Challenge

Petrovskiy Park
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Zaccheo Andolina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Matvey Epanchin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Matvey Epanchin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Siricio Liotta went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After 16 played minutes Italy got a freekick which was hit by Deodato Magliozzi. Efim Abramov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Flavio Vittori having to make a save. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Efim Abramov in the 17th minute. Dynamite's Matvey Epanchin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 20th minute of play. Italy's Deodato Magliozzi was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Matvey Epanchin in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A hard shot 24 in the game by Efim Abramov from a close distance when the talented Flavio Vittori managed to make a qualified save. Italy's players were relieved. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sigfrido Auletta in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Matvey Epanchin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zaccheo Andolina in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Matvey Epanchin saved Dynamite from getting behind. In the 29th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matvey Epanchin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 31st minute of play forced Dynamite's goalkeeper Matvey Epanchin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matvey Epanchin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 36th minute of play. An unexpected shot in the 38th minute by Efim Abramov got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Zaccheo Andolina took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Matvey Epanchin. Matvey Epanchin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Efim Abramov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Dynamite's goal looked a bit too open when Siricio Liotta came free, but Matvey Epanchin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zaccheo Andolina blasted a shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Matvey Epanchin having to make a save. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Efim Abramov in the 63rd minute of play. Italy's attentive Siricio Liotta managed to snatch the ball when Lev Meskhi made a throw-in in the 66th minute of the game. 68 minutes into the game, Porziano Marchitelli threw the ball into play from the sideline. Dynamite's Mariusz Mierzejewski quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 74 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Matvey Epanchin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 79th minute of play forced Dynamite's goalkeeper Matvey Epanchin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zaccheo Andolinas short, quick shot in the 85thth minute got Matvey Epanchin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Matvey Epanchin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 89th minute of the match. In the 90th minute Mariusz Mierzejewski 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. In the 91st minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matvey Epanchin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. The Italy supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Italy would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.