Challenge

Estadio Puerto Alto
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Zaccheo Andolina started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Sperides's Fortun Roca got a free kick in the 5th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Zaccheo Andolina managed to get in a good position for a shot. Italy's supporters rose to their feet, but Zaccheo Andolina was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hibai Olano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 10 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Lucas Darling came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roberto Peto in the 11th minute. In the 27th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sperides's goalkeeper Hibai Olano, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Sperides's zone, Porziano Marchitelli stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hibai Olano came out of the goal and Porziano Marchitelli tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hibai Olano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 32nd minute of the match. Italy were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after Sperides's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. The corner led Italy's Sigfrido Auletta to fire away a dangerous shot which Hibai Olano despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Hibai Olano 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 37th minute. The supporters of Italy booed when Sperides was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pablo-Enrique Lopez didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Italy's Gomberto Picozzi got a free kick in the 46th minute. A collision led to Sperides getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Roberto Peto hit a great ball. Sperides made a substitution. Adriano Santalla replaced Pablo-Enrique Lopez. Sperides's Polifemo Morales was substituted for Xaime Fabelo. The supporters of Italy booed when Sperides was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 49 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roberto Peto didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Lucero Mezquita made the kick off in the second half. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roberto Peto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Porziano Marchitelli came up free with the goalie in the 56th 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 Porziano Marchitelli couldn't finish the play. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Peto in the 58th minute of play. Polifemo Morales made in the 59th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. 60 minutes into the match, Sperides's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Hibai Olano 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 Roberto Peto, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Hibai Olano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Siricio Liotta in the 67th minute of play. In the 68th minute of the match Italy got a corner. Sperides's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sigfrido Auletta ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Siricio Liotta almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Sperides's Hibai Olano did a great save. After 72 minutes of play, Italy's Sigfrido Auletta made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hibai Olano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucero Mezquita in the 75th minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Lucero Mezquita came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zaccheo Andolina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hibai Olano having to interfere. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roberto Peto, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zaccheo Andolina in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hibai Olano prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 87 minutes into the match, Sperides's goal looked a bit too open when Sigfrido Auletta came free, but Hibai Olano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Porziano Marchitelli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hibai Olano having to interfere. In the 93rd minute, Adriano Curto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucero Mezquita in the 96th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Italy eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.