Challenge

ROYALFOX ARENA
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) 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 3rd 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. 9 minutes into the game, Italy's Siricio Liotta nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Raja Beton made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After a rather tough play, ROYALFOX FC's Oka Mangkulangit got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Raja Beton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 28th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in ROYALFOX FC's zone, Zaccheo Andolina stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raja Beton came out of the goal and Zaccheo Andolina tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zaccheo Andolina in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Raja Beton saved ROYALFOX FC from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Ricky Hasudungan managed to get in a good position for a shot. ROYALFOX FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Ricky Hasudungan 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. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Siricio Liotta hit a great ball. Flavio Vittori was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Oka Mangkulangit.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ramdhan Suparmaji to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Italy's zone, Reza Bawazier stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Flavio Vittori came out of the goal and Reza Bawazier tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Raja Beton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 54th minute of the match. After having played for 56 minutes, Siricio Liotta managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Italy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Siricio Liotta was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 58 minutes into the game, Reza Bawazier threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Eliseo Cutri quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Radja Takle kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Zaccheo Andolina struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Raja Beton didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Italy. ROYALFOX FC's attentive Oka Mangkulangit managed to snatch the ball when Gianpaolo Mascari made a throw-in in the 79th minute of the game. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Raja Beton read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Siricio Liotta managed to get in a good position for a shot. Italy's supporters rose to their feet, but Siricio Liotta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Raja Beton breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. When Ramdhan Suparmaji came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the ROYALFOX FC 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 Ramdhan Suparmaji couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the ROYALFOX FC defense, Porziano Marchitelli kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Raja Beton. The ROYALFOX FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Raja Beton should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Curto in the 93rd minute of play forced ROYALFOX FC's goalkeeper Raja Beton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 95 minutes into the match, Italy's Adriano Curto sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Raja Beton narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the final whistle sounded Italy left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ROYALFOX FC.