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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Erubiel Justin started the match with the kick off. Meelis Vananurm 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 3rd minute. Italy's Zaccheo Andolina managed to work through ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Zaccheo Andolina dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erubiel Justin in the 14th minute. Zaccheo Andolina struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Meelis Vananurm didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Italy. Meelis Vananurm showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 19th minute of the match. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maicon Pontes in the 23rd minute of play. Meelis Vananurm 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 24th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 29th minute of play forced ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Meelis Vananurm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Meelis Vananurm 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 34th minute. Hennes Wickihalter made in the 36th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Erubiel Justin however managed to control. 39 minutes into the match, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Meelis Vananurm reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Meelis Vananurm played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 42nd minute of play. In the 47th minute, Wasyl Zgonina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zaccheo Andolina stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siricio Liotta in the 51st minute of play forced ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Meelis Vananurm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalie and right to Zaccheo Andolina. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The supporters of Italy booed when ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gani Rikap didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Abreu in the 58th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 62nd match minute, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hennes Wickihalter to maneuver through the defense. Zaccheo Andolina who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 63rdth minute tested the skills of Meelis Vananurm when he managed to save the team from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 66th minute of play forced ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Meelis Vananurm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Meelis Vananurm played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 73rd minute of play. In the 74th minute Wasyl Zgonina 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. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's defense didn't have a chance, in the 76th minute, when Zaccheo Andolina scored to the left of an out of position Meelis Vananurm, making the score, 0-1. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maicon Pontes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Hennes Wickihalter got a free kick in the 80th minute. Meelis Vananurm made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Zaccheo Andolina sent off a good shot on target. In the 82nd match minute, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hennes Wickihalter to maneuver through the defense. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. After a rather tough play, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Hennes Wickihalter got a free kick in the 83rd minute. In the 85th minute Guiscardo Davide shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Meelis Vananurm saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Meelis Vananurm took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriano Curto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adriano Curto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Meelis Vananurm made a huge save. The Italy supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Italy would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.