Challenge

Ricardo Bochini
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Luis Oso took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Gomberto Picozzi hit a great ball. Wawrzyniec Sakowicz's shot from long distance in the 4th minute was not bad at all, but Italy's Flavio Vittori knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. In the 7th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julian Roland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Julian Roland played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 7th minute of play. After 8 played minutes Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ got a freekick which was hit by Eustacio Mino. Julian Roland came out of the goal in the 9th 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 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wawrzyniec Sakowicz in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Flavio Vittori saved Italy from getting behind. 15 minutes in the game, Wawrzyniec Sakowicz dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Luis Oso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Vittori having to interfere. A collision led to Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Martin Urtado hit a great ball. Julian Roland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 24th minute of play. The throw-in from Antonio Nerio in the 34th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sigfrido Auletta in the 37th minute. A nice corner shot did that Porziano Marchitelli got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julian Roland quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Julian Roland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Siricio Liotta, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Julian Roland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 47th minute of play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zaccheo Andolina made a kick off. Julian Roland showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Siricio Liotta in the 52nd minute of the match. The throw-in from Antonio Nerio in the 54th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wawrzyniec Sakowicz in the 56th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute of the match, Zaccheo Andolina tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Julian Roland saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Julian Roland took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sigfrido Auletta in the 73rd minute. Sigfrido Auletta made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Julian Roland managed to reach the ball for a save. When Zaccheo Andolina came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Italy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Zaccheo Andolina couldn't finish the play. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ made a substitution. Stanislaw Watarz replaced Leopoldo Artal. In the 83rd minute Adriano Curto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julian Roland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adriano Curto in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julian Roland saved Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ from getting behind. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Siricio Liotta was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Italy's Eliseo Cutri to a score. 0-2 in the 85th minute. In the 88thth minute of the game Adriano Curto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Julian Roland was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Italy were awarded a corner in the 90th minute after Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Siricio Liotta took the corner. In the 92nd minute Adriano Curto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julian Roland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 95th minute, Wawrzyniec Sakowicz 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 1-2. When the match was over Italy could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ throughout the match.