Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zaccheo Andolina got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aderbal Santos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sílvio Ferrão in the 4th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 5 minutes into the match, Straedelburgh's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Aderbal Santos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sílvio Ferrão in the 10th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 13 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aderbal Santos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sílvio Ferrão in the 16th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Betão Matorin in the 17th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. 18 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Straedelburgh's Aderbal Santos. Aderbal Santos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sílvio Ferrão in the 21st minute of play. Flavio Vittori stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sílvio Ferrão's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. Aderbal Santos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 23rd minute. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Narciso Madureira in the 25th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Narciso Madureira in the 27th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Narciso Madureira in the 27th minute of play. Straedelburgh's defense didn't have a chance, in the 32nd minute, when Zaccheo Andolina scored to the left of an out of position Aderbal Santos, making the score, 2-0. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Narciso Madureira in the 40th minute of play. A throw-in in the 41st minute of the game was made by Betão Matorin with Caco Araújo as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 46 minutes into the game, Zaccheo Andolina cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Aderbal Santos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Straedelburgh's Karl-Michael Helström was substituted for Narciso Madureira. The wind increased when Karl-Michael Helström made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Richard Pinheiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match clock showed 53 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Richard Pinheiro sped through Italy's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Flavio Vittori. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind Straedelburgh's goalkeeper Aderbal Santos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Italy's Sigfrido Auletta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Betão Matorin in the 64 minute of the game. After some careless play in the Straedelburgh defense, Siricio Liotta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aderbal Santos. The Straedelburgh fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aderbal Santos should have stopped the shot. A sloppy throw-in by Betão Matorin in the 68th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. In the 70th minute, Straedelburgh's Marcos Vilas Boas ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 5-2. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Vilas Boas in the 74th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Betão Matorin in the 79th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Gomberto Picozzi. Aderbal Santos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 83 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Sílvio Ferrão came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 90th minute of the match Straedelburgh got a corner. Italy's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Emanuel Tome ran over to the corner to take the kick. Richard Pinheiro made a great header on Straedelburgh's corner, it was just that Italy's Flavio Vittori managed to reach the ball for a save. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. After 94 minutes Italy's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Emanuel Tome who took care of the corner kick. Aderbal Santos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Curto, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Italy had won after a very even match.