Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, 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. 6 minutes into the match, Armageddon's goalkeeper Marko Ööpik had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zaccheo Andolina. Inocencio Hondo made in the 12th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Sigfrido Auletta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Marko Ööpik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marko Ööpik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 18th minute of play. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michel Legdeur in the 19th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute, Olaf Kööp made a precise shot to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 36th minute Michel Legdeur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Vittori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zaccheo Andolina got free with Marko Ööpik in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 39 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marko Ööpik made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Marko Ööpik 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 43rd minute. With his leg Marko Ööpik managed to avoid a goal in the 45thth minute, when Italy's Zaccheo Andolina fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Armageddon's Olaf Kööp in the 46th minute got a chance for a shot 46th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Italy's goalie prevented a goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Michel Legdeur to strike the kick off in the second half. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michel Legdeur in the 51st minute of the match. 55 minutes into the match, Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Michel Legdeur. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michel Legdeur in the 56th minute of the match. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giancarlo Antognoni in the 63rd minute of the match. After having played for 70 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. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olaf Kööp in the 74th minute of play. When Armageddon's Michel Legdeur in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Italy's goalie prevented a goal. Inocencio Hondo got a throw-in 79 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Olaf Kööp. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olaf Kööp in the 80th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zaccheo Andolina in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marko Ööpik saved Armageddon from getting behind. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. Giancarlo Antognoni could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. After 95 minutes of play, Italy's Guiscardo Davide made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marko Ööpik was left in no man's land by his defense there! Italy's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.