Challenge

Queen Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Argir Stariradev started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vivaldo Brito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 6 minutes into the match, Argir Stariradev dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Flavio Vittori, 1-0. Vivaldo Brito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vivaldo Brito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Porziano Marchitelli in the 14th minute of the match. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vivaldo Brito read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. Italy's Sigfrido Auletta got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mihai Tâbârnă got free with Flavio Vittori in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vivaldo Brito was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Argir Stariradev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Flavio Vittori made a huge save. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Vivaldo Brito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 30th minute of play. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dušan Vlahović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes into the game, Dušan Vlahović cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Flavio Vittori was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 37 played minutes ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ got a freekick which was hit by Gavril Lupescu. Vivaldo Brito 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 38th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goalie and right to Siricio Liotta. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Dušan Vlahović fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Vittori having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dušan Vlahović in the 56th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 58th minute of play forced ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goalkeeper Vivaldo Brito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zaccheo Andolina's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 59thth minute, Vivaldo Brito skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goalkeeper Vivaldo Brito, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Argir Stariradev in the 64th minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vivaldo Brito, 2-1. Hannes Forsberg hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Argir Stariradev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Argir Stariradev in the 76th minute of play. In the 78th minute Dušan Vlahović 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sefa Boran in the 80th 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 Sefa Boran in the 82nd minute of play. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. 89 minutes into the match, ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goal looked a bit too open when Adriano Curto came free, but Vivaldo Brito reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vivaldo Brito didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adriano Curto went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.