Challenge

Gothic Souls Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zaccheo Andolina kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Deodato Magliozzi to maneuver through the defense. Erdinç Sarıalp made in the 9th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Lemi Uğurlubey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Porziano Marchitelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Gothic Souls'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 ended in Porziano Marchitelli almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Gothic Souls's Lemi Uğurlubey did a great save. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erhan Ascı in the 21st minute. Gothic Souls's Lemi Uğurlubey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 25th minute of play. When D.J. 赵云 came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Gothic Souls 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 D.J. 赵云 couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Erhan Ascı got free with Flavio Vittori in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 38th minute, Zaccheo Andolina 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: 0-1. Lemi Uğurlubey came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by Italy's Zaccheo Andolina. But to his dismay, Zaccheo Andolina quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After the first half Italy were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Erhan Ascı made the kick off in the second half. Erhan Ascı received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 50th minute. Flavio Vittori tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erhan Ascı in the 57th minute of the match. In the 63rd minute, Zaccheo Andolina got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Gothic Souls made a substitution. Ege Nesip replaced Erdinç Sarıalp. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lemi Uğurlubey read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 67th minute of play. Zaccheo Andolina hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erhan Ascı in the 70th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erhan Ascı in the 70th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76th minute, Erhan Ascı made a precise shot to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Gothic Souls's Arda Ozan Ayberk was substituted for Levent Itzov. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. A sloppy throw-in by Ege Nesip in the 81st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. When Gothic Souls's Erhan Ascı in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Italy's goalie prevented a goal. Adriano Curto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lemi Uğurlubey read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play. Lemi Uğurlubey didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adriano Curto went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. The Italy supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Italy would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.