Challenge

B. B. Bats Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Moisés Queiroga started the match with the kick off. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moisés Queiroga in the 3rd minute of the match. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Sostene Vitulli hit a great ball. Artur Brudzisz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 21st minute Moisés Queiroga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Vittori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sigfrido Auletta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Artur Brudzisz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Flavio Vittori made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Wojciech Grunwalski sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Moisés Queiroga got free with Flavio Vittori in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Moisés Queiroga in the 27th minute. Artur Brudzisz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 38 minutes of play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Artur Brudzisz was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Italy's Sostene Vitulli got a free kick in the 40th minute. 42 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Artur Brudzisz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Flavio Vittori didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 46th minute, which inside left pole to 2-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zaccheo Andolina stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cristóvão França made in the 52nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Kerem Aktürkoglu. 54 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Artur Brudzisz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Bacardi Black Bats's Benedicto Afonso was substituted for Kerem Aktürkoglu. Italy's Eliseo Cutri managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Cristóvão França in the 67 minute of the game. Artur Brudzisz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 69th minute of the match. Bacardi Black Bats's Artur Brudzisz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 72nd minute of play. After 76 minutes Bacardi Black Bats'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 Siricio Liotta heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. After a rather tough play, Italy's Eliseo Cutri got a free kick in the 79th minute. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. In the 83rd minute of the game Cristóvão França made a throw-in which Benedicto Afonso played forward. Artur Brudzisz 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. The crowd rose to their feet as Italy's Adriano Curto slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Artur Brudzisz. That made the score 2-2 after 96 minutes of play. Despite being the better team, Italy failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.