. Ramón Abreu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andrea Tofani who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 37thth minute tested the skills of Flavio Vittori when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Ramón Abreu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Siricio Liotta in the 38th minute of play. If Siricio Liotta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ramón Abreu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaccheo Andolina went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score.

The wind increased when Andrea Tofani made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Metin Tekin 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 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 56th minute of play forced PomeziaRamblers's goalkeeper Ramón Abreu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ramón Abreu came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Italy's Zaccheo Andolina. But to his dismay, Zaccheo Andolina quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrea Tofani, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrea Tofani, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. 66 minutes had been played when some careless play by PomeziaRamblers's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sigfrido Auletta was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Sigfrido Auletta fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ramón Abreu quite easily take care of the ball. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Metin Tekin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. PomeziaRamblers's Ramón Abreu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 74th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 77th minute of play forced PomeziaRamblers's goalkeeper Ramón Abreu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute of the match Italy got a corner. PomeziaRamblers'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. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Zaccheo Andolina got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 2-3. 79 minutes into the match. In the 82nd minute, Zaccheo Andolina made a precise shot to the right of Ramón Abreu. PomeziaRamblers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-4. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. In the 88th minute of the match, Adriano Curto got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ramón Abreu was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Metin Tekin took the ball and in the 91 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-4. 94 minutes into the game, Nils Øvstebø threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Siricio Liotta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Ramón Abreu made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Adriano Curto sent off a good shot on target. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Italy eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.