Challenge

Saronida Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Valerios Voutsas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Italy's attentive Eliseo Cutri managed to snatch the ball when Panos Kabourakos made a throw-in in the 3rd minute of the game. Italy were awarded a corner in the 10th minute after Saronida FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. The corner ended in Sigfrido Auletta almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Saronida FC's Laurențiu Susara did a great save. Savas Ravousis made in the 12th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Karl-Heinz Schneider however managed to control. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind Saronida FC's goalkeeper Laurențiu Susara, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sigfrido Auletta in the 14th minute. The corner ended in Eliseo Cutri almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Saronida FC's Laurențiu Susara did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valerios Voutsas in the 17th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Panos Kabourakos made in the 22nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Eliseo Cutri. Siricio Liotta made in the 25th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Gianpaolo Mascari immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 34th minute of play forced Saronida FC's goalkeeper Laurențiu Susara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Saronida FC getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Egil Siöberg hit a great ball. The supporters of Italy booed when Saronida FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Panos Kabourakos didn't get a good kick on the ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Laurențiu Susara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 56th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Porziano Marchitelli got free with Laurențiu Susara in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Saronida FC made a substitution. Huang Tian Yun replaced Valerios Voutsas. Italy's attentive Siricio Liotta managed to snatch the ball when Panos Kabourakos made a throw-in in the 61st minute of the game. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Saronida FC's Jonas Pacheco got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Italy's Eliseo Cutri managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Panos Kabourakos in the 77 minute of the game. Laurențiu Susara 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 took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Laurențiu Susara. Laurențiu Susara dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 82nd minute of the game Panos Kabourakos made a throw-in which Louis Dentsas played forward. An unexpectedly hard shot by Huang Tian Yun in the 83rd minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85th match minute, Saronida FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikiforos Fragis to maneuver through the defense. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. In the 87th match minute, Saronida FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikiforos Fragis to maneuver through the defense. Laurențiu Susara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Curto in the 90th minute of the match. If Siricio Liotta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Laurențiu Susara didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 97th minute, which inside left pole to 0-2. When the match was over Italy could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Saronida FC throughout the match.