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莱比锡红牛竞技场
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Italy's Zaccheo Andolina started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Lino Silvanito, made in the 4th minute of the game. 鲁谦烨 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 5th minute of the match. 鲁谦烨 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 6th minute. 【FLY】莱比锡红牛's 鲁谦烨 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Porziano Marchitelli in the 8th minute of play. Zena Busacca lost his temper 10 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 10th minute of the game. One of Italy:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of 【FLY】莱比锡红牛:s goal. When the match had been going on for 12 minutes, 【FLY】莱比锡红牛's 严文朗 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 Flavio Vittori. In the 16th minute, 乔响银 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 18 minutes, Siricio Liotta managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Italy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Siricio Liotta was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Sigfrido Auletta recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Natanael Sena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 鲁谦烨 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 26th minute of the match. After some careless play in the 【FLY】莱比锡红牛 defense, Sigfrido Auletta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 鲁谦烨. The 【FLY】莱比锡红牛 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 鲁谦烨 should have stopped the shot. Siricio Liotta took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 鲁谦烨. 鲁谦烨 dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Natanael Sena tried to sneak it across the goal line. 鲁谦烨 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 36th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Sigfrido Auletta had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 鲁谦烨. 【FLY】莱比锡红牛's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sigfrido Auletta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. A collision led to 【FLY】莱比锡红牛 getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. 沈皓旭 hit a great ball. After the first half Italy were leading 1-3. 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 Patric 刘备 to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Italy's Eliseo Cutri got a free kick in the 50th minute. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patric 刘备, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 59 minutes into the match, Sigfrido Auletta notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of 【FLY】莱比锡红牛's 鲁谦烨. 鲁谦烨 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a defensive mix-up in Italy's zone, Natanael Sena stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Flavio Vittori came out of the goal and Natanael Sena tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 64th minute Siricio Liotta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 鲁谦烨 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 65 minutes 【FLY】莱比锡红牛's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sigfrido Auletta who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Siricio Liotta almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but 【FLY】莱比锡红牛's 鲁谦烨 did a great save. When the match clock showed 66 minutes, the score became 1-5 when Siricio Liotta sped through 【FLY】莱比锡红牛's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of 鲁谦烨. After having played for 69 minutes Porziano Marchitelli managed to get himself in a good position for a goal as Italy's supporters held their thumbs. Porziano Marchitelli was, after a quick turn, in perfect balance and slotted the ball in at the right post. The score was now 1-6. Italy's Siricio Liotta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Lino Silvanito in the 73 minute of the game. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Natanael Sena in the 75th minute of the match. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Natanael Sena, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. The throw-in from Lino Silvanito in the 77th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. 鲁谦烨 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 78th minute of the match. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. In the 84th minute, 巩兴明 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 89th minute, Siricio Liotta 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. Guiscardo Davide sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Italy played a much better game than 【FLY】莱比锡红牛 and deserved their victory. The 【FLY】莱比锡红牛 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.