Challenge

水晶玫瑰球场
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Italy's Siricio Liotta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by 吕桑景 in the 5 minute of the game. 庞辰延 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaccheo Andolina went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 15 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 庞辰延 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by 广州太阳神足球俱乐部's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sigfrido Auletta was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. Eliseo Cutri made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that 广州太阳神足球俱乐部's 庞辰延 managed to reach the ball for a save. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 杨翔洲, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 19th minute 杨翔洲 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when 杨翔洲 got free with Flavio Vittori in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 25 minutes, Zaccheo Andolina managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Italy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zaccheo Andolina was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, 广州太阳神足球俱乐部's 麦辰然 got a free kick in the 26th minute. 28 minutes into the match, 广州太阳神足球俱乐部's goal looked a bit too open when Siricio Liotta came free, but 庞辰延 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 庞辰延 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 30th minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 尹强震. The supporters of Italy booed when 广州太阳神足球俱乐部 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. 崔旭平 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 35 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 庞辰延 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After 38 minutes of play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 庞辰延 was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 43rd minute, Zaccheo Andolina left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Siricio Liotta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 庞辰延 having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zaccheo Andolina to make the kick off. 庞辰延 was a little too slow when Zaccheo Andolina got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 54th minute. The score was now 0-5. 庞辰延 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 57th minute of play. 广州太阳神足球俱乐部's 庞辰延 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 60th minute of play. 庞辰延 made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Porziano Marchitelli sent off a good shot on target. In the 68th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by Italy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Carel Maertens was slow to take the kick. During this time 广州太阳神足球俱乐部's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on 广州太阳神足球俱乐部's corner Carel Maertens fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Flavio Vittori quite easily take care of the ball. Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by 吕桑景, made in the 75th minute of the game. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 尹强震, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 杨翔洲 kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. 90 minutes into the game, 宋迅超 threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Siricio Liotta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The supporters of 广州太阳神足球俱乐部 booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gomberto Picozzi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 杨翔洲 in the 96th minute of play. The 广州太阳神足球俱乐部 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Italy were clearly better and deserved to take the win.