Challenge

Stadio violeta
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Matej Nagy kicked off to start the match. Florian Tieri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Major Barna, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Matej Nagy got free with Fodor Daniel in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Antal Valentin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Florian Tieri was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. 13 minutes into the match, Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aurelio Pennetta. An unexpectedly hard shot by Takacs Tibor in the 14th minute of play forced violeta's goalkeeper Florian Tieri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute, Matej Nagy reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Fodor Daniel. The goal made the score 1-0. After some careless play in the violeta defense, Antal Valentin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Florian Tieri. The violeta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Florian Tieri should have stopped the shot. In the 24th minute Aurelio Pennetta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 26thth minute of the game Antal Valentin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but violeta's Florian Tieri was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. violeta's Florian Tieri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antal Valentin in the 27th minute of play. Florian Tieri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antal Valentin in the 32nd minute of the match. Fodor Daniel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arturo Scotti, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. After 35 minutes Hungary's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Arturo Scotti who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Genaro Francesco heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Arturo Scotti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 48 minutes, Arturo Scotti managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. violeta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arturo Scotti was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Antal Valentin to make the kick off. Fodor Daniel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matej Nagy in the 57th minute of play. Antal Valentin struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. Florian Tieri didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hungary. Fodor Daniel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Matej Nagy went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Takacs Tibor's late challenge caught a violeta's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Takacs Tibor helped the player get up and apologised. After 71 played minutes Hungary got a freekick which was hit by Takacs Tibor. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Scotti in the 72nd minute of play forced Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76th minute Major Barna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florian Tieri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by violeta's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Antal Valentin was slow to take the kick. During this time Hungary's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Hegedus Henrik almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but violeta's Florian Tieri did a great save. In the 80th minute Arturo Scotti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 80th minute, Arturo Scotti left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The violeta fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. If Alfredo De Laurentiis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. violeta had won after a very even match.