Challenge

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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, 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. In the 6th minute of the match Italy got a corner. Nisu Unn's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sigfrido Auletta ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Porziano Marchitelli almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Nisu Unn's Ingmar Karuauk did a great save. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ardo Teras in the 13th minute of play. Ingmar Karuauk came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Italy's Siricio Liotta. But to his dismay, Siricio Liotta quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Eliseo Cutri hit a great ball. 19 minutes into the match, Nisu Unn's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Ingmar Karuauk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ingmar Karuauk was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. 30 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ingmar Karuauk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 30 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ingmar Karuauk made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. 33 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ingmar Karuauk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nisu Unn's goalkeeper Ingmar Karuauk, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Zaccheo Andolina came up free with the goalie in the 38th 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 attentive Eliseo Cutri managed to snatch the ball when Illimar Leemets made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. Ingmar Karuauk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 43rd minute of the match. Ingmar Karuauk 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 46th minute. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Maido Kallis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Ardo Teras 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. After 53 minutes Italy's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Priidik Maamägi who took care of the corner kick. 55 minutes into the match, Nisu Unn's goalkeeper Ingmar Karuauk had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Porziano Marchitelli. Ingmar Karuauk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 62nd minute of play. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Nisu Unn's goalie and right to Deodato Magliozzi. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Nisu Unn's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The throw-in from Illimar Leemets in the 73rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. After a rather tough play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina got a free kick in the 74th minute. Ingmar Karuauk didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 78th minute, which inside left pole to 0-4. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Illimar Leemets made in the 82nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Normando Guztros immediately put the ball in play. After having played for 85 minutes, Erik Männik managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nisu Unn's supporters crossed their fingers, but Erik Männik was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 88th minute, Guiscardo Davide 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: 0-5. Italy's Eliseo Cutri managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Illimar Leemets in the 91 minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Adriano Curto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ingmar Karuauk was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. Normando Guztros charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Normando Guztros the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 96th match minute, Nisu Unn was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Normando Guztros to maneuver through the defense. Italy played a much better game than Nisu Unn and deserved their victory. The Nisu Unn players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.