Challenge

Petrovskiy Park
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Efim Abramov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. With an all-out effort, Dynamite's Flavio Vittori threw himself towards the right post 6 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Filimon Nesterenko, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 10th minute of play forced Dynamite's goalkeeper Matvey Epanchin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filimon Nesterenko, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. 15 minutes into the game, Italy's Siricio Liotta nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Matvey Epanchin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 20 minutes into the match, Dynamite's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Matvey Epanchin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Matvey Epanchin 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 22nd minute. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Sigfrido Auletta hit a great ball. 27 minutes into the match, Dynamite's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Matvey Epanchin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 32nd minute of play forced Dynamite's goalkeeper Matvey Epanchin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Evgeniy Kobeko tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 39th minute of the game Andrey Ostrovskiy made a throw-in which Mariusz Mierzejewski played forward. Zaccheo Andolina recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A sloppy throw-in by Andrey Ostrovskiy in the 47th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

If Filimon Nesterenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Efim Abramov in the 58th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zaccheo Andolina might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Matvey Epanchin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zaccheo Andolina ran back to his position shaking his head. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evgeniy Kobeko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 71st minute Italy were awarded a corner. Sigfrido Auletta went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Italy's Zaccheo Andolina getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 73 minutes into the match, Evgeniy Kobeko notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Italy's Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Zaccheo Andolinas short, quick shot in the 76thth minute got Matvey Epanchin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 79 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Matvey Epanchin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 81 minutes into the match, Evgeniy Kobeko notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Italy's Flavio Vittori. Flavio Vittori was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. In the 87th minute of the game Andrey Ostrovskiy made a throw-in which Kazemir Gorbachev played forward. After 89 minutes Dynamite's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Siricio Liotta who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Guiscardo Davide fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Matvey Epanchin quite easily take care of the ball. The supporters of Italy booed when Dynamite was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleksandr Schukin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Matvey Epanchin acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 92nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Siricio Liotta. After having played for 94 minutes, Siricio Liotta managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Italy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Siricio Liotta was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dynamite's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.