Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, 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. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cezary Tusk in the 3rd minute of the match. Zaccheo Andolina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eugenio Santoro having to interfere. Urbs LC were awarded a corner in the 7th minute after Italy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Carter Musacchio took the corner. After taking down the ball on Urbs LC's corner Carter Musacchio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Flavio Vittori quite easily take care of the ball. A collision led to Urbs LC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Carter Musacchio hit a great ball. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind Urbs LC's goalkeeper Eugenio Santoro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilberto Hats in the 17th minute of the match. After 19 played minutes Urbs LC got a freekick which was hit by Bruno Di Iulio. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilberto Hats in the 23rd minute of play. In the 28thth minute of the game Sigfrido Auletta who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Urbs LC's Eugenio Santoro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Porziano Marchitelli got free with Eugenio Santoro in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Comunardo De Vito made in the 30th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Bruno Di Iulio immediately put the ball in play. In the 31st minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugenio Santoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eugenio Santoro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 31st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eugenio Santoro was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pastor Ihazintu, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cezary Tusk in the 37th 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 his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilberto Hats, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pastor Ihazintu in the 40th minute of play. Eugenio Santoro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 46th minute of the match. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pastor Ihazintu to make the kick off. Eugenio Santoro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 53rd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, Urbs LC's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Eugenio Santoro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 55th minute Cezary Tusk 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 57th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugenio Santoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siricio Liotta in the 65th minute of play forced Urbs LC's goalkeeper Eugenio Santoro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pastor Ihazintu took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eugenio Santoro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. In the 76th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. Pastor Ihazintu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Vittori having to interfere. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pastor Ihazintu in the 85th minute of play. 86 minutes into the match, Urbs LC's goal looked a bit too open when Sigfrido Auletta came free, but Eugenio Santoro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ennio Di Marzio went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. In the 94th match minute, Urbs LC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carter Musacchio to maneuver through the defense. Urbs LC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.