Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cristiano Ramundo made the kick off and thus started the match. After 5 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for U21 Italy! When Sporting Club Sicilia's Concetto Rucci in the 7th minute got a chance for a shot 7th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Italy's goalie prevented a goal. In the 8th minute of the match Sporting Club Sicilia got a corner. U21 Italy's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Concetto De Nardis ran over to the corner to take the kick. Sancho Vesel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guaberto Cristos in the 14th minute of play. Sancho Vesel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Concetto Rucci, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guaberto Cristos in the 19th minute of play forced U21 Italy's goalkeeper Sancho Vesel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sancho Vesel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Concetto De Nardis's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. In the 30thth minute of the game Guaberto Cristos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Italy's Sancho Vesel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the U21 Italy defense, Guaberto Cristos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sancho Vesel. The U21 Italy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sancho Vesel should have stopped the shot. Sancho Vesel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Concetto Rucci in the 37th minute of the match. In the 41st minute Sporting Club Sicilia were awarded a corner. Concetto De Nardis went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 42nd minute of the match Sporting Club Sicilia got a corner. U21 Italy's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Concetto De Nardis ran over to the corner to take the kick. U21 Italy's Sancho Vesel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guaberto Cristos in the 43rd minute of play. 46 minutes into the match, U21 Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Concetto Rucci came free, but Sancho Vesel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Concetto De Nardis was the one to do the kick off. U21 Italy's Sancho Vesel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Concetto De Nardis in the 51st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guaberto Cristos in the 52nd minute of play forced U21 Italy's goalkeeper Sancho Vesel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. U21 Italy's Sancho Vesel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Concetto De Nardis in the 53rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Camillo Tolin in the 57th minute of play forced Sporting Club Sicilia's goalkeeper Alvaro Sanna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dave Alfieri got free with Sancho Vesel in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sancho Vesel didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Sporting Club Sicilia's Concetto De Nardis shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Sancho Vesel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Concetto De Nardis, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. The audience was convinced that Concetto De Nardis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sancho Vesel was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Sancho Vesel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Concetto De Nardis, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. 77 minutes into the game, Concetto De Nardis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Sancho Vesel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Sporting Club Sicilia's Dino Coletti was substituted for Emiliano Pizziolo. In the 81st minute Guaberto Cristos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sancho Vesel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The long shot by Concetto De Nardis in the 84th minute really tested Sancho Vesel's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. With an all-out effort, Sporting Club Sicilia's Sancho Vesel threw himself towards the right post 92 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Concetto De Nardis, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Concetto De Nardis scored 0-6 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sancho Vesel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sporting Club Sicilia played a much better game than U21 Italy and deserved their victory. The U21 Italy players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.