Challenge

Sletteenge Stadion
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fritz Grauholt started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Buster Desting. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fritz Grauholt in the 7th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gerhart Krainert narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gerhart Krainert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 12th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Zena Busacca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lavrits Liljehult in the 14th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Buster Desting tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gerhart Krainert was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fritz Grauholt in the 18th minute of play. In the 19th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerhart Krainert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 22 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gerhart Krainert. Sletteenge's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zaccheo Andolina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fritz Grauholt in the 25th minute of play. In the 26th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerhart Krainert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 27th minute of play forced Sletteenge's goalkeeper Gerhart Krainert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gerhart Krainert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Siricio Liotta in the 29th minute of the match. Zaccheo Andolina might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gerhart Krainert. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zaccheo Andolina ran back to his position shaking his head. After 36 played minutes Italy got a freekick which was hit by Zena Busacca. With an all-out effort, Sletteenge's Flavio Vittori threw himself towards the right post 37 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Lavrits Liljehult, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Sigfrido Auletta kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. In the 41st minute, Sletteenge's Ted Weye dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. After the first half Italy were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zaccheo Andolina to make the kick off. Gerhart Krainert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 52nd match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sigfrido Auletta to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 55th minute of play forced Sletteenge's goalkeeper Gerhart Krainert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Italy's attentive Siricio Liotta managed to snatch the ball when Jannick Husegaard made a throw-in in the 56th minute of the game. 57 minutes into the match, Sletteenge's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Gerhart Krainert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Buster Desting in the 58th minute of play. Sletteenge's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lavrits Liljehult in the 61st minute. The corner led Sletteenge's Lavrits Liljehult to fire away a dangerous shot which Flavio Vittori despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Sletteenge's Gerhart Krainert played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 64th minute of play. Gerhart Krainert made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 68th minute. After 71 minutes Sletteenge'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. Italy's Sigfrido Auletta was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Gerhart Krainert in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. If Porziano Marchitelli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sletteenge made a substitution. Donald Liktensteen replaced Fritz Grauholt. After 76 minutes of play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gerhart Krainert was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gerhart Krainert made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 79th minute. Italy made a substitution. Guiscardo Davide replaced Sigfrido Auletta. In the 89th minute, Jacob Lubfeldt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gerhart Krainert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Curto in the 90th minute of the match. 91 minutes into the game, Italy's Adriano Curto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gerhart Krainert made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. The Sletteenge supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Italy's performance. The match ended with a win for Italy.