Challenge

José Sand
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Horácio Garcia made the kick off which started today's match. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 2nd minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. Horácio Garcia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siricio Liotta in the 6th minute of play forced Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goalkeeper Emanuel Podgoreanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 10 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emanuel Podgoreanu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eusebio Fernendo in the 15th minute of play. After 16 played minutes Acercate Y Patea de Lejos got a freekick which was hit by Hipolito Misael. Emanuel Podgoreanu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. 19 minutes into the match, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Emanuel Podgoreanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Emanuel Podgoreanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Eusebio Fernendo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 24 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emanuel Podgoreanu. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zaccheo Andolina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Horácio Garcia in the 28th minute. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emanuel Podgoreanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Porziano Marchitelli in the 31st minute of play. Emanuel Podgoreanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sigfrido Auletta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zena Busacca to maneuver through the defense. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emanuel Podgoreanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 44th minute of play. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Emanuel Podgoreanu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 46th minute of play. In the 47th minute, Zaccheo Andolina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emanuel Podgoreanu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. After the first half Italy were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zaccheo Andolina stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horácio Garcia in the 56th minute of the match. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos made a substitution. Rosendo Gervaso replaced Horácio Garcia. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Natalio Guter was substituted for Hipolito Misael. Su Kun made in the 66th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Yves Ayral however managed to control. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rosendo Gervaso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Natalio Guter, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. After some careless play in the Italy defense, Rosendo Gervaso 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. The crowd rose to their feet as Italy's Zaccheo Andolina slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Emanuel Podgoreanu. That made the score 1-5 after 76 minutes of play. 84 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emanuel Podgoreanu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-6. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. In the 89th minute Adriano Curto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Podgoreanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 91 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Italy's Guiscardo Davide fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. In the 92ndth minute of the game Rosendo Gervaso who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Italy's Flavio Vittori was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Italy defense, Eliseo Abechuco 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. After 96 minutes, Gustavo Tartalo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Acercate Y Patea de Lejos and the Italy players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gustavo Tartalo hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. The Italy players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.