Challenge

Elvia Vasquez
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nicu Alexandrescu got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 9th minute of play forced RamPa Football Club's goalkeeper Paul Ramon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. RamPa Football Club were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after Italy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Long Ke Yang took the corner. 15 minutes into the match, RamPa Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Paul Ramon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. RamPa Football Club's Paul Ramon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Porziano Marchitelli in the 16th minute of play. If Zaccheo Andolina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sigfrido Auletta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paul Ramon having to interfere. In the 29th minute, Siricio Liotta 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: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siricio Liotta in the 34th minute of play forced RamPa Football Club's goalkeeper Paul Ramon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicu Alexandrescu might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Flavio Vittori. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nicu Alexandrescu ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Nicu Alexandrescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Paul Ramon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 39th minute of play. Siricio Liotta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paul Ramon having to interfere. Paul Ramon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sigfrido Auletta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The RamPa Football Club players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Italy were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zaccheo Andolina to strike the kick off in the second half. Paul Ramon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 51st minute. In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind RamPa Football Club's goalkeeper Paul Ramon, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 58 minutes into the match, RamPa Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Paul Ramon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicu Alexandrescu in the 63rd minute of play. RamPa Football Club's Paul Ramon proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save RamPa Football Club from getting a goal against them. Paul Ramon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 69th minute of the match. Paul Ramon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 73rd minute of play. In the 75th minute, Zaccheo Andolina got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. RamPa Football Club made a substitution. Berker Karabey replaced Marino Pacheco. RamPa Football Club's Arda Nurettin was substituted for Nicu Alexandrescu. After 78 played minutes RamPa Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Piotr Pryputnicki. In the 80th minute of the match Sigfrido Auletta sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Paul Ramon skillfully saved the ball. Italy's attentive Siricio Liotta managed to snatch the ball when Gabriel Paletta made a throw-in in the 86th minute of the game. Paul Ramon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Curto in the 88th minute of the match. 90 minutes into the match, Arda Nurettin notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Italy's Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 96 minutes of play, RamPa Football Club's Arda Nurettin made it 2-1 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!