Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zaccheo Andolina took the kick off in the first half of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 3 minutes, Fortunato Montini successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dave De Bartolo in the 4th minute of the match. Porziano Marchitelli's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Fortunato Montini firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 13th minute of the game Bianco Zarillo made a throw-in which Bernardo Scandella played forward. GG Team FC's Fortunato Montini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 17th minute of play. Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Bianco Zarillo, made in the 18th minute of the game. In the 20th minute, Alvise Cerrone hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amedeo Alfani in the 23rd minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fortunato Montini was a little too slow when Zaccheo Andolina got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 31st minute. The score was now 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amedeo Alfani in the 35th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zena Busacca kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. In the 42nd minute of the match Maciej Kaznocha sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Flavio Vittori skillfully saved the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bernardo Scandella made a kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Hassan Marcou came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fortunato Montini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 60 minutes had been played when some careless play by GG Team FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sigfrido Auletta was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. Siricio Liotta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 78 minutes into the game, Dario Strazzabosco threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Siricio Liotta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. If Zaccheo Andolina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zaccheo Andolina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Fortunato Montini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. GG Team FC made a substitution. Bo Dyken replaced Amedeo Alfani. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bernardo Scandella got free with Flavio Vittori in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eliseo Cutri fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 90th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. Fortunato Montini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adriano Curto in the 92nd minute of play. In the 94thth minute of the game Adriano Curto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but GG Team FC's Fortunato Montini was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, GG Team FC's Bo Dyken got a free kick in the 94th minute. Adriano Curto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fortunato Montini having to interfere. 97 minutes into the match, Guiscardo Davide notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of GG Team FC's Fortunato Montini. Fortunato Montini was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. GG Team FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.