Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zaccheo Andolina took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Siricio Liotta 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. Chong Sheppard hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Abel Bueno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 7th minute of the match. Olin Munster made in the 9th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Quinton Marcheterre. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michael Owen in the 15th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abel Bueno was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abel Bueno was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Qikiqtarjuaq FC's Abel Bueno proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Qikiqtarjuaq FC from getting a goal against them. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daron Keen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Michael Owen hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Porziano Marchitelli came free with the goalkeeper in the 36th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Abel Bueno could save by the left post. 37 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Daron Keen came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zaccheo Andolinas short, quick shot in the 40thth minute got Abel Bueno to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With a little luck, Qikiqtarjuaq FC's Abel Bueno got control of the ball when Zaccheo Andolina tried to sneak it across the goal line. Abel Bueno showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Zaccheo Andolina struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Abel Bueno didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Italy. Qikiqtarjuaq FC made a substitution. Alfonzo Davidson replaced Gary Thomason. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Caio da Rocha made the kick off in the second half. Wilton Boyles's late challenge caught a Italy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wilton Boyles helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 54th minute of play forced Qikiqtarjuaq FC's goalkeeper Abel Bueno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eliseo Cutri hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Qikiqtarjuaq FC's Bastien Aldridge was substituted for Michael Owen. Caio da Rocha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. Wilton Boyles made in the 62nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Zena Busacca. Qikiqtarjuaq FC's Abel Bueno 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. Flavio Vittori made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Caio da Rocha sent off a good shot on target. 75 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Qikiqtarjuaq FC's Caio da Rocha fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Qikiqtarjuaq FC made a substitution. Anselmo Finocchio replaced Olin Munster. A sloppy throw-in by Anselmo Finocchio in the 79th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. 80 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Abel Bueno. Qikiqtarjuaq FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zaccheo Andolina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Siricio Liotta struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Abel Bueno didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Italy. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siricio Liotta in the 87th minute of play forced Qikiqtarjuaq FC's goalkeeper Abel Bueno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Siricio Liotta in the 90th minute. A nice corner shot did that Siricio Liotta got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Abel Bueno quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Qikiqtarjuaq FC's Abel Bueno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Curto in the 92nd minute of play. In the 96th minute, Adriano Curto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Abel Bueno was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Italy walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.