Challenge

6. Czerwca
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zaccheo Andolina started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Stipe Pletikosa. Stipe Pletikosa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Nirvana in the 13th minute of play. In the 20th match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliseo Cutri to maneuver through the defense. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Fortuna 86 Szczecin's goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 22 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stipe Pletikosa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Stipe Pletikosa came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Italy's Sigfrido Auletta. But to his dismay, Sigfrido Auletta quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. After 30 minutes of play, Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Ilie Vlădean made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Flavio Vittori was left in no man's land by his defense there! Italy's Siricio Liotta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jorne Van Mellart in the 33 minute of the game. Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Stipe Pletikosa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 37th minute of play forced Fortuna 86 Szczecin's goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Italy booed when Fortuna 86 Szczecin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lukasz Panikowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 40th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stipe Pletikosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 44th minute of play forced Fortuna 86 Szczecin's goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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 45th minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Roberto Nirvana was the one to do the kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Jorne Van Mellart in the 51st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Zaccheo Andolina's late challenge caught a Fortuna 86 Szczecin's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zaccheo Andolina helped the player get up and apologised. In the 52nd minute, Zaccheo Andolina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Roberto Nirvana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Deodato Magliozzi came free with the goalkeeper in the 59th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Stipe Pletikosa could save by the left post. After 62 played minutes Fortuna 86 Szczecin got a freekick which was hit by Jorne Van Mellart. In the 63rd minute, Jorne Van Mellart hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zaccheo Andolina got free with Stipe Pletikosa in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stipe Pletikosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 66th minute of play. Zaccheo Andolina in the 67thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Stipe Pletikosa, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With an all-out effort, Italy's Stipe Pletikosa threw himself towards the right post 71 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Siricio Liotta, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 71st minute, Siricio Liotta made a precise shot to the right of Stipe Pletikosa. Fortuna 86 Szczecin's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4. 75 minutes into the match, Fortuna 86 Szczecin's goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zaccheo Andolina. Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Stipe Pletikosa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Fortuna 86 Szczecin from getting a goal against them. After 80 minutes Fortuna 86 Szczecin's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sigfrido Auletta who took care of the corner kick. A very nice done corner allowed Siricio Liotta to score against Stipe Pletikosa in Fortuna 86 Szczecin's goal. 1-5 after 80 minutes. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. In the 84thth minute of the game Adriano Curto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Stipe Pletikosa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 88th minute Harun Mengüer 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. 94 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Harun Mengüer came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stasio Lichniak in the 96th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Italy left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Fortuna 86 Szczecin.