Challenge

Jhonny Ortigoza
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. Zaccheo Andolina started the match with the kick off. Gomberto Picozzi made in the 6th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Los Trip's Edelmiro Neto. Los Trip's Agustín Rossi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Siricio Liotta in the 10th minute of play. A collision led to Los Trip getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. José Augusto Peres hit a great ball. Agustín Rossi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 22nd minute of play. In the 30th match minute, Los Trip was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by CJ Asensio to maneuver through the defense. Agustín Rossi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Agustín Rossi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 36th minute of the match. Zaccheo Andolina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Agustín Rossi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 45 minutes, Zaccheo Andolina put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Agustín Rossi.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bruno Capello made a kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zaccheo Andolina in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Agustín Rossi saved Los Trip from getting behind. Agustín Rossi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Porziano Marchitelli in the 52nd minute. Italy were awarded a corner in the 53th minute after Los Trip's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. In the 56th match minute, Los Trip was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edelmiro Neto to maneuver through the defense. Los Trip's Luís Fernando Calderón De La Barca was substituted for Bruno Capello. The throw-in from Teodoro Munhoz in the 62nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. Porziano Marchitelli's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Agustín Rossi firmly grabbed it by the left post. When Zaccheo Andolina came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the Italy 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 Zaccheo Andolina couldn't finish the play. Sigfrido Auletta blasted a shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Agustín Rossi having to make a save. Zaccheo Andolina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Agustín Rossi made a huge save. 73 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Agustín Rossi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Los Trip made a substitution. Wiliam Tepedino replaced CJ Asensio. In the 78th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Agustín Rossi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Sostene Vitulli hit a great ball. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arsenio Perutxo in the 84th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Adriano Curto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Agustín Rossi was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arsenio Perutxo in the 95th minute of play. After 95th play minutes Luís Fernando Calderón De La Barca shot 2-2, a short shot which went by Flavio Vittori and just under the crossbar into goal. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.