Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Lionel-Andrés Messias made the kick off and thus started the match. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lionel-Andrés Messias, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. After a rather tough play, Sαηgrε Azuɭ's Alf Iller got a free kick in the 9th minute. Luciano Ferran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 13th minute of the match. After 14 minutes of play, Sαηgrε Azuɭ's Lionel-Andrés Messias 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! Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Orzaize in the 26th minute of play. Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Gösta Blomqvist, made in the 37th minute of the game. Zaccheo Andolina received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Luciano Ferran came out and tried to block the shot, but Zaccheo Andolina slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 38th minute. Luciano Ferran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Siricio Liotta in the 41st minute of play. Porziano Marchitelli recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 44th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luciano Ferran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrian Orzaize, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zaccheo Andolina to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute of the match, Lionel-Andrés Messias tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Flavio Vittori saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 55th match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zaccheo Andolina to maneuver through the defense. 57 minutes into the game, Milton Casco was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sαηgrε Azuɭ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Italy the free kick. Milton Casco kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Sαηgrε Azuɭ's Luciano Ferran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 61st minute of play. Luciano Ferran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Zaccheo Andolina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 73rd minute, Sαηgrε Azuɭ's Benicio Tabby ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. Sαηgrε Azuɭ made a substitution. Conrado Rodriguez replaced Adrian Orzaize. Jonas Ordono hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. The supporters of Sαηgrε Azuɭ booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Siricio Liotta didn't get a good kick on the ball. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. After a rather tough play, Italy's Siricio Liotta got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Luciano Ferran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriano Curto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Conrado Rodriguez took the ball and in the 87 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 2-3. Luciano Ferran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Porziano Marchitelli in the 91st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lionel-Andrés Messias in the 92nd minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luciano Ferran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Curto, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lionel-Andrés Messias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Sαηgrε Azuɭ supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Sαηgrε Azuɭ would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.