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El Patio de su Casa
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Franco Benvenuto kicked off to start the match. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ilie Hurmuz in the 6th minute. Elpidio Amor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Porziano Marchitelli, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. 11 minutes into the game, Abelardo Arotza threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Siricio Liotta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Italy's Siricio Liotta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Abelardo Arotza in the 15 minute of the game. 17 minutes into the match, Timo!'s goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Elpidio Amor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elpidio Amor was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Izydor Karbowski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ilie Hurmuz in the 30th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Timo!'s Franco Benvenuto slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Flavio Vittori. That made the score 1-0 after 36 minutes of play. Abelardo Arotza charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Abelardo Arotza the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 42nd minute, Abelardo Arotza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Italy were awarded a corner in the 45th minute after Timo!'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. The supporters of Timo! booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliseo Cutri didn't get a good kick on the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

50 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Franco Benvenuto came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elpidio Amor made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Porziano Marchitelli sent off a good shot on target. Italy were awarded a corner in the 55th minute after Timo!'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. Italy's Sigfrido Auletta was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Elpidio Amor in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Timo! made a substitution. Ricardo Jerardo replaced Emilio Ravenna. A throw-in in the 62nd minute of the game was made by Abelardo Arotza with Telmo Camargo as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. With a little luck, Timo!'s Elpidio Amor got control of the ball when Zaccheo Andolina tried to sneak it across the goal line. Abelardo Arotza kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Timo!'s Alexandr Lunin was substituted for Franco Benvenuto. After a rather tough play, Timo!'s Abelardo Arotza got a free kick in the 69th minute. When Zaccheo Andolina came up free with the goalie in the 71st 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. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Izydor Karbowski in the 72nd minute of play. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Gelacio in the 76th minute of the match. With a little luck, Timo!'s Elpidio Amor got control of the ball when Sigfrido Auletta tried to sneak it across the goal line. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandr Lunin in the 78th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elpidio Amor was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. 81 minutes into the match, Timo!'s goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Elpidio Amor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Izydor Karbowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. A collision led to Timo! getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Telmo Camargo hit a great ball. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. After 84 played minutes Timo! got a freekick which was hit by Telmo Camargo. A sloppy throw-in by Abelardo Arotza in the 87th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. After some careless play in the Timo! defense, Porziano Marchitelli kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Elpidio Amor. The Timo! fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Elpidio Amor should have stopped the shot. Italy were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.