Challenge

Algarve XXI
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raimundo Ventura in the 3rd minute of play. Qiu Chuan Ran 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 5th minute. Italy were awarded a corner in the 9th minute after Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s Qiu Chuan Ran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 12th minute of play. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Siricio Liotta fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Qiu Chuan Ran quite easily take care of the ball. Qiu Chuan Ran 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 18 minutes of play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Qiu Chuan Ran was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 25 played minutes Sporting Clube V.R.S.A. got a freekick which was hit by Bernard Perathoner. Qiu Chuan Ran 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 29th minute. Qiu Chuan Ran didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Siricio Liotta went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Zaccheo Andolina recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Italy's Siricio Liotta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by 周平荣 in the 39 minute of the game. Italy's Siricio Liotta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by 周平荣 in the 41 minute of the game. Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s Qiu Chuan Ran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 41st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 46th minute of play forced Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s goalkeeper Qiu Chuan Ran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 47 minutes into the game, Bernard Perathoner was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Italy the free kick. After a rather tough play, Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s Bernard Perathoner got a free kick in the 47th minute. After the first half Italy were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

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. Qiu Chuan Ran made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Zaccheo Andolina sent off a good shot on target. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raimundo Ventura, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Italy's Zaccheo Andolina got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 61 minutes into the match, Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Qiu Chuan Ran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 68 minutes into the match, Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s goalkeeper Qiu Chuan Ran had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zaccheo Andolina. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Gomberto Picozzi hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Italy's Gomberto Picozzi got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Zaccheo Andolina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Qiu Chuan Ran made a huge save. In the 76th minute, Zaccheo Andolina fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 77thth minute of the game Zaccheo Andolina who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s Qiu Chuan Ran was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudemiro Madureira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute Claudemiro Madureira 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. 80 minutes into the match, Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Qiu Chuan Ran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Italy's Zena Busacca got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Zena Busacca hit a great ball. Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s Qiu Chuan Ran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Curto in the 87th minute of play. Qiu Chuan Ran was a little too slow when Porziano Marchitelli got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 89th minute. The score was now 0-4. In the 95th minute, Guiscardo Davide reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Qiu Chuan Ran. The goal made the score 0-5.