Challenge

Estadio Santa Gala
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cristiano Ramundo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 2 minutes into the match, Tiburones Rojos's Feliciano Sesuldo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sancho Vesel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. U21 Italy's Sancho Vesel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Haaland in the 11th minute of play. Tiburones Rojos's Feliciano Sesuldo got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Masao Tachibana in the 15th minute of play forced Tiburones Rojos's goalkeeper Ferruccio Borrelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ferruccio Borrelli stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cristiano Ramundo's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cristiano Ramundo in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ferruccio Borrelli prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 26 minutes into the match, Cristiano Ramundo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ferruccio Borrelli. Tiburones Rojos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristiano Ramundo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 29th match minute, U21 Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos-Armando Valderrama to maneuver through the defense. In the 32nd minute Camillo Tolin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ferruccio Borrelli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Robert Haaland fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tiburones Rojos's protests and gave Robert Haaland a yellow card for diving instead. In the 41stth minute of the game Cristiano Ramundo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tiburones Rojos's Ferruccio Borrelli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sancho Vesel was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Robert Haaland showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 45 minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Ferruccio Borrelli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristiano Ramundo, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. After 53 minutes, Rigoberto Araoz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tiburones Rojos and the U21 Italy players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 53 played minutes Tiburones Rojos got a freekick which was hit by Rigoberto Araoz. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Cristiano Ramundo put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Ferruccio Borrelli. Ferruccio Borrelli made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Cristiano Ramundo sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Cristiano Ramundo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ferruccio Borrelli was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Cristiano Ramundo had several of the Tiburones Rojos's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 58 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-3 score and a disappointed Ferruccio Borrelli as he didn't even see the shot coming. When the match clock showed 70 minutes, the score became 2-4 when Camillo Tolin sped through Tiburones Rojos's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ferruccio Borrelli. An unexpectedly hard shot by Feliciano Sesuldo in the 72nd minute of play forced U21 Italy's goalkeeper Sancho Vesel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ferruccio Borrelli made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Carlos-Armando Valderrama sent off a good shot on target. Ferruccio Borrelli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos-Armando Valderrama, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Tiburones Rojos's Ferruccio Borrelli got control of the ball when Carlos-Armando Valderrama tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 77 played minutes U21 Italy got a freekick which was hit by Cristoforo Grandis. After 77 played minutes U21 Italy got a freekick which was hit by Cristoforo Grandis. 79 minutes into the match, U21 Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Haaland came free, but Sancho Vesel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ferruccio Borrelli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camillo Tolin in the 81st minute of play. In the 83rd minute, Natalio Quico ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sancho Vesel was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Camillo Tolin in the 87th minute of play forced Tiburones Rojos's goalkeeper Ferruccio Borrelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tiburones Rojos's Ferruccio Borrelli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Camillo Tolin in the 89th minute of play. Sancho Vesel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Feliciano Sesuldo in the 91st minute of the match. 94 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tiburones Rojos's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Donato Berardi was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Italy's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Giampaolo Pazzini managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand.