Challenge

João Marcatto
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Italy's Zaccheo Andolina started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 7 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Leonardo Da Vinci made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 18 minutes in the game Deodato Magliozzi did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Porziano Marchitelli. Deodato Magliozzi hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's goalkeeper Leonardo Da Vinci, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Deodato Magliozzi kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. When Italy's Zaccheo Andolina in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's goalie prevented a goal. After 27 minutes of play, Italy's Porziano Marchitelli made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leonardo Da Vinci was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 32nd minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonardo Da Vinci saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Leonardo Da Vinci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 35th minute of play. If Siricio Liotta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Don Lalo managed to get in a good position for a shot. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's supporters rose to their feet, but Don Lalo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Flavio Vittori breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hermínio Sanches made in the 47th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Don Lalo.

The wind increased when Don Lalo made the kick off in the second half. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Leonardo Da Vinci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 54th minute of play. In the 56th minute, Zaccheo Andolina 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. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Leonardo Da Vinci proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save G.E. Juventus FSCMZ from getting a goal against them. Italy were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Eliseo Cutri fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Leonardo Da Vinci quite easily take care of the ball. The corner led Italy's Zaccheo Andolina to a score. 0-3 in the 64th minute. Flavio Vittori stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Achilleas Stefanakis's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. 73 minutes into the match, G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Sigfrido Auletta came free, but Leonardo Da Vinci reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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 74th minute. The supporters of G.E. Juventus FSCMZ booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zena Busacca didn't get a good kick on the ball. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Achilleas Stefanakis in the 77th minute of the match. 79 minutes had been played when some careless play by Italy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Benas Brazys was slow to take the kick. During this time G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's corner Benas Brazys fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Flavio Vittori quite easily take care of the ball. Zaccheo Andolina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Leonardo Da Vinci made a huge save. Flavio Vittori came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Tor Garantos. But to his dismay, Tor Garantos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mei Jun Zheng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 90th minute of the match, Siricio Liotta tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Leonardo Da Vinci saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tor Garantos in the 95th minute of play. When the match was over Italy could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than G.E. Juventus FSCMZ throughout the match.