Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Efim Abramov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 4 minutes of play, Dynamite's Efim Abramov made it 0-1 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! The audience was convinced that Evgeniy Kobeko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Flavio Vittori was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. 16 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Efim Abramov came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kazemir Gorbachev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dynamite's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sigfrido Auletta was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Eliseo Cutri managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Matvey Epanchin was a little too slow when Zaccheo Andolina got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 25th minute. The score was now 1-1. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evgeniy Kobeko in the 29th minute of play. 30 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Efim Abramov came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filimon Nesterenko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 36 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Matvey Epanchin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 42nd minute Sostene Vitulli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matvey Epanchin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Efim Abramov in the 47th minute of play.

The wind increased when Zaccheo Andolina made the kick off in the second half. A sloppy throw-in by Andrey Ostrovskiy in the 52nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zaccheo Andolina in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Matvey Epanchin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 58th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matvey Epanchin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dynamite's Matvey Epanchin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 63rd minute of play. Matvey Epanchin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 66th minute of play. Matvey Epanchin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 77th minute of the match. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Dynamite's Matvey Epanchin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guiscardo Davide in the 89th minute of play. Matvey Epanchin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriano Curto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 95 minutes into the match, Sansone Vanella notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Dynamite's Matvey Epanchin. Matvey Epanchin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. There was no doubt that Italy were the better team. Italy's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.