Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zaccheo Andolina started the match with the kick off. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Styrbjörn Nilsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Styrbjörn Nilsson in the 8th minute of play. Zorion Carić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Siricio Liotta in the 14th minute of play. In the 16th minute of the match Italy got a corner. Slipmaskinerna'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. Eliseo Cutri made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that Slipmaskinerna's Zorion Carić managed to reach the ball for a save. Flavio Vittori didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Styrbjörn Nilsson went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Italy's Zaccheo Andolina in the 22nd minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Zorion Carić was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Slipmaskinerna through an amazing save. In the 23rd minute of the match Italy got a corner. Slipmaskinerna'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. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peanut Lord in the 25th minute of the match. Karin Juniors's late challenge caught a Italy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Karin Juniors helped the player get up and apologised. After 34 played minutes Slipmaskinerna got a freekick which was hit by Karin Juniors. Zorion Carić made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 38th minute. Zorion Carić made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Porziano Marchitelli sent off a good shot on target. After 46 minutes Slipmaskinerna's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sigfrido Auletta who took care of the corner kick.

The wind increased when Peanut Lord made the kick off in the second half. A throw-in in the 53rd minute of the game was made by Deodato Magliozzi with Sigfrido Auletta as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Örjan Örn's late challenge caught a Italy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Örjan Örn helped the player get up and apologised. In the 62nd minute Porziano Marchitelli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zorion Carić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zorion Carić came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Italy's Porziano Marchitelli. But to his dismay, Porziano Marchitelli quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. When Porziano Marchitelli came up free with the goalie in the 64th 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 Porziano Marchitelli couldn't finish the play. Zaccheo Andolina struck a weak shot in the 66th minute. Zorion Carić didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Italy. Siricio Liotta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Zorion Carić tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 71st minute of play forced Slipmaskinerna's goalkeeper Zorion Carić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. Mastur Bates kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Mastur Bates tried to sneak it across the goal line. Adriano Curto might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zorion Carić. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adriano Curto ran back to his position shaking his head. Zorion Carić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriano Curto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sungurhan Buminhan made in the 89th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Örjan Örn however managed to control. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Italy fully deserved thier win.