Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, 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. Italy's attentive Eliseo Cutri managed to snatch the ball when Hayrullah Özgun made a throw-in in the 2nd minute of the game. Xorxe Canosa struck a weak shot in the 15th minute. Flavio Vittori didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Machu Picchu. Hayrullah Özgun made in the 19th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. If Zaccheo Andolina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ball Hold read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 24th minute of play. Ball Hold took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sigfrido Auletta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Machu Picchu's Xorxe Canosa got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Xorxe Canosa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Vittori having to interfere. If Porziano Marchitelli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zaccheo Andolina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Ball Hold made a huge save. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Xorxe Canosa to strike the kick off in the second half. 58 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ball Hold narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 61 minutes of play, Italy's Porziano Marchitelli made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ball Hold was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 64th minute of play forced Machu Picchu's goalkeeper Ball Hold to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Italy's Zaccheo Andolina managed to work through Machu Picchu's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Zaccheo Andolina dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Zaccheo Andolina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Machu Picchu's Abuzer İmge was substituted for Hayrullah Özgun. Machu Picchu's Grady Beckman was substituted for Ali Cengiz Rüşti. The throw-in from Abuzer İmge in the 79th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. In the 79th minute, Siricio Liotta 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. 84 minutes into the game, Siricio Liotta cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Ball Hold was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. When Aytuğ Kadirsah came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Machu Picchu fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Aytuğ Kadirsah couldn't finish the play. If Adriano Curto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 96 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Jim Morrison came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 97 minutes into the game, Italy's Guiscardo Davide nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ball Hold made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. There was no doubt that Italy were the better team. Italy's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.