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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zaccheo Andolina kicked off to start the match. A sloppy throw-in by Ricardinho de Senna in the 6th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Esen Sanal read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 7th minute of play. Krisztián Véber fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Vittori having to interfere. In the 13th minute Lucio Siekkötter 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. Esen Sanal stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zaccheo Andolina's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. Zaccheo Andolina was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Bai Cheng Kang made in the 20th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Lucio Siekkötter however managed to control. After a defensive mix-up in S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's zone, Zaccheo Andolina stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Esen Sanal came out of the goal and Zaccheo Andolina tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The throw-in from Bai Cheng Kang in the 26th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Esen Sanal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 29th minute of the match. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sigfrido Auletta in the 30th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gianpaolo Mascari in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Esen Sanal prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The Italy fans' excitement grew in the 30th match minute when Italy's Gianpaolo Mascari looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. With his leg Flavio Vittori managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's Lucio Siekkötter fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 38th minute, Krisztián Véber made a precise shot to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. A sloppy throw-in by Ricardinho de Senna in the 41st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Esen Sanal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 42nd minute of play. Esen Sanal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, 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.

Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Krisztián Véber, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zaccheo Andolina in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Esen Sanal saved S.E.R. Caxias do Sul from getting behind. Flavio Vittori stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Breno Vergílio's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. Flavio Vittori stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Breno Vergílio's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. If Zaccheo Andolina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bai Cheng Kang made in the 61st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Ricardinho de Senna immediately put the ball in play. Bai Cheng Kang made in the 62nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Ricardinho de Senna. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siricio Liotta in the 65th minute of play forced S.E.R. Caxias do Sul's goalkeeper Esen Sanal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esen Sanal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Siricio Liotta went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Esen Sanal read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. Italy's Sostene Vitulli suffered a concussion in the 70th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. Lei Feng Yan'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. Lei Feng Yan helped the player get up and apologised. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Sostene Vitulli. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zaccheo Andolina got free with Esen Sanal in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 86 minutes into the match, Krisztián Véber notched a goal, 3-2, 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. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Italy's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because S.E.R. Caxias do Sul had won, even though Italy had held more of the ball.