Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Italy's Zaccheo Andolina got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to AC Ony getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Augusto Oberrauch hit a great ball. In the 6th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Postelnicescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiberiu Iordan in the 12th minute of play. 14 minutes into the game, Gigi Contra threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Siricio Liotta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 19 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gabriel Postelnicescu, 1-0. Porziano Marchitelli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Italy's Siricio Liotta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Gigi Contra in the 25 minute of the game. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tiberiu Iordan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gabriel Postelnicescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Siricio Liotta in the 30th minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, AC Ony's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Gabriel Postelnicescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tiberiu Iordan went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gao Kun Ling, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 44th minute of play forced AC Ony's goalkeeper Gabriel Postelnicescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Porziano Marchitelli managed to get in a good position for a shot. Italy's supporters rose to their feet, but Porziano Marchitelli was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gabriel Postelnicescu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Italy's Siricio Liotta quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Gigi Contra, made in the 51st minute of the game. Gabriel Postelnicescu 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 51st minute. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Tiberiu Iordan took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Flavio Vittori to make any attempt to save it. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Ony's goalkeeper Gabriel Postelnicescu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. AC Ony made a substitution. Marcelo Belarmo replaced Gao Kun Ling. AC Ony's Traian Bărbânță was substituted for Tiberiu Iordan. Italy were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after AC Ony's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Eliseo Cutri fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Gabriel Postelnicescu quite easily take care of the ball. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santa Jøker in the 63rd minute of the match. Zaccheo Andolina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A sloppy throw-in by Gigi Contra in the 73rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. In the 75th minute, Marcelo Belarmo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sigfrido Auletta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Gabriel Postelnicescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy were awarded a corner in the 83th minute after AC Ony's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Siricio Liotta took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of AC Ony's goalie and right to Adriano Curto. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. AC Ony's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Gabriel Postelnicescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adriano Curto went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. AC Ony's Gabriel Postelnicescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Curto in the 91st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Curto in the 93rd minute of play forced AC Ony's goalkeeper Gabriel Postelnicescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Italy supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching AC Ony's performance. The match ended with a win for AC Ony.