Challenge

Nueva Roma
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zaccheo Andolina got the match started through his kick off. Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Robin Lebleu, made in the 2nd minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pelayo Silva during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Lengua de Lobo getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Pelayo Silva hit a great ball. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lengua de Lobo'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. A well-hit corner resulted in Zaccheo Andolina heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Aldo Felipo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. Edgardo Patxi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 16th minute of the match. Edgardo Patxi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 19th minute of the match. Edgardo Patxi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 21st minute of the match. In the 30th minute, Aldo Felipo fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Flavio Vittori, passed just outside the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pelayo Silva in the 36th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute, Zaccheo Andolina made a precise shot to the right of Edgardo Patxi. Lengua de Lobo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The supporters of Italy booed when Lengua de Lobo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Robin Lebleu didn't get a good kick on the ball. 44 minutes into the match, Italy's Sigfrido Auletta sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edgardo Patxi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Italy were awarded a corner in the 45th minute after Lengua de Lobo's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Zaccheo Andolina fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Edgardo Patxi quite easily take care of the ball. A collision led to Lengua de Lobo getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Blas Herauso hit a great ball. After the first half Italy were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aldo Felipo made a kick off. 53 minutes in the game Robin Lebleu did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Pelayo Silva. Jaime Nayely kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Rosendo Tono lost his temper 57 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. A collision led to Lengua de Lobo getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Rosendo Tono hit a great ball. With a little luck, Lengua de Lobo's Edgardo Patxi got control of the ball when Sigfrido Auletta tried to sneak it across the goal line. Robin Lebleu made in the 63rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Porziano Marchitelli could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Edgardo Patxi made a huge save. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lengua de Lobo'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. Siricio Liotta made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that Lengua de Lobo's Edgardo Patxi managed to reach the ball for a save. Robin Lebleu made in the 72nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zaccheo Andolina in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Edgardo Patxi saved Lengua de Lobo from getting behind. Zaccheo Andolina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Edgardo Patxi made a huge save. If Porziano Marchitelli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Zaccheo Andolina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Siricio Liotta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Edgardo Patxi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edgardo Patxi was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Adriano Curto showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 89 minute of play. With an all-out effort, Italy's Edgardo Patxi threw himself towards the right post 92 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Adriano Curto, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 93rd minute Adriano Curto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgardo Patxi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match was over Italy could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Lengua de Lobo throughout the match.