Challenge

De Husaria Stejdium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zaccheo Andolina made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the FK Husaria Bielsko-Biala defense, Zaccheo Andolina kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Artur Kostrzewski. The FK Husaria Bielsko-Biala fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Artur Kostrzewski should have stopped the shot. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind FK Husaria Bielsko-Biala's goalkeeper Artur Kostrzewski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 12th match minute, FK Husaria Bielsko-Biala was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafal Jaroch to maneuver through the defense. 14 minutes in the game Igor Bryk did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Tadeusz Tokarczyk. Italy's Flavio Vittori proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Italy from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cezary Wejta got free with Flavio Vittori in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 20 minutes FK Husaria Bielsko-Biala's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sigfrido Auletta who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Italy's Sigfrido Auletta to fire away a dangerous shot which Artur Kostrzewski despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Cezary Wejta tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the FK Husaria Bielsko-Biala defense, Zaccheo Andolina kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Artur Kostrzewski. The FK Husaria Bielsko-Biala fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Artur Kostrzewski should have stopped the shot. In the 28th minute, Zena Busacca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 32nd minute of the match FK Husaria Bielsko-Biala got a corner. Italy's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tadeusz Tokarczyk ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led FK Husaria Bielsko-Biala's Tadeusz Tokarczyk to fire away a dangerous shot which Flavio Vittori despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Tadeusz Tokarczyk shot a hard long shot which touched the left pole and just rolled over the goal line behind Flavio Vittori. 32 minutes into the game was 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cezary Wejta 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. 37 minutes into the match, Cezary Wejta had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Flavio Vittori. Italy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cezary Wejta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Igor Bryk made in the 39th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Rafal Jaroch immediately put the ball in play. Artur Kostrzewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Porziano Marchitelli in the 42nd minute of the match. Flavio Vittori made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Franciszek Zukowski sent off a good shot on target. Zena Busacca hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. After 47 played minutes, FK Husaria Bielsko-Biala's Tadeusz Tokarczyk shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Flavio Vittori came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FK Husaria Bielsko-Biala reached it.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cezary Wejta to make the kick off. In the 57th minute, Cezary Wejta ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Flavio Vittori was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Igor Bryk made in the 61st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Rafal Jaroch however managed to control. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cezary Wejta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 65 minutes into the game, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Artur Kostrzewski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucjan Laba in the 69th 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 Cezary Wejta in the 71st minute of play. Artur Kostrzewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigfrido Auletta in the 74th minute of the match. Siricio Liotta struck a weak shot in the 81st minute. Artur Kostrzewski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Italy. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. When Porziano Marchitelli came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Italy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Porziano Marchitelli couldn't finish the play. The throw-in from Sansone Vanella in the 90th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FK Husaria Bielsko-Biala's Igor Bryk. Guiscardo Davide received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Artur Kostrzewski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.