Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Damian Paraszczuk got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind 鲁明博. 鲁明博 yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sigfrido Auletta in the 6th minute. Italy's Sigfrido Auletta was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but 鲁明博 in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damian Paraszczuk in the 8th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, 【№1】Galactic Empire's Alessandro Formica got a free kick in the 8th minute. 11 minutes into the game, Alessandro Formica threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Siricio Liotta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 【№1】Galactic Empire's 鲁明博 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 13th minute of play. 袁伟昂 made in the 15th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sigfrido Auletta in the 20th minute. 鲁明博 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 24th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 26 minutes, 鲁明博 successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 27 minutes 【№1】Galactic Empire's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sigfrido Auletta who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Gianpaolo Mascari heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. A sloppy throw-in by 袁伟昂 in the 31st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. After a defensive mix-up in 【№1】Galactic Empire's zone, Siricio Liotta stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 鲁明博 came out of the goal and Siricio Liotta tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 35th minute of play forced 【№1】Galactic Empire's goalkeeper 鲁明博 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damian Paraszczuk in the 45th minute of play. In the 46th minute, Zaccheo Andolina reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of 鲁明博. The goal made the score 3-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Zaccheo Andolina made the kick off in the second half. 袁伟昂 made in the 52nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 严然诚 in the 54th minute of the match. 【№1】Galactic Empire were awarded a corner in the 55th minute after Italy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jaromír Vencl took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Damian Paraszczuk managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 61st minute of the game 袁伟昂 made a throw-in which Alessandro Formica played forward. 鲁明博 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 65th minute of play. Italy's Siricio Liotta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Alessandro Formica in the 67 minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Damian Paraszczuk managed to get in a good position for a shot. 【№1】Galactic Empire's supporters rose to their feet, but Damian Paraszczuk 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. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Paraszczuk in the 73rd minute of play. 【№1】Galactic Empire made a substitution. Marcin Trzaskoma replaced 袁伟昂. A sloppy throw-in by Alessandro Formica in the 77th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Siricio Liotta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. 鲁明博 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 【№1】Galactic Empire's 鲁明博 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 80th minute of play. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damian Paraszczuk in the 87th minute of play. 鲁明博 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 88th minute of play. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Damian Paraszczuk in the 94th minute. Italy walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.