Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Zaccheo Andolina started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Through an outstanding action, after 6 minutes, Jude Crocker successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 9 minutes Creekers'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. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Gianpaolo Mascari fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jude Crocker quite easily take care of the ball. In the 11th minute of the match Italy got a corner. Creekers'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. A nice corner shot did that Eliseo Cutri got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jude Crocker quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jude Crocker was a little too slow when Zaccheo Andolina got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 13th minute. The score was now 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Riley Trotter in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Flavio Vittori saved Italy from getting behind. 28 minutes into the match, Creekers's goal looked a bit too open when Sigfrido Auletta came free, but Jude Crocker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jude Crocker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 30th minute of play. Jude Crocker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 31st minute of the match. Uku Karju made in the 32nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Veniamin Tziortzopoulos lost his temper 35 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 34th minute, one of Creekers:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Creekers. When the match had been going on for 36 minutes, Italy's Sigfrido Auletta got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Jude Crocker. Italy's Siricio Liotta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Uku Karju in the 46 minute of the game. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ladislao Gines stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Riley Trotter's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 53rdth minute, Flavio Vittori skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 54th minute of play forced Creekers's goalkeeper Jude Crocker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the match, Creekers's goal looked a bit too open when Sigfrido Auletta came free, but Jude Crocker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 59th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ladislao Gines got free with Flavio Vittori in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Creekers's Jude Crocker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 68th minute of play. After 69 minutes Creekers'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. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Creekers's goalie and right to Siricio Liotta. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Creekers's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ladislao Gines in the 71st minute. 74 minutes into the match, Creekers's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Jude Crocker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jude Crocker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 77th minute of the match. Creekers's Reynaldo Driscoll was substituted for Ladislao Gines.