Challenge

Stars Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) 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. After 7 minutes of play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Muhammad Chan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Zaccheo Andolina blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Muhammad Chan having to make a save. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Wen Ke Yan tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Stars getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Lucio Urki hit a great ball. 26 minutes into the match, Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wen Ke Yan. After some careless play in the Stars defense, Sigfrido Auletta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Muhammad Chan. The Stars fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Muhammad Chan should have stopped the shot. In the 35th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Muhammad Chan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adam Seng, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jonathan Siong was the one to do the kick off. Italy's attentive Siricio Liotta managed to snatch the ball when Lucio Urki made a throw-in in the 59th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 61st minute of play forced Stars's goalkeeper Muhammad Chan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stars made a substitution. Rudy Chandran replaced Adam Seng. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by Stars's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sigfrido Auletta was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. The supporters of Stars booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gomberto Picozzi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Siong in the 79th minute of play. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Siong in the 80th minute of play. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wen Ke Yan, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. With a little luck, Stars's Muhammad Chan got control of the ball when Sigfrido Auletta tried to sneak it across the goal line. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Siong, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Muhammad Chan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adriano Curto in the 94th minute of play. The Stars fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Italy were clearly better and deserved to take the win.