Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zaccheo Andolina got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Siricio Liotta notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of SV Bad Harzburg's Jacek Matuch. Jacek Matuch was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Roberto Carlos made in the 10th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. Jacek Matuch stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zaccheo Andolina's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 20th minute of play forced SV Bad Harzburg's goalkeeper Jacek Matuch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 20th minute of play forced SV Bad Harzburg's goalkeeper Jacek Matuch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the match, SV Bad Harzburg's goalkeeper Jacek Matuch had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zaccheo Andolina. Horst Hussen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. SV Bad Harzburg's Jacek Matuch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 28th minute of play. Jacek Matuch made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Porziano Marchitelli sent off a good shot on target. If Silvestre Loi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind SV Bad Harzburg's goalkeeper Jacek Matuch, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Silvestre Loi to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Zaccheo Andolina made a precise shot to the right of Jacek Matuch. SV Bad Harzburg's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. A sloppy throw-in by Roberto Carlos in the 62nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. In the 63rd match minute, SV Bad Harzburg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jurek Ohrem to maneuver through the defense. SV Bad Harzburg's Jacek Matuch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 64th minute of play. Éthan Pichard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Vittori having to interfere. Jurek Ohrem sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, SV Bad Harzburg's Ksawery Rzeszutko got a free kick in the 71st minute. Jacek Matuch showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. In the 80th minute of the match Italy got a corner. SV Bad Harzburg's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sigfrido Auletta ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 82nd minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacek Matuch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jacek Matuch showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Porziano Marchitelli in the 83rd minute of the match. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. In the 93rd minute Adriano Curto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacek Matuch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Adriano Curto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jacek Matuch was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. In the 96th minute of the match Italy got a corner. SV Bad Harzburg's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Siricio Liotta ran over to the corner to take the kick. Siricio Liotta made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that SV Bad Harzburg's Jacek Matuch managed to reach the ball for a save. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Italy had played much better football throughout.