Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zaccheo Andolina took the kick off in the first half of the match. Porziano Marchitelli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Atabek Ula in the 11th minute of play. With a little luck, FUF F.C's Aurelio Lehen got control of the ball when Sigfrido Auletta tried to sneak it across the goal line. 15 minutes into the game, FUF F.C's Momo Sampler nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Flavio Vittori made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Momo Sampler's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Flavio Vittori was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Sergio Bihar put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Flavio Vittori. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 31st minute of play forced FUF F.C's goalkeeper Aurelio Lehen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aurelio Lehen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 33rd minute of the match. Atabek Ula took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. After some careless play in the Italy defense, Sergio Bihar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Flavio Vittori. The Italy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Flavio Vittori should have stopped the shot. Zaccheo Andolina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Aurelio Lehen made a huge save. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Momo Sampler was the one to do the kick off. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Sergio Bihar tried to sneak it across the goal line. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sergio Bihar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aurelio Lehen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 61st minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zaccheo Andolina in the 62nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aurelio Lehen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sergio Bihar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Atabek Ula could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 70th minute of play forced FUF F.C's goalkeeper Aurelio Lehen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Flavio Vittori managed to avoid a goal in the 73rdth minute, when FUF F.C's Momo Sampler fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Sergio Bihar kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aurelio Lehen was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sergio Bihar in the 84th minute of play. Eliseo Cutri kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sergio Bihar in the 90th minute of play. Italy were awarded a corner in the 94th minute after FUF F.C's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Siricio Liotta took the corner. The corner ended in Siricio Liotta almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FUF F.C's Aurelio Lehen did a great save. FUF F.C's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.