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天津永乐足球场
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zaccheo Andolina took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute, Zaccheo Andolina made a precise shot to the right of Nihat Mesut. 天津建卫600周年纪念队's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 8 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nihat Mesut narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 12 minutes into the match, 天津建卫600周年纪念队's goal looked a bit too open when Sigfrido Auletta came free, but Nihat Mesut reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 15 minutes had been played when some careless play by Italy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 唐渊响 was slow to take the kick. During this time 天津建卫600周年纪念队's players had a chance to rest. The corner led 天津建卫600周年纪念队's 唐渊响 to fire away a dangerous shot which Flavio Vittori despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 19th minute of play forced 天津建卫600周年纪念队's goalkeeper Nihat Mesut to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 乔树笑 in the 21st minute of play. Italy's Gomberto Picozzi quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Wu Jian Hong, made in the 27th minute of the game. 唐渊响 hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. 天津建卫600周年纪念队's Nihat Mesut played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 34th minute of play. When Zaccheo Andolina came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Italy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Zaccheo Andolina couldn't finish the play. 37 minutes into the match, 天津建卫600周年纪念队's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Nihat Mesut reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Anibal Zabalo. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anibal Zabalo got free with Flavio Vittori in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 邱森升 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Porziano Marchitelli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nihat Mesut having to interfere. 天津建卫600周年纪念队's Nihat Mesut proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save 天津建卫600周年纪念队 from getting a goal against them. In the 55th minute, Sigfrido Auletta had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Nihat Mesut acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 57th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Zaccheo Andolina. 天津建卫600周年纪念队's Nihat Mesut played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 59th minute of play. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 乔树笑 in the 61st minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when 邱森升 came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute, 高康桑 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nihat Mesut 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 65th minute. Italy were awarded a corner in the 72th minute after 天津建卫600周年纪念队's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Zaccheo Andolina took the corner. Sostene Vitulli made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that 天津建卫600周年纪念队's Nihat Mesut managed to reach the ball for a save. 邱森升 scored 1-3 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Flavio Vittori, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 76th minute 乔树笑 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. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 乔树笑 in the 76th minute of play. Italy's Sansone Vanella got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Anibal Zabalo hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. After 84 played minutes 天津建卫600周年纪念队 got a freekick which was hit by Anibal Zabalo. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 邱森升 in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Flavio Vittori saved Italy from getting behind. 90 minutes into the match, 天津建卫600周年纪念队's goalkeeper Nihat Mesut had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sansone Vanella. If Siricio Liotta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 94th match minute, 天津建卫600周年纪念队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 林骏勇 to maneuver through the defense. 天津建卫600周年纪念队's Nihat Mesut played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Curto in the 95th minute of play. The 天津建卫600周年纪念队 supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Italy's performance. The match ended with a win for Italy.