Challenge

Suleskard Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Lars Oftedal started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 4 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. Adrian Grøndahl was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Zaccheo Andolina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Adrian Grøndahl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Suleskard's Christoffer Gjelsvik got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Suleskard's goalkeeper Adrian Grøndahl, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rocky Ryland, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute, Zaccheo Andolina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Adrian Grøndahl was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Adrian Grøndahl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 21st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 24th minute of play forced Suleskard's goalkeeper Adrian Grøndahl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnold Evans hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Adrian Grøndahl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arnold Evans made in the 32nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Lars Oftedal however managed to control. 42 minutes into the game, Zaccheo Andolina cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Adrian Grøndahl was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 47 minutes into the match, Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lars Oftedal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zaccheo Andolina to strike the kick off in the second half. A sloppy throw-in by Arnold Evans in the 51st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Arnold Evans made in the 56th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Rolf Brandt immediately put the ball in play. 57 minutes into the match, Rocky Ryland had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rocky Ryland was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. A throw-in in the 60th minute of the game was made by Arnold Evans with Rolf Brandt as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After having played for 61 minutes, Zaccheo Andolina managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Italy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zaccheo Andolina was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lars Oftedal in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Oftedal in the 70th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the game, Arnold Evans was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Suleskard's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Italy the free kick. The supporters of Italy booed when Suleskard was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arnold Evans didn't get a good kick on the ball. Suleskard made a substitution. Alf Nøttveit replaced Torjus Fjellheim. After 72 played minutes Suleskard got a freekick which was hit by Arnold Evans. The supporters of Suleskard booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zena Busacca didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Adrian Grøndahl read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 77th minute of play. When Siricio Liotta came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Italy 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 Siricio Liotta couldn't finish the play. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. 84 minutes into the match, Suleskard's goal looked a bit too open when Adriano Curto came free, but Adrian Grøndahl reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With 90 minutes on the clock, Edvin Hilde commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 90th minute of the game. One of Suleskard:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Italy:s goal. Adrian Grøndahl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Curto in the 97th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded Italy left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Suleskard.