Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, 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 Tiburcio Marques in the 3rd minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amadeu Bessa in the 6th minute of the match. Tiburcio Marques blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Flavio Vittori having to make a save. 15 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Tiburcio Marques came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sigfrido Auletta hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiburcio Marques in the 17th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Italy defense, Tiburcio Marques kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Flavio Vittori. The Italy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Flavio Vittori should have stopped the shot. In the 28th minute, Tiburcio Marques hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 29th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ata Türk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to 『盛世メ名門』SnowQueen™ getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. 范常辰 hit a great ball. After 46 minutes 『盛世メ名門』SnowQueen™'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. Porziano Marchitelli could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Ata Türk made a huge save. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sigfrido Auletta in the 48th minute. After the first half 『盛世メ名門』SnowQueen™ were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tiburcio Marques stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ali Emir Sıraç sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Italy's Siricio Liotta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by 周悦雄 in the 55 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 58th minute of play forced 『盛世メ名門』SnowQueen™'s goalkeeper Ata Türk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Tiburcio Marques came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by Italy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 范常辰 was slow to take the kick. During this time 『盛世メ名門』SnowQueen™'s players had a chance to rest. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiburcio Marques in the 66th minute of play. In the 69th minute the ball was on its way in behind 『盛世メ名門』SnowQueen™'s goalkeeper Ata Türk, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 72 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ata Türk. 『盛世メ名門』SnowQueen™'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zaccheo Andolina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. 『盛世メ名門』SnowQueen™ made a substitution. 白云常 replaced 姚沙潮. 『盛世メ名門』SnowQueen™'s 唐真风 was substituted for 周悦雄. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amadeu Bessa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. Ata Türk didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaccheo Andolina went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Ata Türk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Porziano Marchitelli, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. 白云常's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Flavio Vittori firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 96th match minute, 『盛世メ名門』SnowQueen™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ali Emir Sıraç to maneuver through the defense. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. 『盛世メ名門』SnowQueen™ walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.