Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zaccheo Andolina started the match with the kick off. Carlos Baptista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 7th minute of the match. In the 11th minute, Zaccheo Andolina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carlos Baptista was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. If Ersen Bumba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ayvaz Tanay made in the 23rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. In the 25th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A throw-in in the 26th minute of the game was made by Eliseo Cutri with Gianpaolo Mascari as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Carlos Baptista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. When ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Ersen Bumba in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Italy's goalie prevented a goal. Carlos Baptista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 33rd minute of play. Carlos Baptista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 34th minute of play. After having played for 36 minutes, Zaccheo Andolina managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Italy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zaccheo Andolina was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 41st minute, Porziano Marchitelli got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 47th minute of play forced ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's goalkeeper Carlos Baptista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ersen Bumba stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Italy's attentive Siricio Liotta managed to snatch the ball when Ayvaz Tanay made a throw-in in the 52nd minute of the game. When the match clock showed 54 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Zaccheo Andolina sped through ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Carlos Baptista. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mete Karabugra in the 56th minute of play. Siricio Liotta might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Carlos Baptista. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Siricio Liotta ran back to his position shaking his head. 61 minutes into the game, Zaccheo Andolina recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Carlos Baptista. Zaccheo Andolina showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. When ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Mete Karabugra in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Italy's goalie prevented a goal. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Emre Mor was substituted for Atilla Tarkan Ulgu. José Sand got a throw-in 68 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Baskın Acem. Zena Busacca kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Zaccheo Andolina came free with the goalkeeper in the 73rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Carlos Baptista could save by the left post. In the 78th minute Siricio Liotta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 79th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mete Karabugra, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After a rather tough play, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's José Sand got a free kick in the 89th minute. 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. José Sand hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. When the match was over Italy could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ throughout the match.