Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zaccheo Andolina made the kick off which started today's match. In the 6th minute of the match Italy got a corner. Sangue nos Zóio's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sigfrido Auletta ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Eliseo Cutri got away a dangerous shot. Despite this André Luiz Reis quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zaccheo Andolina got free with André Luiz Reis in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Zaccheo Andolina who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 11thth minute tested the skills of André Luiz Reis when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Siricio Liotta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without André Luiz Reis having to interfere. André Luiz Reis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 18th minute. André Luiz Reis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 20th minute of the match. In the 21st minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. After 21 played minutes Italy got a freekick which was hit by Deodato Magliozzi. After 23 minutes of play, Sangue nos Zóio's Miguel Lito made it 0-1 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! In the 27th of the match, Siricio Liotta tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but André Luiz Reis got in the way and made a wonderful save. With an all-out effort, Italy's André Luiz Reis threw himself towards the right post 28 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Zaccheo Andolina, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. André Luiz Reis didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Italy's Zaccheo Andolina shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Zaccheo Andolina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but André Luiz Reis made a huge save. André Luiz Reis 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 37th minute. After 38 minutes Sangue nos Zóio'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. A well-hit corner resulted in Eliseo Cutri heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. André Luiz Reis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 41st minute. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Lito in the 43rd minute of play. In the 44th match minute, Sangue nos Zóio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex de Barros to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Miguel Lito to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Miguel Lito got free with Flavio Vittori in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina got a free kick in the 56th minute. Dave Rebours made in the 59th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Miguel Lito could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. After 68 minutes, Dave Rebours mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sangue nos Zóio and the Italy players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Italy booed when Sangue nos Zóio was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dave Rebours didn't get a good kick on the ball. Porziano Marchitelli's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but André Luiz Reis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Miguel Lito notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Italy's Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 77th minute, Dave Rebours hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eustaquio Corderro hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Eliseo Cutri quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Dave Rebours, made in the 85th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Curto in the 86th minute of play forced Sangue nos Zóio's goalkeeper André Luiz Reis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Italy were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.