Challenge

Arda
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Achille Pantalone got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Stanley Wallace was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Curacao's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Aragorn the free kick. In the 5th minute, Harvey Doyle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Troy Kennedy kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. When Emiliano Negrini came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Aragorn fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Emiliano Negrini couldn't finish the play. If Corrado Di Massa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rocco Owen's late challenge caught a Aragorn's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rocco Owen helped the player get up and apologised. Alessandro Balzani took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bruno Barrett. Bruno Barrett 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. Curacao's Bruno Barrett proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Curacao from getting a goal against them. In the 33rd minute Achille Pantalone shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Barrett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rocco Owen was shown his second yellow card after 34 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Aragorn's Dave Di Marino got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 39 minutes into the game, Aragorn's Achille Pantalone nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bruno Barrett made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. After 42 played minutes Achille Pantalone rounded Curacao's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 5-0. Bruno Barrett stood somewhat misplaced when Achille Pantalone came free in front of goal and shot 6-0 to the left of him in the 46 minute.

Bruno Barrett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmondo Basile in the 54th minute of the match. Bruno Barrett didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edmondo Basile went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. Bruno Barrett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amerigo Barbato, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Achille Pantalone in the 66th minute of play forced Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th minute, Achille Pantalone left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Aragorn fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. The audience was convinced that Achille Pantalone's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bruno Barrett was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. The supporters of Aragorn booed when Curacao was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Troy Kennedy didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Aragorn's Achille Pantalone in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Curacao's goalie prevented a goal. Emiliano Negrini recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 85 played minutes Curacao got a freekick which was hit by Bertie Johnson. Stanley Wallace sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lochlan Newman blasted a shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bianco Di Rocco having to make a save.