Challenge

Höllgrotte
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, 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. Armağan Mukremin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 3rd minute of the match. Armağan Mukremin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 4th minute of play. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulo Seco in the 7th minute of play. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind Flatline Zombies's goalkeeper Armağan Mukremin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Zaccheo Andolina came up free with the goalie in the 17th 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. 19 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Armağan Mukremin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Georg Gustavsson in the 20th minute. 22 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Armağan Mukremin. Flatline Zombies's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zaccheo Andolina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Paulo Seco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Vittori having to interfere. In the 29th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armağan Mukremin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Armağan Mukremin 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 34th minute. 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 35th minute. 38 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Armağan Mukremin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. After 41 minutes of play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Armağan Mukremin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Armağan Mukremin came out of the goal in the 47th 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 0-5. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Paulo Seco made the kick off in the second half. Flatline Zombies's Armağan Mukremin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 55th minute of play. The throw-in from Xie Chuan Guang in the 58th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Zaccheo Andolina struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. Armağan Mukremin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Italy. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulo Seco in the 60th minute of play. Zaccheo Andolina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Armağan Mukremin made a huge save. Zaccheo Andolina might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Armağan Mukremin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zaccheo Andolina ran back to his position shaking his head. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Georg Gustavsson in the 68th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Levent Erkinay in the 70th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Armağan Mukremin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaccheo Andolina went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Flatline Zombies made a substitution. Edmondo Conti replaced Levent Erkinay. Italy were awarded a corner in the 76th minute after Flatline Zombies's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. The corner led Italy's Siricio Liotta to fire away a dangerous shot which Armağan Mukremin despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Georg Gustavsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Axel Della Rossa made in the 86th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Armağan Mukremin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adriano Curto in the 87th minute. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmondo Conti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Georg Gustavsson in the 90th minute of play. With a little luck, Flatline Zombies's Armağan Mukremin got control of the ball when Adriano Curto tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Italy eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.