Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zaccheo Andolina kicked off to start the match. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Luciano Abastas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 3rd minute of play. Luciano Abastas 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 5th 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 6th minute. A nice corner shot did that Sigfrido Auletta got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Luciano Abastas quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Luciano Abastas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 8th minute. Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Severiano Arano, made in the 9th minute of the game. Luciano Abastas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 11th minute of play. With a little luck, Boldenona's Luciano Abastas got control of the ball when Zaccheo Andolina tried to sneak it across the goal line. Porziano Marchitelli could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Luciano Abastas made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luciano Abastas was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Ahmet Orhan Bakırcı made in the 18th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Luciano Abastas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 19th minute of the match. Ahmet Orhan Bakırcı made in the 22nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Severino Galsino however managed to control. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dániel Mayer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Luciano Abastas managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when Italy's Zaccheo Andolina fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Zaccheo Andolina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Luciano Abastas made a huge save. Luciano Abastas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 30th minute of play. In the 32nd minute Siricio Liotta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luciano Abastas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Boldenona's defense didn't have a chance, in the 33rd minute, when Porziano Marchitelli scored to the left of an out of position Luciano Abastas, making the score, 1-0. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Quentin Ladra in the 35th minute of play. 36 minutes into the game, Severiano Arano threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Siricio Liotta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Luciano Abastas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 37th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Luciano Abastas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 41 minutes Boldenona'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. Luciano Abastas made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Zaccheo Andolina sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Quentin Ladra in the 45th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Quentin Ladra to strike the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Quentin Ladra in the 55th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Flavio Vittori prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Luciano Abastas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Porziano Marchitelli in the 57th minute of play. In the 60th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luciano Abastas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Boldenona's Isidro Cordarrell got a free kick in the 61st minute. 62 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luciano Abastas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Zaccheo Andolina might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luciano Abastas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zaccheo Andolina ran back to his position shaking his head. Luciano Abastas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Porziano Marchitelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 69 minutes into the match, Boldenona's goal looked a bit too open when Sigfrido Auletta came free, but Luciano Abastas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Quentin Ladra in the 70th minute of play. After 72 played minutes, Italy's Porziano Marchitelli shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Luciano Abastas came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Italy reached it. Luciano Abastas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luciano Abastas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 76th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 78th minute of play forced Boldenona's goalkeeper Luciano Abastas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Boldenona defense, Zaccheo Andolina kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luciano Abastas. The Boldenona fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luciano Abastas should have stopped the shot. Siricio Liotta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Luciano Abastas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Luciano Abastas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adriano Curto went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Adriano Curto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Luciano Abastas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. Italy's Deodato Magliozzi managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ahmet Orhan Bakırcı in the 88 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Curto in the 90th minute of play forced Boldenona's goalkeeper Luciano Abastas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Boldenona's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.