Challenge

Estádio Veneciano
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. In the 6th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro Barreto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Gonsalve Alabern in the 9th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. After a rather tough play, Nova Venécia-ES's Júlio Valladares got a free kick in the 10th minute. After 11 played minutes Sigfrido Auletta shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Nova Venécia-ES's Mauro Barreto to catch but Sigfrido Auletta was lucky. It became 0-1 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. Leonel Paranaense kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Mauro Barreto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 16th minute of play forced Nova Venécia-ES's goalkeeper Mauro Barreto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mauro Barreto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. The supporters of Italy booed when Nova Venécia-ES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valdo Diniz didn't get a good kick on the ball. 20 minutes into the match, Nova Venécia-ES's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Mauro Barreto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zaccheo Andolina scored 0-2 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mauro Barreto, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Nova Venécia-ES defense, Zaccheo Andolina kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mauro Barreto. The Nova Venécia-ES fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mauro Barreto should have stopped the shot. Mauro Barreto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 32nd minute of play forced Nova Venécia-ES's goalkeeper Mauro Barreto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 38 minutes, Gonsalve Alabern mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nova Venécia-ES and the Italy players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Italy booed when Nova Venécia-ES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gonsalve Alabern didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Natã Quintal tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mauro Barreto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Siricio Liotta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Italy booed when Nova Venécia-ES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valdo Diniz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 47th minute, Zaccheo Andolina made a precise shot to the right of Mauro Barreto. Nova Venécia-ES's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. The Nova Venécia-ES players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Italy were winning 0-4.

The wind increased when Zaccheo Andolina made the kick off in the second half. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Natã Quintal in the 52nd minute of play. Nova Venécia-ES's Mauro Barreto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 57th minute of play. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vitório Nascimento in the 58th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, Nova Venécia-ES's goalkeeper Mauro Barreto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zaccheo Andolina. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Natã Quintal in the 60th minute of play. 61 minutes had been played when some careless play by Italy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Valdo Diniz was slow to take the kick. During this time Nova Venécia-ES's players had a chance to rest. Valdo Diniz made a great header on Nova Venécia-ES's corner, it was just that Italy's Flavio Vittori managed to reach the ball for a save. Nova Venécia-ES's Mauro Barreto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 64th minute of play. In the 65th minute Davi Lendaa 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. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Davi Lendaa in the 67th minute of the match. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Natã Quintal in the 69th minute of the match. Mauro Barreto 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 76th minute. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy's Guiscardo Davide was substituted for Sigfrido Auletta. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Curto in the 84th minute of play forced Nova Venécia-ES's goalkeeper Mauro Barreto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 84th minute, Adriano Curto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mauro Barreto was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. 87 minutes into the match, Nova Venécia-ES's goal looked a bit too open when Adriano Curto came free, but Mauro Barreto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mauro Barreto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriano Curto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 94 minutes into the game, Gonsalve Alabern threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Siricio Liotta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Italy's Guiscardo Davide got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the final whistle sounded Italy left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Nova Venécia-ES.