Challenge

南通会展中心体育场
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zaccheo Andolina started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind 【№1】Galactic Empire's goalkeeper 鲁明博, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 鲁明博 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 6th minute of play. If Siricio Liotta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 11th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 鲁明博 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 16 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. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tadeusz Psotka in the 17th minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, 【№1】Galactic Empire's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but 鲁明博 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 鲁明博 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 35th minute of the match. Italy were awarded a corner in the 36th minute after 【№1】Galactic Empire's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. 鲁明博 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 38th minute of play. Siricio Liotta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. 鲁明博 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to 【№1】Galactic Empire getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Alessandro Formica hit a great ball. Zaccheo Andolina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 47th minute, Zaccheo Andolina made a precise shot to the right of 鲁明博. 【№1】Galactic Empire's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The 【№1】Galactic Empire players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Italy were winning 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Damian Paraszczuk made a kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th 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. 鲁明博 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 鲁明博 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 63rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeusz Psotka in the 64th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 鲁明博 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Siricio Liotta in the 65th minute of the match. With his leg 鲁明博 managed to avoid a goal in the 68thth minute, when Italy's Sigfrido Auletta fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 严然诚 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Flavio Vittori tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 78 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 鲁明博 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 82nd minute the ball was on its way in behind 【№1】Galactic Empire's goalkeeper 鲁明博, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 严然诚 in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Flavio Vittori saved Italy from getting behind. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. 89 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. 鲁明博 was a little too slow when Adriano Curto got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 0-2. A sloppy throw-in by Alessandro Formica in the 95th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. The supporters of Italy booed when 【№1】Galactic Empire was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alessandro Formica didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the final whistle sounded Italy left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than 【№1】Galactic Empire.