Challenge

Italy Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Tahsin Elçioğlu made the kick off and thus started the match. Per-Arne Vidman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 8 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Gustavo-Hernán Vallejo came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albano Boni, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 19 minutes into the game, Kropotkins pojkar's Albano Boni nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Flavio Vittori made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 23rd minute, Gustavo-Hernán Vallejo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Flavio Vittori was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Per-Arne Vidman 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 26th minute. In the 26th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Per-Arne Vidman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Per-Arne Vidman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 26th minute of the match. Per-Arne Vidman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 26th minute of play. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albano Boni in the 28th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tahsin Elçioğlu in the 29th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Per-Arne Vidman 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 35th minute. After 36 minutes Kropotkins pojkar'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. Porziano Marchitelli made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that Kropotkins pojkar's Per-Arne Vidman managed to reach the ball for a save. Per-Arne Vidman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zaccheo Andolina succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-2 in the 43rd playminute.

The wind increased when Zaccheo Andolina made the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zaccheo Andolina in the 50th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Per-Arne Vidman saved Kropotkins pojkar from getting behind. Per-Arne Vidman didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaccheo Andolina went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albano Boni in the 64th minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Kropotkins pojkar's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Per-Arne Vidman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, Kropotkins pojkar's Flavio Vittori threw himself towards the right post 67 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Albano Boni, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Flavio Vittori made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Gustavo-Hernán Vallejo sent off a good shot on target. Per-Arne Vidman 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 70th minute. In the 75thth minute of the game Gustavo-Hernán Vallejo 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. Jens-Erik Forsberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Adriano Curto might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Per-Arne Vidman. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adriano Curto ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 90th minute, Porziano Marchitelli ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Per-Arne Vidman was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustavo-Hernán Vallejo in the 94th minute. Kropotkins pojkar's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.