Challenge

El Galpón
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zaccheo Andolina made the kick off which started today's match. Pity 31's Leon Santos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Porziano Marchitelli in the 3rd minute of play. Leon Santos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iker Mendiko recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 11th minute Sigfrido Auletta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leon Santos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 12 played minutes Pity 31 got a freekick which was hit by José Antonio Camacho. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. The corner ended in Sigfrido Auletta almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Pity 31's Leon Santos did a great save. In the 21st minute, Sigfrido Auletta ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leon Santos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 26 minutes in the game Tiberiu Hurmuz did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Joery Boegaerts. 29 minutes into the match, Pity 31's goal looked a bit too open when Siricio Liotta came free, but Leon Santos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 33rd minute Clemente Fliz 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Clemente Fliz in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Flavio Vittori saved Italy from getting behind. Pity 31's Leon Santos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 37th minute of play. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Makis Kasmiris in the 40th minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, Iker Mendiko notched a goal, 1-1, 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. Leon Santos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 46th minute of play. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Clemente Fliz was the one to do the kick off. Italy's Sigfrido Auletta got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zaccheo Andolina received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Leon Santos came out and tried to block the shot, but Zaccheo Andolina slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 56th minute. Zaccheo Andolina succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-3 in the 65th playminute. The crowd rose to their feet as Zaccheo Andolina kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Leon Santos. That made the score 1-4 in the 71 minute of play. If Siricio Liotta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. If Guiscardo Davide had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by José Antonio Camacho during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 85th match minute, Pity 31 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Antonio Camacho to maneuver through the defense. Leon Santos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Curto in the 87th minute of the match. Pity 31's Leon Santos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guiscardo Davide in the 90th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Iker Mendiko came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 95th minute of the match Italy got a corner. Pity 31's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Siricio Liotta ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Guiscardo Davide fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Leon Santos quite easily take care of the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Italy eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.