Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zaccheo Andolina kicked off to start the match. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernesto Theodore in the 3rd minute of play. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Facundo Torres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zaccheo Andolina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. KIRICOCHO FC's Jorge Errando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 9th minute of play. A throw-in in the 12th minute of the game was made by Konstantin Bondov with Arnel Pansoy as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Sigfrido Auletta's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jorge Errando read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 14th minute of play. 16 minutes into the game, KIRICOCHO FC's Facundo Torres nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Flavio Vittori made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 19 minutes into the match, Facundo Torres had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Facundo Torres was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Zaccheo Andolina could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Jorge Errando made a huge save. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by KIRICOCHO FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sigfrido Auletta was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Italy's Eliseo Cutri to fire away a dangerous shot which Jorge Errando despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 25 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Ernesto Theodore came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute KIRICOCHO FC were awarded a corner. Arnel Pansoy went to the cornerflag to take it. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernesto Theodore in the 30th minute of the match. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lázaro Galsino, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Flavio Vittori stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Facundo Torres's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. With a little luck, KIRICOCHO FC's Jorge Errando got control of the ball when Porziano Marchitelli tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 40th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorge Errando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Konstantin Bondov in the 41st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Jorge Errando didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaccheo Andolina went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lázaro Galsino in the 47th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

In the 55th match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sostene Vitulli to maneuver through the defense. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. 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 58th minute. Sigfrido Auletta made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that KIRICOCHO FC's Jorge Errando managed to reach the ball for a save. The corner led Italy's Sostene Vitulli to fire away a dangerous shot which Jorge Errando despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Siricio Liotta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Jorge Errando tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 65th minute of play forced KIRICOCHO FC's goalkeeper Jorge Errando to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 69 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Ernesto Theodore came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Konstantin Bondov made in the 71st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Sostene Vitulli. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olaf Wos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 74 minutes into the game, Italy's Porziano Marchitelli nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jorge Errando made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Jorge Errando showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by KIRICOCHO FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sigfrido Auletta was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Facundo Torres in the 84th minute of the match. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind KIRICOCHO FC's goalkeeper Jorge Errando, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 87 minutes into the match, KIRICOCHO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Jorge Errando reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lázaro Galsino got free with Flavio Vittori in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. After 95 minutes KIRICOCHO FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Siricio Liotta who took care of the corner kick. The KIRICOCHO FC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Italy from taking control. The game ends in a draw.