Challenge

Am Sportzentrum
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zaccheo Andolina got the match started through his kick off. Paul Heyckendorf 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 4 played minutes Italy got a freekick which was hit by Sigfrido Auletta. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Gomberto Picozzi hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Mansilha in the 11th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th minute, Zaccheo Andolina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paul Heyckendorf was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. With an all-out effort, Academica Pulheim's Flavio Vittori threw himself towards the right post 14 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Alex Mansilha, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The throw-in from Simon Beuke in the 20th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. The supporters of Italy booed when Academica Pulheim was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gary Lineker didn't get a good kick on the ball. 27 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Paul Heyckendorf narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The corner ended in Zaccheo Andolina almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Academica Pulheim's Paul Heyckendorf did a great save. When the match had gone on for 29 minutes, Zaccheo Andolina put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Paul Heyckendorf. Academica Pulheim's Paul Heyckendorf played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 31st minute of play. Zaccheo Andolina scored 0-3 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Paul Heyckendorf, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Paul Heyckendorf showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 37th minute of the match. Lutz Golke kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Paul Heyckendorf showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 42nd minute of the match. Academica Pulheim's Paul Heyckendorf played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 44th minute of play. In the 45th minute, Zena Busacca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alex Mansilha to strike the kick off in the second half. After 51 minutes of play, Academica Pulheim's Lutz Golke made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Flavio Vittori was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Academica Pulheim's Joachim Kretschmer got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Academica Pulheim made a substitution. Sergio Ramos replaced Manuel Tiede. In the 60th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Zena Busacca hit a great ball. In the 63rd minute, Zena Busacca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paul Heyckendorf made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 67th minute of play forced Academica Pulheim's goalkeeper Paul Heyckendorf to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Mansilha made in the 70th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Simon Beuke immediately put the ball in play. Maxime Vrints sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zaccheo Andolina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Paul Heyckendorf made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zbigniew Setara in the 75th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zbigniew Setara in the 75th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zaccheo Andolina got free with Paul Heyckendorf in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zbigniew Setara in the 78th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina got a free kick in the 80th minute. In the 81st match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zaccheo Andolina to maneuver through the defense. In the 84th minute the ball was on its way in behind Academica Pulheim's goalkeeper Paul Heyckendorf, 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 Zbigniew Setara in the 91st minute of play. 94 minutes into the match, Zbigniew Setara 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 Zbigniew Setara was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Italy walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.