Challenge

Thunders Field
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) International Thunders's Nichifor Borăscu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Flavio Vittori came out of the goal in the 2nd minute to try and stop a shot by International Thunders's Nichifor Borăscu. But to his dismay, Nichifor Borăscu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind International Thunders's goalkeeper Rouven Nussli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 10th minute of play forced International Thunders's goalkeeper Rouven Nussli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind International Thunders's goalkeeper Rouven Nussli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Lionel 柯景亦 made in the 13th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Arthur Damm. 16 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rouven Nussli. International Thunders's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zaccheo Andolina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The throw-in from Lionel 柯景亦 in the 23rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind International Thunders's goalkeeper Rouven Nussli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 25 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rouven Nussli narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Flavio Vittori made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Arthur Damm sent off a good shot on target. 冯亦思 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Flavio Vittori tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Italy's Zaccheo Andolina got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rouven Nussli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 33rd minute of play. The throw-in from Lionel 柯景亦 in the 35th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Sostene Vitulli. Rouven Nussli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 37th minute of the match. When Italy's Zaccheo Andolina in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye International Thunders's goalie prevented a goal. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Percival Costa in the 39th minute of play. The throw-in from Lionel 柯景亦 in the 42nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. The supporters of Italy booed when International Thunders was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oskar Vahlberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind International Thunders's goalkeeper Rouven Nussli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rouven Nussli didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zaccheo Andolina went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. 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.

International Thunders made a substitution. Loukianos Staikos replaced Percival Costa. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zaccheo Andolina to make the kick off. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind International Thunders's goalkeeper Rouven Nussli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tibor Bäuschlein in the 55th minute of play. After a rather tough play, International Thunders's Lionel 柯景亦 got a free kick in the 60th minute. Italy's Zaccheo Andolina got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 62nd minute Oskar Vahlberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Vittori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Loukianos Staikos came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rouven Nussli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 83rd minute, Italy's Sigfrido Auletta ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Rouven Nussli. Rouven Nussli yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-4. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adriano Curto got free with Rouven Nussli in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Adriano Curto had several of the International Thunders's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 90 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-5 score and a disappointed Rouven Nussli as he didn't even see the shot coming. International Thunders's defense didn't have a chance, in the 95th minute, when Adriano Curto scored to the left of an out of position Rouven Nussli, making the score, 2-6. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Italy walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.