Challenge

L Riccardo Gurrera
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Oliver Holub's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Adeng Fatahillah read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 5th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Oliver Holub during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 7th match minute, Slovakia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oliver Holub to maneuver through the defense. 17 minutes into the match, Slovakia's goal looked a bit too open when Dennis Fava came free, but Henrich Slany reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Henrich Slany showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florian Petroni in the 19th minute of the match. Fabiano Flammini made in the 21st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Cristoforo Contestabile immediately put the ball in play. Metod Mlynar struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Adeng Fatahillah didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Slovakia. 30 minutes into the game, A C Sciacca's Florian Petroni nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Henrich Slany made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Dennis Fava sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 35th minute, Jan-Åke Kjellqvist ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Henrich Slany was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. 40 minutes into the match, Jan-Åke Kjellqvist had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Henrich Slany. Slovakia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jan-Åke Kjellqvist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Slovakia were furious when Stefan Havel was red carded, 47 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 46th minute, one of Slovakia:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Slovakia. When the match had been going on for 48 minutes, A C Sciacca's Jan-Åke Kjellqvist got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Henrich Slany. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

After a rather tough play, Slovakia's Pavol Koleno got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Thanks to some nice moves Oliver Holub could shoot a difficult shot in the 59th minute, which Adeng Fatahillah however easily saved by the left post. After 64 minutes of play, A C Sciacca's Cristoforo Contestabile made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Henrich Slany was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 68th match minute, Slovakia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oliver Holub to maneuver through the defense. Cristoforo Contestabile received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Henrich Slany tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 78th minute of the match Corrado Cavallucci sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Henrich Slany skillfully saved the ball. After 80 minutes of play, A C Sciacca's Dennis Fava made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Henrich Slany was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vavrinec Koleno kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Ondrej Biskup kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. After 93 played minutes Slovakia got a freekick which was hit by Metod Mlynar. In the 95th minute, Jan-Åke Kjellqvist left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A C Sciacca fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. A C Sciacca fully deserved thier win.