Challenge

KING GREEN ARENA
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sabit Piruz started the match with the kick off. Italy's attentive Siricio Liotta managed to snatch the ball when Cui Yun Nan made a throw-in in the 4th minute of the game. Dimitris Vasilakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 5th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 7th minute of play forced Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Dimitris Vasilakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arturo Orixe made in the 13th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Kostas Proestos immediately put the ball in play. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Italy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lu Yin Cheng was slow to take the kick. During this time Trifillia.FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Trifillia.FC's Lu Yin Cheng to fire away a dangerous shot which Flavio Vittori despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 17th minute of the match, Sabit Piruz tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Flavio Vittori saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 19 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Dimitris Vasilakos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sabit Piruz in the 32nd minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Italy's Eliseo Cutri got a free kick in the 34th minute. In the 35th minute, Lu Yin Cheng 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. If Zaccheo Andolina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Trifillia.FC's Dimitris Vasilakos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 46th minute of play. In the 47th minute Christos Bekos 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. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zaccheo Andolina made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 55th minute of play forced Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Dimitris Vasilakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Italy's zone, Christos Bekos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Flavio Vittori came out of the goal and Christos Bekos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christos Bekos in the 60th minute of the match. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christos Bekos, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. 62 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Dimitris Vasilakos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Porziano Marchitelli. A sloppy throw-in by Koulis Benos in the 65th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zaccheo Andolina got free with Dimitris Vasilakos in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kostas Proestos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 73 minutes into the match, Kostas Proestos notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Italy's Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christos Bekos, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. The throw-in from Koulis Benos in the 79th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Dimitris Vasilakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 81st minute of play. Dimitris Vasilakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 85 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. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. In the 88th match minute, Trifillia.FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arturo Orixe to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Dimitris Vasilakos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Trifillia.FC's Soulis Vakros in the 95th minute got a chance for a shot 95th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Italy's goalie prevented a goal. Adriano Curto took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dimitris Vasilakos. Dimitris Vasilakos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.