Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lech Dytrych took the kick off in the first half of the match. 白奕永 made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Zaccheo Andolina sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Italy's Zaccheo Andolina slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of 白奕永. That made the score 1-0 after 5 minutes of play. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lech Dytrych, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Porziano Marchitelli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zaccheo Andolina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. 白奕永 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Lech Dytrych's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Flavio Vittori was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. A hard shot 19 in the game by Zaccheo Andolina from a close distance when the talented 白奕永 managed to make a qualified save. 【№1】圆月弯刀's players were relieved. In the 33rd minute, 袁岚平 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 【№1】圆月弯刀 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 袁岚平 in the 36th minute of play. Italy's Zaccheo Andolina got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 42 minutes into the game, Sigfrido Auletta was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Italy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 【№1】圆月弯刀 the free kick. After some careless play in the 【№1】圆月弯刀 defense, Porziano Marchitelli kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 白奕永. The 【№1】圆月弯刀 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 白奕永 should have stopped the shot. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

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. 52 minutes into the game, Zaccheo Andolina cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. 白奕永 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 袁岚平 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 【№1】圆月弯刀's Delmar Saturnin was substituted for Lech Dytrych. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. Through an outstanding action, after 61 minutes, Flavio Vittori successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 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 71st minute. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind 【№1】圆月弯刀's goalkeeper 白奕永, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 白奕永 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 白奕永 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. In the 83rdth minute of the game Delmar Saturnin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Italy's Flavio Vittori was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 88th minute of play forced 【№1】圆月弯刀's goalkeeper 白奕永 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Delmar Saturnin had several of the Italy's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 90 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-2 score and a disappointed Flavio Vittori as he didn't even see the shot coming. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.