Challenge

Claude François
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Francisco Conceicão started the match with the kick off. Vítor Baia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 3rd minute, Zaccheo Andolina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vítor Baia was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 6 minutes of play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vítor Baia was left in no man's land by his defense there! Siricio Liotta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vítor Baia having to interfere. Tomás Esteves kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Francisco Conceicão tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 15th minute of play forced Alexandrie CF's goalkeeper Vítor Baia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vítor Baia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 20th minute of the match. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Francisco Conceicão tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zaccheo Andolina struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Vítor Baia didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Italy. In the 28th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vítor Baia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zaccheo Andolina in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vítor Baia prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 30th minute of play forced Alexandrie CF's goalkeeper Vítor Baia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Francisco Conceicão in the 31st minute. After 32 played minutes Italy got a freekick which was hit by Eliseo Cutri. In the 35th minute Eduardo Cossa 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 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Francisco Conceicão in the 42nd minute. If Sigfrido Auletta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gomberto Picozzi kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. 48 minutes into the match, Ruslan Tikhonov sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Flavio Vittori threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Ruslan Tikhonov this time. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zaccheo Andolina made a kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Alexandrie CF's goalkeeper Vítor Baia had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zaccheo Andolina. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Conceicão in the 56th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Siricio Liotta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Vítor Baia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vítor Baia stood somewhat misplaced when Zaccheo Andolina came free in front of goal and shot 0-3 to the left of him in the 60 minute. In the 67th match minute, Alexandrie CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silvestre Perrando to maneuver through the defense. Alexandrie CF made a substitution. Şehzade Özgur replaced Silvestre Perrando. The supporters of Italy booed when Alexandrie CF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Silvestre Perrando didn't get a good kick on the ball. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francisco Conceicão in the 73rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isaac Andrews in the 77th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zaccheo Andolina got free with Vítor Baia in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vítor Baia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 80th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Fidel Domenech in the 81st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. Isaac Andrews scored 1-3 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Flavio Vittori, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. Alexandrie CF made a substitution. Mateus Uribe replaced Francisco Conceicão. Vítor Baia made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Adriano Curto sent off a good shot on target. In the 92nd minute, Adriano Curto 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: 1-4. In the 95th match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sostene Vitulli to maneuver through the defense. The Italy players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.