Challenge

AC Raczyny
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. Gustaw Kaznocha started the match with the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Zaccheo Andolina managed to get in a good position for a shot. Italy's supporters rose to their feet, but Zaccheo Andolina was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Damian Miecznikowski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 10th minute of play forced AC Raczyny's goalkeeper Damian Miecznikowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 11 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of AC Raczyny's Damian Miecznikowski. Damian Miecznikowski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Raczyny's goalkeeper Damian Miecznikowski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 16th match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gomberto Picozzi to maneuver through the defense. Flavio Vittori was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Abayhan Hanedan. 22 minutes into the match, Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Radomil Gdaniec. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. Boguslaw Niedziela made in the 24th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Siricio Liotta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 27th minute of play forced AC Raczyny's goalkeeper Damian Miecznikowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Radomil Gdaniec in the 32nd minute. Damian Miecznikowski 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. In the 36th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damian Miecznikowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 38th minute of play forced AC Raczyny's goalkeeper Damian Miecznikowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half Italy were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Fabian Klawke made in the 51st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Raczyny's goalkeeper Damian Miecznikowski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 53rd minute of play forced AC Raczyny's goalkeeper Damian Miecznikowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Fabian Klawke fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AC Raczyny's protests and gave Fabian Klawke a yellow card for diving instead. Damian Miecznikowski was a little too slow when Zaccheo Andolina got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 56th minute. The score was now 0-2. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Raczyny's goalkeeper Damian Miecznikowski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A sloppy throw-in by Fabian Klawke in the 61st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aureliusz Kissel in the 64th minute of play. AC Raczyny's defense didn't have a chance, in the 66th minute, when Zaccheo Andolina scored to the left of an out of position Damian Miecznikowski, making the score, 0-3. After 72 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for AC Raczyny! Damian Miecznikowski had in the 73rdth minute some difficulties stopping Sigfrido Auletta's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After some careless play in the AC Raczyny defense, Sigfrido Auletta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Damian Miecznikowski. The AC Raczyny fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Damian Miecznikowski should have stopped the shot. AC Raczyny's Damian Miecznikowski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save AC Raczyny from getting a goal against them. Damian Miecznikowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 81st minute of play. Damian Miecznikowski was out of position in the 82 minute of play, and Zaccheo Andolina capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Zaccheo Andolina really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. 88 minutes into the match, Aureliusz Kissel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aureliusz Kissel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. Adriano Curto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Damian Miecznikowski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 92nd minute of play. 97 minutes into the game, Guiscardo Davide cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-6. Damian Miecznikowski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The AC Raczyny fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Italy were clearly better and deserved to take the win.