Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Efrain Merexildo made the kick off and thus started the match. Evstati Shushev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 3rd minute of play. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Efrain Merexildo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oscar Mulero's Evstati Shushev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Oscar Mulero from getting a goal against them. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qarabulud La Forgia in the 8th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Qarabulud La Forgia notched a goal, 0-1, 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. 11 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Qarabulud La Forgia came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qarabulud La Forgia in the 13th minute of the match. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qarabulud La Forgia in the 16th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruben Barajas in the 18th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Evstati Shushev 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 23rd minute. When the match clock showed 25 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Efrain Merexildo sped through Italy's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fred Iemberge in the 30th minute of play. 39 minutes in the game Gelmiro Ocaña did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to David Zamora. Evstati Shushev was out of position in the 40 minute of play, and Zaccheo Andolina capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Zaccheo Andolina really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. Sigfrido Auletta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

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. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qarabulud La Forgia in the 53rd minute of play. Oscar Mulero's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fred Iemberge in the 54th minute. After taking down the ball on Oscar Mulero's corner Fred Iemberge fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Flavio Vittori quite easily take care of the ball. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fred Iemberge in the 58th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Zaccheo Andolina managed to get in a good position for a shot. Italy's supporters rose to their feet, but Zaccheo Andolina was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Evstati Shushev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Siricio Liotta came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Italy 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 Siricio Liotta couldn't finish the play. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Oscar Mulero's goalkeeper Evstati Shushev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 73 minutes into the match, Oscar Mulero's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Evstati Shushev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zaccheo Andolina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evstati Shushev having to interfere. Oscar Mulero's 温树峰 was substituted for David Zamora. Oscar Mulero's Jacky Chan was substituted for Heliodoro Palacios. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Efrain Merexildo in the 80th minute. Efrain Merexildo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. Evstati Shushev 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 supporters of Oscar Mulero booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gomberto Picozzi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. In the 87th minute, Gomberto Picozzi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fred Iemberge could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. When Sansone Vanella fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Italy's protests and gave Sansone Vanella a yellow card for diving instead. After 92 played minutes Italy got a freekick which was hit by Sansone Vanella. In the 94th minute, Adriano Curto 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: 3-2.