Challenge

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Christian Abbiati made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 4th minute of play. In the 4th minute, Zaccheo Andolina left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Siricio Liotta struck a weak shot in the 7th minute. Christian Abbiati didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Italy. In the 9th minute, 罗斐谦 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KANONIERZY fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Christian Abbiati took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Julian Zgonina, made in the 17th minute of the game. Siricio Liotta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christian Abbiati having to interfere. Sigfrido Auletta blasted a shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Christian Abbiati having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 23rd minute of play forced KANONIERZY's goalkeeper Christian Abbiati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 27 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 31st minute of play forced KANONIERZY's goalkeeper Christian Abbiati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zaccheo Andolina scored 1-2 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Christian Abbiati, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ime Mavros in the 39th minute of play. Christian Abbiati 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 41st minute. Sigfrido Auletta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Hamza Hanefi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christian Abbiati was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. 47 minutes into the match, Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 罗斐谦. After the first half Italy were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zaccheo Andolina to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, 罗斐谦 notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Italy's Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christian Abbiati was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ime Mavros in the 66th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Julian Zgonina in the 70th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Christian Abbiati 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 72nd minute. After 77 minutes Italy's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ime Mavros who took care of the corner kick. Gösta Söderberg was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zaccheo Andolina got free with Christian Abbiati in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Christian Abbiati made an important save on a dangerous shot by Porziano Marchitelli in the 89th minute. 92 minutes into the match, Ime Mavros 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 Ime Mavros was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta.