Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Antônio Santos took the kick off in the first half of the match. Italy's Eliseo Cutri managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Makis Apostolakis in the 6 minute of the game. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Kepa Arrizabalaga made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Zaccheo Andolina sent off a good shot on target. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antônio Santos in the 13th minute of play. Kepa Arrizabalaga was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Zaccheo Andolina showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 15 minute of play. Makis Apostolakis made in the 19th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. 20 minutes into the match, ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zaccheo Andolina. Kepa Arrizabalaga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 22nd minute of play. The Italy fans' excitement grew in the 27th match minute when Italy's Zaccheo Andolina looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 30 minutes into the game, Makis Apostolakis threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Eliseo Cutri quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 35 minutes in the game Gomberto Picozzi did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Gianpaolo Mascari. In the 39th minute, Siricio Liotta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Gomberto Picozzi hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Antônio Santos managed to get in a good position for a shot. ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s supporters rose to their feet, but Antônio Santos 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zaccheo Andolina stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When the match clock showed 52 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Zaccheo Andolina sped through ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kepa Arrizabalaga. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antônio Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙ were awarded a corner in the 58th minute after Italy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Paolo Maldini took the corner. ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s Paolo Maldini was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Flavio Vittori in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 61 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kepa Arrizabalaga narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 66 minutes into the match, ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s Antônio Santos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Flavio Vittori narrowly saved just below the crossbar. ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s Celsinho Capixaba was substituted for Richard Nixon. In the 71st match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Siricio Liotta to maneuver through the defense. Italy were awarded a corner in the 78th minute after ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's attentive Gomberto Picozzi managed to snatch the ball when Ging Root made a throw-in in the 84th minute of the game. A collision led to ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙ getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Ove Ahlström hit a great ball. Guiscardo Davide scored 4-0 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kepa Arrizabalaga, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 90th match minute, ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Celsinho Capixaba to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s Celsinho Capixaba got a free kick in the 93rd minute. ♙Fluminense Campéon 23♙'s Kepa Arrizabalaga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Curto in the 95th minute of play. In the 95th minute Adriano Curto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kepa Arrizabalaga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kepa Arrizabalaga 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 95th minute.