Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bar Olo made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Italy's Bar Olo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Eugenio Stefano. Eugenio Stefano yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Eugenio Stefano was a little too slow when Davide Spadoni got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 8th minute. The score was now 2-0. Valdieri's Eugenio Stefano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bar Olo in the 11th minute of play. Francesco Firmani charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Francesco Firmani the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Francesco Firmani kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. 15 minutes into the match, Valdieri's goalkeeper Eugenio Stefano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bar Olo. Bar Olo took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eugenio Stefano. Eugenio Stefano dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. In the 21st minute Carmine Gargano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugenio Stefano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21st minute, Italy's Carmine Gargano dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-0. In the 29th minute, Bar Olo made a precise shot to the right of Eugenio Stefano. Valdieri's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. 35 minutes into the match, Valdieri's goal looked a bit too open when Davide Spadoni came free, but Eugenio Stefano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eugenio Stefano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bar Olo in the 36th minute of the match. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Valdieri's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Carmine Gargano was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. Af the end of the first half the score was 7-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Edoardo Rinaldi to strike the kick off in the second half. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 55th minute of the game. One of Valdieri:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Italy:s goal. Davide Spadoni placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! 59 minutes into the match, Valdieri's goal looked a bit too open when Bar Olo came free, but Eugenio Stefano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eugenio Stefano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bar Olo, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. When Francesco Firmani was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 60 minutes had been played. In the 61st minute, Francesco Firmani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Italy's Enzo Luongo was substituted for Bar Olo. Italy made a substitution. Rui Costa replaced Carmine Gargano. Francesco Firmani hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. If Enzo Luongo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Eugenio Stefano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Davide Spadoni in the 67th minute of the match. Eugenio Stefano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Enzo Luongo went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. If Enzo Luongo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 75 minutes of play, Italy's Davide Spadoni made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eugenio Stefano was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Valdieri getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Dennis Berardo hit a great ball. In the 84th minute, Enzo Luongo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 12-0. Eugenio Stefano came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by Italy's Davide Spadoni. But to his dismay, Davide Spadoni quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 13-0. In the 93rd minute Enzo Luongo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugenio Stefano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eugenio Stefano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rui Costa in the 98th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 98 minutes, Enzo Luongo put it in 15-0 from a short distance just to the right of Eugenio Stefano. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Italy had played much better football throughout.