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® El Monumental ®
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Placido Silvanito took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rigoberto Bihar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 5th minute of play. After 6 minutes River Plate ® 9-12'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. Rigoberto Bihar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 14th minute of play. Rigoberto Bihar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Siricio Liotta, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. After 19 played minutes River Plate ® 9-12 got a freekick which was hit by Piti Bernabéu. Rigoberto Bihar came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Italy's Zaccheo Andolina. But to his dismay, Zaccheo Andolina quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. River Plate ® 9-12's Jimeno Jimeno was substituted for Muhammet Ökten. In the 28th minute, Piti Bernabéu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. River Plate ® 9-12's Rigoberto Bihar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 29th minute of play. With 33 minutes on the clock, Gomberto Picozzi commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 33 minutes into the game, one of Italy:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Flavio Vittori went to the wrong direction when Placido Silvanito was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Faustino Bartuelo kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. In the 43rd minute of the game Deodato Magliozzi made a throw-in which Porziano Marchitelli played forward. The audience thought a goal was coming when Placido Silvanito got free with Flavio Vittori in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sigfrido Auletta was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Siricio Liotta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Placido Silvanito in the 74th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siricio Liotta in the 79th minute of play forced River Plate ® 9-12's goalkeeper Rigoberto Bihar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sigfrido Auletta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Rigoberto Bihar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. 86 minutes into the match, Guiscardo Davide had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rigoberto Bihar. River Plate ® 9-12's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Guiscardo Davide was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carolo Senio in the 90th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Guiscardo Davide got free with Rigoberto Bihar in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rigoberto Bihar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guiscardo Davide in the 93rd minute of the match. Rigoberto Bihar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Siricio Liotta in the 96th minute of play. Italy's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.