Challenge

Ionut Andrei
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Benito Raphael kicked off to start the match. Zena Busacca charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zena Busacca the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a defensive mix-up in White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s zone, Zaccheo Andolina stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Costin Jecu came out of the goal and Zaccheo Andolina tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The throw-in from Mihăiţă Vâtcu in the 10th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 11th minute of play forced White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s goalkeeper Costin Jecu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benito Raphael, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. In the 16th minute, Zaccheo Andolina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Costin Jecu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 19 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Costin Jecu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The throw-in from Alfredo Curado in the 21st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cheng Zhan Sheng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Costin Jecu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaccheo Andolina went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cheng Zhan Sheng in the 34th minute of the match. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benito Raphael in the 38th minute of the match. Costin Jecu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 44th minute of the match. After the first half Italy were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Zaccheo Andolina made the kick off in the second half. A sloppy throw-in by Mihăiţă Vâtcu in the 51st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. In the 52nd minute Sigfrido Auletta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Costin Jecu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Costin Jecu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 55 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Costin Jecu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 59th minute of play forced White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s goalkeeper Costin Jecu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s zone, Zaccheo Andolina stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Costin Jecu came out of the goal and Zaccheo Andolina tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Costin Jecu got control of the ball when Zaccheo Andolina tried to sneak it across the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Cheng Zhan Sheng came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benito Raphael in the 85th minute of the match. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. With a little luck, White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s Costin Jecu got control of the ball when Adriano Curto tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind White&Blue Lions-Stiinta-'s goalkeeper Costin Jecu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The White&Blue Lions-Stiinta- fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Italy were clearly better and deserved to take the win.