Challenge

Estadio Ramiro
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Oliver Bierhoff got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes of play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gianluca Pagliuca was left in no man's land by his defense there! A sloppy throw-in by Nereo Harkaitz in the 10th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. In the 12th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gianluca Pagliuca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sebastián Cebreiro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ramiro FC's Gianluca Pagliuca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 20th minute of play. In the 21st minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Eliseo Cutri managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. A throw-in in the 23rd minute of the game was made by Nereo Harkaitz with Sebastián Cebreiro as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 28th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Italy's Eliseo Cutri to fire away a dangerous shot which Gianluca Pagliuca despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 28 minutes into the match, Eliseo Cutri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gianluca Pagliuca. Ramiro FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eliseo Cutri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gianluca Pagliuca read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. Ramiro FC's Gianluca Pagliuca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 44th minute of play forced Ramiro FC's goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ramiro FC's 魏荣 was substituted for Gilberto Playo. After the first half Italy were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zaccheo Andolina to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Oliver Bierhoff had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Oliver Bierhoff was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. 57 minutes into the game, Nereo Harkaitz threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Eliseo Cutri quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. If Siricio Liotta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ramiro FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Viorel Oniga in the 63rd minute. In the 66th minute Oliver Bierhoff shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Vittori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Italy's attentive Eliseo Cutri managed to snatch the ball when Nereo Harkaitz made a throw-in in the 74th minute of the game. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Ramiro FC's Gianluca Pagliuca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Ramiro FC from getting a goal against them. In the 93rd minute Adriano Curto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gianluca Pagliuca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Adriano Curto took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Gianluca Pagliuca to make any attempt to save it. The Ramiro FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Italy were clearly better and deserved to take the win.