Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Porziano Marchitelli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Jan Wessel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Frank de Boer hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. If Dolf Schoonderwoerd had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Piearres Olalla fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored The Underdogs's protests and gave Piearres Olalla a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Italy booed when The Underdogs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Piearres Olalla didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 20th minute of play forced The Underdogs's goalkeeper Jan Wessel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. Gomberto Picozzi hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dolf Schoonderwoerd in the 27th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Underdogs's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ed Palsma in the 28th minute. Ed Palsma made a great header on The Underdogs's corner, it was just that Italy's Flavio Vittori managed to reach the ball for a save. If Zaccheo Andolina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Piearres Olalla in the 45th minute of play. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dolf Schoonderwoerd in the 46th minute of the match. Zaccheo Andolina received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jan Wessel came out and tried to block the shot, but Zaccheo Andolina slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 47th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

53 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jan Wessel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Deodato Magliozzi hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Zaccheo Andolina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 61 minutes into the match, The Underdogs's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Jan Wessel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jan Wessel 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 64th minute. A collision led to The Underdogs getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Emil Kyurpanov hit a great ball. The Underdogs's Jan Wessel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 70th minute of play. Jan Wessel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 72nd minute of the match. Jan Wessel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaccheo Andolina went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. The Underdogs's Jan Wessel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 85th minute of play. Jan Wessel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dolf Schoonderwoerd sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dolf Schoonderwoerd in the 87th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jan Wessel was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Deodato Magliozzi made in the 93rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Porziano Marchitelli however managed to control. The supporters of Italy booed when The Underdogs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Frank de Boer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jan Wessel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Curto in the 97th minute of the match. There was no doubt that Italy were the better team. Italy's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.