Challenge

ACR Olimpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zaccheo Andolina made the kick off which started today's match. Cristoforo Brillante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 4th minute of play. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. Flavio Vittori was a little too slow when Alvaro Sforza got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 5th minute. The score was now 1-0. Cristoforo Brillante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 13th minute of play. In the 15th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristoforo Brillante saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Sforza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristoforo Brillante showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Porziano Marchitelli in the 19th minute of the match. In the 26th minute, Zaccheo Andolina left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. A collision led to AC Roma getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Javier Della Francesca hit a great ball. 37 minutes into the game, Gianpaolo Mascari threw the ball into play from the sideline. AC Roma's Horia Nasta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 41 minutes into the match, AC Roma's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Cristoforo Brillante reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Sforza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 43rd minute, Alvaro Sforza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Flavio Vittori was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Alvaro Sforza made the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, AC Roma's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Cristoforo Brillante reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 65th minute of play forced AC Roma's goalkeeper Cristoforo Brillante to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvaro Sforza in the 69th minute of play. Cristoforo Brillante showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 72nd minute of the match. Cristoforo Brillante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 73rd minute of play. Cristoforo Brillante took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AC Roma's Ferdinando Caponera was substituted for Javier Della Francesca. Cristoforo Brillante didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Porziano Marchitelli went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's attentive Eliseo Cutri managed to snatch the ball when Horia Nasta made a throw-in in the 88th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, AC Roma's Horia Nasta got a free kick in the 90th minute. Cristoforo Brillante took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriano Curto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristoforo Brillante came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Italy's Porziano Marchitelli. But to his dismay, Porziano Marchitelli quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3.