Challenge

HEAVENS
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zaccheo Andolina took the kick off in the first half of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as HEAVENS's César Xavier slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Flavio Vittori. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. Sezgin Ulutaş made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 6th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Oscar Marsimian got free with Flavio Vittori in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sezgin Ulutaş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 12th minute of the match. Flavio Vittori made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Lucas Lopez sent off a good shot on target. 14 minutes into the match, HEAVENS's goal looked a bit too open when Siricio Liotta came free, but Sezgin Ulutaş reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 15th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Italy's Zaccheo Andolina to fire away a dangerous shot which Sezgin Ulutaş despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Italy's Zaccheo Andolina got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 21 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. A sloppy throw-in by Stelian Mestecăneanu in the 23rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. 23 minutes into the match, HEAVENS's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Sezgin Ulutaş reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sezgin Ulutaş made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 27th minute of play. After some careless play in the HEAVENS defense, Zaccheo Andolina kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sezgin Ulutaş. The HEAVENS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sezgin Ulutaş should have stopped the shot. Sezgin Ulutaş took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39thth minute of the game Oscar Marsimian who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Italy's Flavio Vittori was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sezgin Ulutaş made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 43rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Gazi Arıcan managed to get in a good position for a shot. HEAVENS's supporters rose to their feet, but Gazi Arıcan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Flavio Vittori 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.

In the 52nd minute, César Xavier left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The HEAVENS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. In the 56th minute, Zaccheo Andolina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sezgin Ulutaş was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. When Stelian Mestecăneanu fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored HEAVENS's protests and gave Stelian Mestecăneanu a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, HEAVENS's Stelian Mestecăneanu got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sezgin Ulutaş read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 64th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in HEAVENS's zone, Zaccheo Andolina stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sezgin Ulutaş came out of the goal and Zaccheo Andolina tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 70 minutes into the match, Siricio Liotta notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of HEAVENS's Sezgin Ulutaş. Sezgin Ulutaş was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 74 minutes of play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sezgin Ulutaş was left in no man's land by his defense there! Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Italy's Zaccheo Andolina in the 77th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Sezgin Ulutaş was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for HEAVENS through an amazing save. César Xavier hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Sezgin Ulutaş made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 82nd minute. When Zaccheo Andolina came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Italy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Zaccheo Andolina couldn't finish the play. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. After some careless play in the HEAVENS defense, Adriano Curto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sezgin Ulutaş. The HEAVENS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sezgin Ulutaş should have stopped the shot.