Challenge

Petrovskiy Park
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Efim Abramov started the match with the kick off. 7 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Evgeniy Kobeko came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dynamite's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Evgeniy Kobeko in the 8th minute. 9 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Matvey Epanchin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Matvey Epanchin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaccheo Andolina went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Matvey Epanchin 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 12th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 14th minute of play forced Dynamite's goalkeeper Matvey Epanchin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 16 minutes into the game, one of Italy:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 18th minute, Evgeniy Kobeko left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Dynamite fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Matvey Epanchin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 23rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evgeniy Kobeko in the 25th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matvey Epanchin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 26th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, Dynamite's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Matvey Epanchin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dynamite's goalkeeper Matvey Epanchin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 32nd minute, Zaccheo Andolina 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. Matvey Epanchin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Efim Abramov tried to sneak it across the goal line. 46 minutes into the match, Dynamite's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Matvey Epanchin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Dynamite players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Italy were winning 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zaccheo Andolina to strike the kick off in the second half. Dynamite's Matvey Epanchin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 51st minute of play. 51 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Matvey Epanchin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. In the 55th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matvey Epanchin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flavio Vittori stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Filimon Nesterenko's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filimon Nesterenko, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Sigfrido Auletta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Dynamite's Kazemir Gorbachev got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Matvey Epanchin 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 73rd minute. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Efim Abramov in the 77th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Andrey Ostrovskiy in the 79th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. The throw-in from Andrey Ostrovskiy in the 80th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. The crowd rose to their feet as Siricio Liotta kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Matvey Epanchin. That made the score 1-4 in the 80 minute of play. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dynamite's goalkeeper Matvey Epanchin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 85th minute, Adriano Curto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matvey Epanchin was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. 88 minutes into the game, Adriano Curto recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Matvey Epanchin. Adriano Curto showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-6. Matvey Epanchin was a little too slow when Adriano Curto got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 91st minute. The score was now 1-7. Adriano Curto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Matvey Epanchin made a huge save. Italy's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.