Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute, Zaccheo Andolina 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: 1-0. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind The Swedish Nightmare's goalkeeper Edgar Åström, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Edgar Åström stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zaccheo Andolina's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. 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 11th minute. In the 11th minute Hjalmar Backlund 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. The Swedish Nightmare's Marcin Zajac was substituted for Hermínio de Amaral. In the 15th 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. The Swedish Nightmare's Edgar Åström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save The Swedish Nightmare from getting a goal against them. The throw-in from Iraklis Pistolelis in the 19th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hjalmar Backlund in the 22nd minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, The Swedish Nightmare's goalkeeper Edgar Åström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zaccheo Andolina. Italy's Siricio Liotta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Iraklis Pistolelis in the 28 minute of the game. The Swedish Nightmare's Edgar Åström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 29th minute of play. After some careless play in the The Swedish Nightmare defense, Zaccheo Andolina kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edgar Åström. The The Swedish Nightmare fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edgar Åström should have stopped the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Niklas Ekeberg in the 33rd 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. 35 minutes into the match, The Swedish Nightmare's Hjalmar Backlund sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Flavio Vittori narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 38 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Hjalmar Backlund came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The throw-in from Iraklis Pistolelis in the 39th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. When Zaccheo Andolina came up free with the goalie in the 42nd 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. With a little luck, The Swedish Nightmare's Edgar Åström got control of the ball when Zaccheo Andolina tried to sneak it across the goal line. Edgar Åström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 45th minute of the match. Zaccheo Andolina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 48th minute of the match, but Edgar Åström made a huge save.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Niklas Ekeberg stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Zaccheo Andolina came up free with the goalie in the 52nd 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. In the 54th minute, Zaccheo Andolina 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. After having played for 58 minutes, Porziano Marchitelli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Italy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Porziano Marchitelli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Edgar Åström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 60th minute of the match. Zaccheo Andolina struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Edgar Åström didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Italy. Zaccheo Andolina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edgar Åström 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 67th minute. After a rather tough play, Italy's Deodato Magliozzi got a free kick in the 68th minute. In the 71st 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. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Zaccheo Andolina fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Edgar Åström quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 82nd minute of play forced The Swedish Nightmare's goalkeeper Edgar Åström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zaccheo Andolina blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Edgar Åström having to make a save. The Swedish Nightmare's Urban Apelquist was substituted for Jan-Olof Nordlund. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. In the 92nd minute, Jörgen Linquist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.