Challenge

Floriana Krygiera
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Pogoń Szczecin's Norbert Major started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. Norbert Majors short, quick shot in the 6thth minute got Flavio Vittori to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Norbert Major in the 13th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pogoń Szczecin's Sebastião Xoxe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 16th minute of play. Zaccheo Andolina scored 0-1 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sebastião Xoxe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 26th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastião Xoxe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Porziano Marchitelli in the 31st minute of play forced Pogoń Szczecin's goalkeeper Sebastião Xoxe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute of the match Italy got a corner. Pogoń Szczecin'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. Italy were awarded a corner in the 34th minute after Pogoń Szczecin's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Eliseo Cutri fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Sebastião Xoxe quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 37th minute of play forced Pogoń Szczecin's goalkeeper Sebastião Xoxe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 39th minute of play forced Pogoń Szczecin's goalkeeper Sebastião Xoxe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 46 minutes into the match, Pogoń Szczecin's goal looked a bit too open when Sigfrido Auletta came free, but Sebastião Xoxe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zaccheo Andolina stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Leon Binau made in the 52nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Norbert Major immediately put the ball in play. Anselmo Doris kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Pogoń Szczecin's attentive Cezary Jarocewicz managed to snatch the ball when Eliseo Cutri made a throw-in in the 65th minute of the game. Norbert Major might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Flavio Vittori. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Norbert Major ran back to his position shaking his head. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Norbert Major, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 70th minute of play forced Pogoń Szczecin's goalkeeper Sebastião Xoxe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Cezary Jarocewicz made in the 82nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Curto in the 87th minute of play forced Pogoń Szczecin's goalkeeper Sebastião Xoxe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 90 minutes, Porziano Marchitelli mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Italy and the Pogoń Szczecin players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 90th minute, Porziano Marchitelli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Pogoń Szczecin were victorious despite being under pressure from Italy for much of the match.