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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zaccheo Andolina kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 7th minute of play forced Academica Pulheim's goalkeeper Paul Heyckendorf to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Italy were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after Academica Pulheim's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Deodato Magliozzi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Paul Heyckendorf quite easily take care of the ball. Paul Heyckendorf 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 10th minute. Siricio Liotta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Paul Heyckendorf tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Mansilha, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Kurt Ahrem tried to sneak it across the goal line. Flavio Vittori made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kurt Ahrem in the 23rd minute. 25 minutes into the match, Alex Mansilha notched a goal, 1-0, 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kurt Ahrem in the 34th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Simon Beuke in the 37th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Academica Pulheim's Paul Heyckendorf played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Siricio Liotta in the 39th minute of play. Paul Heyckendorf showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 46th minute of the match. Zaccheo Andolina succeeded in the game's 46th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

If Siricio Liotta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Mansilha in the 56th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Academica Pulheim's Paul Heyckendorf got control of the ball when Zaccheo Andolina tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Mansilha 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. 59 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Kurt Ahrem came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gary Lineker in the 60th minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Kurt Ahrem came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 63 minutes into the game, Kurt Ahrem cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Flavio Vittori was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A sloppy throw-in by Simon Beuke in the 69th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Italy's Siricio Liotta. If Joachim Kretschmer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Academica Pulheim's goalkeeper Paul Heyckendorf, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Porziano Marchitelli's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Paul Heyckendorf firmly grabbed it by the left post. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Paul Heyckendorf read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 86th minute of play. Paul Heyckendorf stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zaccheo Andolina's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. In the 94th minute, Maxime Vrints made a precise shot to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. The Academica Pulheim support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.