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Federico Inocente
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Aureliano Cordeara could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 2nd minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. Sungur Vahat made in the 6th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Sostene Vitulli. Karamázov's Iuri Law played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gianpaolo Mascari in the 14th minute of play. If Ahmet Ege Nesefi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Italy booed when Karamázov was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Placido Goi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Flavio Vittori made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Aureliano Cordeara sent off a good shot on target. 24 minutes into the game, Sungur Vahat threw the ball into play from the sideline. Italy's Siricio Liotta quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 25th match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sostene Vitulli to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Aureliano Cordeara tried to sneak it across the goal line. 30 minutes into the match, Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aureliano Cordeara. 34 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmet Ege Nesefi came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Karamázov's Ahmet Ege Nesefi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Flavio Vittori. That made the score 2-0 after 43 minutes of play. Sungur Vahat made in the 46th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Aureliano Cordeara. Placido Goi was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 47th minute. Karamázov's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zaccheo Andolina was the one to do the kick off. Iuri Law 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 53rd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Aureliano Cordeara in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Flavio Vittori prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Placido Goi, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. A throw-in in the 66th minute of the game was made by Sungur Vahat with Iván Karamazov as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aureliano Cordeara in the 67th minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Aureliano Cordeara came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Placido Goi in the 75th minute of play. Iuri Law 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zaccheo Andolina in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Iuri Law saved Karamázov from getting behind. Karamázov were furious when Facundo Malo was red carded, 80 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. 80 minutes into the game, one of Karamázov:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Karamázov:s Iuri Law showed great skill when he stopped Siricio Liotta:s penalty. Siricio Liotta did an outstanding performance 83 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 2-1 to the right of an irritated Iuri Law in the goal. In the 89th minute Ahmet Ege Nesefi 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. 91 minutes had been played when some careless play by Italy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ahmet Ege Nesefi was slow to take the kick. During this time Karamázov's players had a chance to rest. Karamázov's Iuri Law played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Curto in the 93rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Adriano Curto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iuri Law was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. 97 minutes into the game, Placido Goi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Flavio Vittori was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Italy's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.