Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, 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. A sloppy throw-in by Iraklis Pistolelis in the 3rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. 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 5th minute. The corner ended in Sigfrido Auletta almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but The Swedish Nightmare's Edgar Åström did a great save. Hjalmar Backlund blasted a shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Flavio Vittori having to make a save. The Swedish Nightmare made a substitution. Marcin Zajac replaced Hermínio de Amaral. Edgar Åström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 11th minute of play. Edgar Åström came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Italy's Zaccheo Andolina. But to his dismay, Zaccheo Andolina quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Edgar Åström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 19th minute of the match, Porziano Marchitelli got a very nice opportunity to score, but Edgar Åström was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. With a little luck, The Swedish Nightmare's Edgar Åström got control of the ball when Porziano Marchitelli tried to sneak it across the goal line. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hjalmar Backlund, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. A collision led to The Swedish Nightmare getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Niklas Ekeberg hit a great ball. In the 32nd minute, one of The Swedish Nightmare:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for The Swedish Nightmare. Zena Busacca hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Gomberto Picozzi lost his temper 36 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 36 minutes into the game, one of Italy:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Niklas Ekeberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Vittori having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Niklas Ekeberg to make the kick off. The throw-in from Deodato Magliozzi in the 50th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by The Swedish Nightmare's Alexander Nordgren. 52 minutes into the match, Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hjalmar Backlund. Porziano Marchitelli's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Edgar Åström read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. In the 53rd minute, Porziano Marchitelli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. In the 56th minute, Porziano Marchitelli got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Sigfrido Auletta scored 4-1 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edgar Åström, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Edgar Åström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gianpaolo Mascari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hjalmar Backlund in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Flavio Vittori prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Flavio Vittori stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hjalmar Backlund's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. Iraklis Pistolelis hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. 75 minutes into the match, Porziano Marchitelli notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of The Swedish Nightmare's Edgar Åström. Edgar Åström was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The Swedish Nightmare's Urban Apelquist was substituted for Jan-Olof Nordlund. In the 80th minute of the match Italy got a corner. The Swedish Nightmare'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. Edgar Åström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Porziano Marchitelli in the 82nd minute of play. The Swedish Nightmare's Edgar Åström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Porziano Marchitelli in the 82nd minute of play. Flavio Vittori was out of position in the 91 minute of play, and Hjalmar Backlund capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Hjalmar Backlund really showed his touch with that goal: 5-2. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Italy fully deserved thier win.