Challenge

Olympic Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Canada's Koby Wright started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Marco Silvestri made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Rohan Watson sent off a good shot on target. Marco Silvestri made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rohan Watson in the 8th minute. Jax Williamson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augusto Bevilacqua in the 10th minute of the match. SPALLETTE RETURNS's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Augusto Bevilacqua in the 11th minute. A nice corner shot did that Augusto Bevilacqua got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jax Williamson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rohan Watson got free with Marco Silvestri in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 14th minute, Konrad De Winter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 16 minutes into the match, SPALLETTE RETURNS's goalkeeper Marco Silvestri had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luka Harris. In the 18thth minute of the game Achille Tullio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Canada's Jax Williamson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Marco Silvestri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Koby Wright in the 20th minute of the match. Canada's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Koby Wright in the 21st minute. A hard shot 22 in the game by Luka Harris from a close distance when the talented Marco Silvestri managed to make a qualified save. SPALLETTE RETURNS's players were relieved. Jax Williamson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Augusto Bevilacqua, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind SPALLETTE RETURNS's goalkeeper Marco Silvestri, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Canada's Koby Wright in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SPALLETTE RETURNS's goalie prevented a goal. When Koby Wright came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the Canada 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 Koby Wright couldn't finish the play. 43 minutes into the match, Luka Harris had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Silvestri. SPALLETTE RETURNS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luka Harris was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cosimo Laudadio made a kick off. Adriano Biagetti hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. SPALLETTE RETURNS's Marco Silvestri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Koby Wright in the 53rd minute of play. Koby Wright took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Silvestri. Marco Silvestri dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Marco Silvestri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rohan Watson in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 65th minute, Luka Harris left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Canada fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. SPALLETTE RETURNS's Amedeo Palmieri was substituted for Adriano Biagetti. SPALLETTE RETURNS's Fortunato Santone was substituted for Armando Izzo. Canada made a substitution. Theo Burton replaced Rohan Watson. Canada's Jax Williamson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Achille Tullio in the 71st minute of play. Marco Silvestri stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Theo Burton's shot from short distance in the 75th minute. SPALLETTE RETURNS's Marco Silvestri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Theo Burton in the 80th minute of play. In the 85th minute of the match SPALLETTE RETURNS got a corner. Canada's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Augusto Bevilacqua ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Augusto Bevilacqua almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Canada's Jax Williamson did a great save. In the 88th minute, Filip Edwards got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Theo Burton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 91 minutes into the match, Theo Burton notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of SPALLETTE RETURNS's Marco Silvestri. Marco Silvestri was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Marco Silvestri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theo Burton, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Canada had played much better football throughout.