Challenge

Monumental de Bosch
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 3rd minute of play forced Alzaga FC's goalkeeper Arcadio Buendia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arcadio Buendia was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. After having played for 11 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. In the 13th minute, Adrián Czornomaz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Alzaga FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zaccheo Andolina in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arcadio Buendia saved Alzaga FC from getting behind. 23 minutes into the game, Zaccheo Andolina cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Arcadio Buendia was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 27th minute, Siricio Liotta ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arcadio Buendia was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Arcadio Buendia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32ndth minute of the game Zaccheo Andolina who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alzaga FC's Arcadio Buendia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 32nd minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arcadio Buendia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 33 minutes Alzaga FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sigfrido Auletta who took care of the corner kick. Stanko Stankovich kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Siricio Liotta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arcadio Buendia having to interfere. Ovidio Bautistas short, quick shot in the 46thth minute got Flavio Vittori to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Leon Goretzka was the one to do the kick off. Thanks to some nice moves Porziano Marchitelli could shoot a difficult shot in the 57th minute, which Arcadio Buendia however easily saved by the left post. Italy's Zaccheo Andolina got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ovidio Bautista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Alzaga FC getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Pang Si Yan hit a great ball. Alzaga FC made a substitution. Robert Rutkowski replaced Leon Goretzka. In the 66th minute, Pang Si Yan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Alzaga FC's Robert Rutkowski in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Italy's goalie prevented a goal. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pablo Ur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Alzaga FC getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Bernardo Franco hit a great ball. In the 75th match minute, Alzaga FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bernardo Franco to maneuver through the defense. Flavio Vittori came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Alzaga FC's Adrián Czornomaz. But to his dismay, Adrián Czornomaz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pablo Ur in the 89th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute, Adriano Curto made a precise shot to the right of Arcadio Buendia. Alzaga FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. When the match had gone on for 98 minutes, Adriano Curto took a quick shot and it went in 2-4 without a chance for Arcadio Buendia to make any attempt to save it. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Italy had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.