Challenge

Olympia
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, 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 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filcho Slivkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Måns Sandberg came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Norrlands Athen 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 Måns Sandberg couldn't finish the play. Manfred Fribäck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 13th minute of the match. Manfred Fribäck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Porziano Marchitelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute of the match Italy got a corner. Norrlands Athen'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. Porziano Marchitelli made a great header on Italy's corner, it was just that Norrlands Athen's Manfred Fribäck managed to reach the ball for a save. Andrew Tate's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Flavio Vittori read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 20th minute of play. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Måns Sandberg in the 22nd minute of play. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Måns Sandberg in the 24th minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, Norrlands Athen's goal looked a bit too open when Sigfrido Auletta came free, but Manfred Fribäck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manfred Fribäck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manfred Fribäck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 34th minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, Sigfrido Auletta had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Manfred Fribäck. Norrlands Athen's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sigfrido Auletta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Zaccheo Andolina managed to get in a good position for a shot. Italy's supporters rose to their feet, but Zaccheo Andolina was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Manfred Fribäck breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Norrlands Athen's Jacinto da Silveira quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Eliseo Cutri, made in the 41st minute of the game. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Andrew Tate was the one to do the kick off. In the 54th minute, Zaccheo Andolina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Manfred Fribäck was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 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. In the 58th minute, Sigfrido Auletta made a precise shot to the right of Manfred Fribäck. Norrlands Athen's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Måns Sandberg in the 63rd minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andrew Tate scored 1-3 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Flavio Vittori, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Norrlands Athen's Arvin Låsberg was substituted for Tord Lundin. Norrlands Athen's Gilbert Hermansson was substituted for Måns Sandberg. In the 73rdth minute of the game Zaccheo Andolina who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Norrlands Athen's Manfred Fribäck was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Manfred Fribäck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 77th minute of the match. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Manfred Fribäck read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy were awarded a corner in the 87th minute after Norrlands Athen's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Siricio Liotta took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Adriano Curto got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Manfred Fribäck quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filcho Slivkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Manfred Fribäck 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 93rd minute. Manfred Fribäck stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Adriano Curto's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. When the final whistle sounded Italy left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Norrlands Athen.