Challenge

Queen Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Argir Stariradev started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vivaldo Brito was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. In the 4th minute of the match Italy got a corner. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sigfrido Auletta ran over to the corner to take the kick. Zaccheo Andolina made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Vivaldo Brito managed to reach the ball for a save. Vivaldo Brito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 11th minute of play. In the 14th minute, Zaccheo Andolina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vivaldo Brito was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Italy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gavril Lupescu was slow to take the kick. During this time ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s players had a chance to rest. In the 20th minute Dušan Vlahović shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Vittori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 22nd minute of play forced ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goalkeeper Vivaldo Brito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Italy were awarded a corner in the 23th minute after ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. In the 25th minute, Zaccheo Andolina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vivaldo Brito was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Argir Stariradev, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 30 minutes into the match, ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Vivaldo Brito reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s zone, Siricio Liotta stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vivaldo Brito 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. Vivaldo Brito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 39th minute of the match. Vivaldo Brito 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 45th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zaccheo Andolina stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Siricio Liotta might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vivaldo Brito. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Siricio Liotta ran back to his position shaking his head. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mihai Tâbârnă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dušan Vlahović in the 63rd minute of play. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Argir Stariradev in the 64th minute of play. Vivaldo Brito made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Zaccheo Andolina sent off a good shot on target. After some careless play in the Italy defense, Dušan Vlahović kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Flavio Vittori. The Italy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Flavio Vittori should have stopped the shot. Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Gavril Lupescu, made in the 71st minute of the game. 73 minutes into the game, Dušan Vlahović cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Flavio Vittori was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 76th minute Siricio Liotta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vivaldo Brito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 77 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Argir Stariradev came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mihai Tâbârnă, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the last second Vivaldo Brito throw himself and got hold of the ball when Sigfrido Auletta in the 85thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 2-3 when Sigfrido Auletta sped through ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Vivaldo Brito. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dušan Vlahović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vivaldo Brito made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Adriano Curto sent off a good shot on target. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dušan Vlahović in the 95th minute of play. The ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Italy's performance. The match ended with a win for Italy.