Challenge

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Samuele Kunz took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 2nd match minute, Switzerland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacinto Maurer to maneuver through the defense. Hias Nüssli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evangelista Ugarte, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Switzerland's zone, Evangelista Ugarte stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hias Nüssli came out of the goal and Evangelista Ugarte tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, Switzerland's Hias Nüssli got control of the ball when Evangelista Ugarte tried to sneak it across the goal line. Evangelista Ugarte blasted a shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hias Nüssli having to make a save. Rodrigo von Känel hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. In the 15th minute, Ante Lukaku 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. After 15 played minutes AFC Viola Gigliati got a freekick which was hit by Ante Lukaku. The audience was convinced that Evangelista Ugarte's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hias Nüssli was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. In the 21st minute, AFC Viola Gigliati's Evangelista Ugarte ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Hias Nüssli. Hias Nüssli yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Hias Nüssli stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Evangelista Ugarte's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. With his leg Hias Nüssli managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when AFC Viola Gigliati's Evangelista Ugarte fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ante Lukaku made in the 35th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Bertran Castejon however managed to control. Evangelista Ugarte succeeded in the game's 36th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Evangelista Ugarte kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Hias Nüssli. That made the score 4-0 in the 46 minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

Hias Nüssli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evangelista Ugarte, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. In the 55th match minute, AFC Viola Gigliati was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jairo Moita to maneuver through the defense. Switzerland's Samuele Kunz managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ante Lukaku in the 65 minute of the game. 69 minutes into the match, Evangelista Ugarte notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of Switzerland's Hias Nüssli. Hias Nüssli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Evangelista Ugarte's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hias Nüssli was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Jasper Agoos made in the 76th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ante Lukaku however managed to control. 77 minutes into the match, Switzerland's goal looked a bit too open when Benvide Usarralde came free, but Hias Nüssli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 89 minutes into the game, AFC Viola Gigliati's Benvide Usarralde nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hias Nüssli made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. Hias Nüssli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benvide Usarralde, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Switzerland's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.