Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, 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. Hilario Pesquera was out of position in the 3 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: 1-0. After 13 minutes of play, Golden Dragón F.C's Soner Turking made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Flavio Vittori was left in no man's land by his defense there! With an all-out effort, Italy's Hilario Pesquera threw himself towards the right post 18 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Zaccheo Andolina, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Emmanuel Vasco kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hilario Pesquera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd 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. Hilario Pesquera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Soner Turking, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After taking down the ball on Golden Dragón F.C's corner Alan Petersen fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Flavio Vittori quite easily take care of the ball. Hilario Pesquera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 37th minute of play. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Golden Dragón F.C's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sigfrido Auletta was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Italy's Eliseo Cutri to fire away a dangerous shot which Hilario Pesquera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Zena Busacca hit a great ball. If Zaccheo Andolina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Soner Turking stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Soner Turking in the 57th minute of play. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. Emmanuel Vasco hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Golden Dragón F.C made a substitution. Igon Ferrero replaced Alan Petersen. Emmanuel Vasco hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Ceyhan Celvet's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Flavio Vittori was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Ceyhan Celvet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ceyhan Celvet could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. The supporters of Italy booed when Golden Dragón F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Domingos Iliana didn't get a good kick on the ball. Golden Dragón F.C's Xamo Melic was substituted for Selim Mićić. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. In the 84th minute, Igon Ferrero fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 86th minute, Ceyhan Celvet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ceyhan Celvet blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Flavio Vittori having to make a save. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ceyhan Celvet in the 89th minute. Hilario Pesquera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Porziano Marchitelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Eliseo Cutri fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Hilario Pesquera quite easily take care of the ball. Golden Dragón F.C's Hilario Pesquera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Curto in the 94th minute of play. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.