Challenge

RÖK Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zaccheo Andolina kicked off to start the match. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tjark Heerdt in the 3rd minute. RÖK's Carlos Montenegro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 5th minute of play. Zaccheo Andolina took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Carlos Montenegro. Carlos Montenegro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind RÖK's goalkeeper Carlos Montenegro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 15 minutes into the match, Tjark Heerdt dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Flavio Vittori, 1-1. 19 minutes into the match, David Chucho dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Flavio Vittori, 2-1. 22 minutes into the game, Anselmo Mandrak threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Siricio Liotta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Chucho in the 27th minute of play. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Silvano Errapel tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Tjark Heerdt could shoot a difficult shot in the 35th minute, which Flavio Vittori however easily saved by the left post. With an all-out effort, RÖK's Flavio Vittori threw himself towards the right post 40 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from David Chucho, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Sigfrido Auletta's late challenge caught a RÖK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sigfrido Auletta helped the player get up and apologised. When Zaccheo Andolina came up free with the goalie in the 46th 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 Zaccheo Andolina couldn't finish the play. Gomberto Picozzi hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Silvano Errapel to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in RÖK's zone, Siricio Liotta stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carlos Montenegro 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. In the 54th minute Marcinho Brasil 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. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcinho Brasil, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. After having played for 60 minutes, Zaccheo Andolina managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Italy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zaccheo Andolina was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zaccheo Andolina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Montenegro having to interfere. RÖK's Carlos Montenegro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save RÖK from getting a goal against them. 68 minutes into the game, Zaccheo Andolina recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Carlos Montenegro. Zaccheo Andolina showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-3. After 72 minutes RÖK's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sigfrido Auletta who took care of the corner kick. When Sigfrido Auletta came up free with the goalie in the 74th 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 Sigfrido Auletta couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Chucho in the 81st minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carlos Montenegro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Siricio Liotta in the 86th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 93rd minute of play forced RÖK's goalkeeper Carlos Montenegro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Chucho in the 95th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.