Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Concetto Trasatti kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, Italy's Siricio Liotta ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marcos Ranolfo. Marcos Ranolfo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Italy's Porziano Marchitelli managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Prospero Gabirel in the 11 minute of the game. In the 17th minute Traian Blăniță 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. In the 18th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Ranolfo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Traian Blăniță in the 19th minute of play. In the 26th 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. After 27 minutes Italy's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Maximo Dei who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Traian Blăniță got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Flavio Vittori quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 33 minutes into the game, Italy's Sigfrido Auletta nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcos Ranolfo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Concetto Trasatti in the 36th minute of the match. Estudiantes de América's Marcos Ranolfo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Estudiantes de América from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Concetto Trasatti in the 43rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Flavio Vittori prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 46 played minutes Italy got a freekick which was hit by Zena Busacca. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zaccheo Andolina to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Estudiantes de América's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Marcos Ranolfo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Italy were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after Estudiantes de América's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. Kraig Fred's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Flavio Vittori read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 56th minute of play. In the 58th 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. After 59 minutes Italy's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Maximo Dei who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Maximo Dei almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Italy's Flavio Vittori did a great save. After a defensive mix-up in Italy's zone, Kraig Fred stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Flavio Vittori came out of the goal and Kraig Fred tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Deodato Magliozzi hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Kraig Fred tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zaccheo Andolina in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcos Ranolfo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 78th minute, Estudiantes de América's Kraig Fred ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. 80 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcos Ranolfo. Estudiantes de América's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zaccheo Andolina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Kraig Fred could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. Siricio Liotta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Ranolfo having to interfere. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Curto in the 92nd minute of play forced Estudiantes de América's goalkeeper Marcos Ranolfo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Siricio Liotta kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. In the 94th minute, Cornelio Ruisko 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. Italy's attentive Siricio Liotta managed to snatch the ball when Prospero Gabirel made a throw-in in the 96th minute of the game. Italy's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.