Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kobe Bryant made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 6th minute of play forced Ona Somrient FC's goalkeeper Claude Erosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kobe Bryant, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zeruko Candela, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zeruko Candela, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Italy were awarded a corner in the 16th minute after Ona Somrient FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. Sigfrido Auletta made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that Ona Somrient FC's Claude Erosa managed to reach the ball for a save. Ona Somrient FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 18th minute, when Zaccheo Andolina scored to the left of an out of position Claude Erosa, making the score, 1-0. Claude Erosa 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 21st minute. A throw-in in the 27th minute of the game was made by Gartzen Huarte with Idacio Sánchez as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. With his leg Claude Erosa managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when Italy's Zaccheo Andolina fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, Ona Somrient FC's Unax Dimas got a free kick in the 41st minute. Ona Somrient FC's Claude Erosa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Ona Somrient FC from getting a goal against them. A sloppy throw-in by Gartzen Huarte in the 45th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zaccheo Andolina to strike the kick off in the second half. Claude Erosa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sigfrido Auletta went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 54th match minute, Ona Somrient FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Idacio Sánchez to maneuver through the defense. Zaccheo Andolina blasted a shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Claude Erosa having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kobe Bryant in the 56th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ona Somrient FC's Claude Erosa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Porziano Marchitelli in the 63rd minute of play. The supporters of Italy booed when Ona Somrient FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zeruko Candela didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ona Somrient FC's Fernan Alcantara was substituted for Unax Dimas. A collision led to Ona Somrient FC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Zeruko Candela hit a great ball. Claude Erosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 71st minute of the match. Siricio Liotta blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Claude Erosa having to make a save. The supporters of Italy booed when Ona Somrient FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gartzen Huarte didn't get a good kick on the ball. Turi Guijarro hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Sigfrido Auletta scored 3-1 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Claude Erosa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. In the 88th minute of the match Ona Somrient FC got a corner. Italy's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nechifor Hârșu ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Nechifor Hârșu almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Italy's Flavio Vittori did a great save. In the 89th minute Porziano Marchitelli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claude Erosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 91 minutes into the game, Gartzen Huarte threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Siricio Liotta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Claude Erosa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Siricio Liotta went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. For all the effort they put into the match, the Ona Somrient FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Italy.