Challenge

Drafi Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cristian Botasso kicked off to start the match. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Lionel-Andrés Messi tried to sneak it across the goal line. 6 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Drafi's Manolis Ntouvaris. Manolis Ntouvaris was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Manolis Ntouvaris 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 9th minute. In the 11th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manolis Ntouvaris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sigfrido Auletta kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Manolis Ntouvaris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 15th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. 17 minutes into the match, Drafi's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Manolis Ntouvaris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zaccheo Andolina in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Manolis Ntouvaris saved Drafi from getting behind. After 22 minutes Drafi'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. Manolis Ntouvaris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 27th minute of the match. Manolis Ntouvaris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Porziano Marchitelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Drafi's Manolis Ntouvaris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 33rd minute of play. A collision led to Drafi getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Soulis Felegakis hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Drafi's zone, Sigfrido Auletta stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Manolis Ntouvaris came out of the goal and Sigfrido Auletta tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 46 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Manolis Ntouvaris made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zaccheo Andolina was the one to do the kick off. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgard Elssen in the 60th minute of play. In the 66th minute, Boleslaw Kojder hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgard Elssen in the 69th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Edgard Elssen 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 Edgard Elssen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. With a little luck, Drafi's Manolis Ntouvaris got control of the ball when Zaccheo Andolina tried to sneak it across the goal line. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chatziioannou Stavrakos in the 81st minute of play. In the 84th minute Soulis Felegakis 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. The crowd rose to their feet as Italy's Zaccheo Andolina slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Manolis Ntouvaris. That made the score 1-3 after 85 minutes of play. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. 91 minutes into the match, Drafi's goal looked a bit too open when Adriano Curto came free, but Manolis Ntouvaris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edgard Elssen went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score.