Challenge

Karaiskakis Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 2 minutes into the game, Themos Proedropoulos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Flavio Vittori was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Themos Proedropoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Olympiacos FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Themos Proedropoulos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Flavio Vittori breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Olívio Correia 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 13th minute. 15 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Olívio Correia narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Olívio Correia read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. Olívio Correia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Olívio Correia read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 29th minute of play. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Olympiacos FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sigfrido Auletta was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Sigfrido Auletta almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Olympiacos FC's Olívio Correia did a great save. 32 minutes into the match, Themos Proedropoulos dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Flavio Vittori, 2-0. Olívio Correia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 35th minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Olívio Correia narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eliseo Cutri made in the 39th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Olympiacos FC's Grigoris Kitrinidis. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Themos Proedropoulos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zaccheo Andolina took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Olívio Correia. Olívio Correia dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nemesio Hechter was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Zaccheo Andolina made a precise shot to the right of Olívio Correia. Olympiacos FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Olívio Correia made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Sigfrido Auletta sent off a good shot on target. 63 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Olívio Correia narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nemesio Hechter in the 64th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sigfrido Auletta succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-3 in the 66th playminute. Olívio Correia 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 70th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nemesio Hechter in the 72nd minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nemesio Hechter in the 73rd minute of play. Olympiacos FC's Olívio Correia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Siricio Liotta in the 78th minute of play. Themos Proedropoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Flavio Vittori 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. Italy's Adriano Curto was substituted for Zaccheo Andolina. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. After 83 played minutes Italy got a freekick which was hit by Adriano Curto. With an all-out effort, Italy's Olívio Correia threw himself towards the right post 85 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Adriano Curto, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paschalis Stavrakos, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Olívio Correia was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Adriano Curto capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Adriano Curto really showed his touch with that goal: 2-5. When the match was over Italy could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Olympiacos FC throughout the match.