Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Milosz Skirzynski made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Igor Koperski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 6 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Milosz Skirzynski came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 6 minutes into the game, Tornado's Milosz Skirzynski 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, 1-1. In the 14th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Koperski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Igor Koperski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Porziano Marchitelli in the 18th minute. Igor Koperski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 22nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Tornado defense, Zaccheo Andolina kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Igor Koperski. The Tornado fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Igor Koperski should have stopped the shot. Igor Koperski came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Italy's Zaccheo Andolina. But to his dismay, Zaccheo Andolina quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Milosz Skirzynski, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zaccheo Andolina got free with Igor Koperski in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Italy defense, Radomir Lato 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. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Konrad Bochinski tried to sneak it across the goal line. 53 minutes into the match, Tornado's goal looked a bit too open when Porziano Marchitelli came free, but Igor Koperski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Igor Koperski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Igor Koperski 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 58th minute. In the 60th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Tornado's goalie and right to Siricio Liotta. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Tornado's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Tornado's Fausto Alcântara was substituted for Dennis Vilchez. In the 65th minute, Teofil Frodyma hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Milosz Skirzynski, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Igor Koperski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 75th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 77th minute of play forced Tornado's goalkeeper Igor Koperski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Igor Koperski came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Italy's Zaccheo Andolina. But to his dismay, Zaccheo Andolina quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. After 92 minutes of play, Italy's Adriano Curto made it 5-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Igor Koperski was left in no man's land by his defense there! There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Italy fully deserved thier win.