Challenge

Czech Republic Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bruno Papa kicked off to start the match. In the 8th minute Czech Republic were awarded a corner. Erik Jilek went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Erik Jilek got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Damiano Marsili quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Bruno Papa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vavrinec Holub was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Erik Jilek might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Damiano Marsili. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Erik Jilek ran back to his position shaking his head. Erik Jilek could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Damiano Marsili made a huge save. Vavrinec Holub showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anthony Oddi, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. David Rusil hit a great ball. 22 minutes into the game, Antonello Walcher was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Riccardo & Erika's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Czech Republic the free kick. Antonello Walcher hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. In the 26th minute Czech Republic were awarded a corner. Erik Jilek went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Czech Republic's Erik Jilek to fire away a dangerous shot which Damiano Marsili despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 30th match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dalimil Charvat to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Riccardo & Erika getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Ferruccio Massimi hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Riccardo & Erika's zone, Denis Dostal stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Damiano Marsili came out of the goal and Denis Dostal tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Anthony Oddi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Vavrinec Holub tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Damiano Marsili made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erik Jilek in the 47th minute. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Erik Jilek stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bruno Papa scored 0-1 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vavrinec Holub, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Czech Republic's David Rusil got his second yellow card of the match in the 56th minute. The referee ordered David Rusil off the ground. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. David Rusil hit a great ball. Vavrinec Holub made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bruno Papa in the 59th minute. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Daniel Vitek hit a great ball. Vavrinec Holub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anthony Oddi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Riccardo & Erika's Anthony Oddi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Vavrinec Holub. That made the score 0-2 after 71 minutes of play. 78 minutes into the match, Czech Republic's goal looked a bit too open when Anthony Oddi came free, but Vavrinec Holub reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Karel Blazek fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Damiano Marsili having to interfere. Fabio Ferrario fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vavrinec Holub having to interfere. Daniel Vitek kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Bruno Papa struck a weak shot in the 86th minute. Vavrinec Holub didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Riccardo & Erika. 0-3 became the score in the 88th minute when Anthony Oddi elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar.