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TORQUE ARENA
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dave Mancinelli made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Dave Mancinelli came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elpidio Bilintx made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 4th minute of play. When Zaccheo Andolina came up free with the goalie in the 8th 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. Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Qian Di Lei, made in the 11th minute of the game. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Dominik Klawki tried to sneak it across the goal line. A very nice done corner allowed Siricio Liotta to score against Elpidio Bilintx in TORQUE F.C.'s goal. 0-1 after 20 minutes. Elpidio Bilintx took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Siricio Liotta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elpidio Bilintx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 30th minute of the match. In the 31st minute of the match Italy got a corner. TORQUE F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sigfrido Auletta ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Sigfrido Auletta got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Elpidio Bilintx quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Dave Mancinelli managed to get in a good position for a shot. TORQUE F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Dave Mancinelli was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Flavio Vittori breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 45 minutes into the match, TORQUE F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Siricio Liotta came free, but Elpidio Bilintx reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 45 minutes of play, Italy's Siricio Liotta made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Elpidio Bilintx was left in no man's land by his defense there! Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Zaccheo Andolina made the kick off in the second half. Marcin Wolniewicz kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. TORQUE F.C.'s Igor Abancens was substituted for Dave Mancinelli. The supporters of Italy booed when TORQUE F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcin Wolniewicz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind TORQUE F.C.'s goalkeeper Elpidio Bilintx, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Ieltxu in the 65th minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Ieltxu came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. TORQUE F.C.'s Elpidio Bilintx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 79th minute of play. In the 81st minute Cristian Ieltxu 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. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. TORQUE F.C. made a substitution. Saul Maties replaced Baltasar Atarratze. Italy's attentive Eliseo Cutri managed to snatch the ball when Qian Di Lei made a throw-in in the 89th minute of the game. The Italy supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Italy would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.