Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, 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. Zaccheo Andolina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Eduardo Martini made a huge save. Zaccheo Andolina was extremely unlucky when he, in the 8th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Eduardo Martini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The throw-in from Daniel Travassos in the 11th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. Minuim SS's Eduardo Martini proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Minuim SS from getting a goal against them. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Italy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marko Krumov was slow to take the kick. During this time Minuim SS's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Minuim SS's corner Marko Krumov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Flavio Vittori quite easily take care of the ball. João Francisco Mendonça hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Mikail Yerhum sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 21st minute, Mikail Yerhum left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Minuim SS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Italy's Zena Busacca quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Daniel Travassos, made in the 23rd minute of the game. Carolo Cambranes made in the 30th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Mikail Yerhum however managed to control. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikail Yerhum in the 31st minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute of the match Minuim SS got a corner. Italy's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Marko Krumov ran over to the corner to take the kick. Eduardo Martini was a little too slow when Zaccheo Andolina got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 34th minute. The score was now 1-1. The throw-in from Daniel Travassos in the 37th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. After 43 played minutes Minuim SS got a freekick which was hit by Mikail Yerhum. Eliseo Cutri made in the 45th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Minuim SS's Daniel Travassos.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mikail Yerhum to make the kick off. Marko Krumov kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Minuim SS's Aimar Alajaan was substituted for Marko Krumov. 73 minutes into the match, Minuim SS's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Eduardo Martini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eduardo Martini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 83 minutes into the game, Zaccheo Andolina cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Eduardo Martini was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikail Yerhum in the 91st minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 92 minutes had been played when some careless play by Italy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Travassos was slow to take the kick. During this time Minuim SS's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Daniel Travassos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Italy's Flavio Vittori did a great save. Eduardo Martini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Curto in the 93rd minute of the match. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikail Yerhum in the 95th minute of play. Italy's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.