Challenge

Colosseum
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Italy's attentive Eliseo Cutri managed to snatch the ball when Téo Freitas made a throw-in in the 4th minute of the game. Gustaf Albohm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Porziano Marchitelli in the 5th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, Porziano Marchitelli notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Gladiator FC's Gustaf Albohm. Gustaf Albohm was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Gladiator FC's Konstantin Butylin in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Italy's goalie prevented a goal. In the 10th minute of the match, Carlo Taranto got a very nice opportunity to score, but Flavio Vittori was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The throw-in from Eliseo Cutri in the 12th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Gladiator FC's Téo Freitas. Gustaf Albohm showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Siricio Liotta, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Konstantin Butylin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match clock showed 20 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Zaccheo Andolina sped through Gladiator FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gustaf Albohm. Gustaf Albohm 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 24th minute. Cosimo Eleuteri hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konstantin Butylin in the 27th minute of play. In the 28th minute, Siricio Liotta left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 32 minutes into the game, Italy's Sigfrido Auletta nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gustaf Albohm made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. 37 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gustaf Albohm narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luisão Tepedino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlo Taranto, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 44th minute Siricio Liotta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gustaf Albohm saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Téo Freitas kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Gustaf Albohm 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 46th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

Zaccheo Andolina received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gustaf Albohm came out and tried to block the shot, but Zaccheo Andolina slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 51st minute. Konstantin Butylin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Flavio Vittori tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 65 minutes Gladiator FC'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. When Carlo Taranto came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Gladiator FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Carlo Taranto couldn't finish the play. In the 69th minute of the match, Porziano Marchitelli got a very nice opportunity to score, but Gustaf Albohm was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Porziano Marchitelli took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Gustaf Albohm to make any attempt to save it. 72 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Lovera came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th minute of the match Gladiator 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. Luisão Tepedino ran over to the corner to take the kick. Zaccheo Andolina scored 0-8 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gustaf Albohm, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. In the 84th minute of the game Téo Freitas made a throw-in which Carlo Taranto played forward. In the 92nd minute, Guiscardo Davide left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-9. In the 96th minute Luisão Tepedino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Vittori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.