Challenge

Senza Vergogna
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. Abram Sarmiento started the match with the kick off. Filippo Massa struck a weak shot in the 3rd minute. Pedro Manzanares didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Squadra de Pippe. Lukasz Rukszcz might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lukasz Rukszcz ran back to his position shaking his head. Pedro Manzanares made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Lukasz Rukszcz sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Squadra de Pippe's Francesco Andreoli got a free kick in the 9th minute. Squadra de Pippe's Fan Xi Hong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 17th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Axel Montenegro in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fan Xi Hong prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Lukasz Rukszcz tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Lukasz Rukszcz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Manzanares was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Squadra de Pippe were awarded a corner in the 27th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Filippo Massa took the corner. After taking down the ball on Squadra de Pippe's corner Francesco Andreoli fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pedro Manzanares quite easily take care of the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Filippo Massa came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Axel Montenegro put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Fan Xi Hong. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lukasz Rukszcz in the 33rd minute of play. Squadra de Pippe were awarded a corner in the 34th minute after Colombia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Filippo Massa took the corner. The corner led Squadra de Pippe's Filippo Massa to fire away a dangerous shot which Pedro Manzanares despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. If Filippo Massa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abram Sarmiento in the 42nd minute of play forced Squadra de Pippe's goalkeeper Fan Xi Hong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute, Axel Montenegro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Colombia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. A hard shot 47 in the game by Lukasz Rukszcz from a close distance when the talented Pedro Manzanares managed to make a qualified save. Colombia's players were relieved. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Squadra de Pippe made a substitution. Stanislovas Skripkauskas replaced Fabio Bosco. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lukasz Rukszcz was the one to do the kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Stanislovas Skripkauskas in the 53rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Colombia's Pascual Carballar. In the 56th minute, Lukasz Rukszcz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Squadra de Pippe fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Stanislovas Skripkauskas made in the 59th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Orlando Tafalla. Pedro Manzanares didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lukasz Rukszcz went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. After 71 played minutes Colombia got a freekick which was hit by Kevin Mastache. Colombia made a substitution. Abram Secada replaced Axel Montenegro. A collision led to Colombia getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Kevin Mastache hit a great ball. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Lukasz Rukszcz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 80 minutes, Lukasz Rukszcz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Squadra de Pippe's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lukasz Rukszcz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luis Cazalla made in the 83rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Squadra de Pippe's Pastor Ellow. Pedro Manzanares came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Squadra de Pippe's Lukasz Rukszcz. But to his dismay, Lukasz Rukszcz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. Filippo Gigli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Pedro Manzanares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kevin Mastache could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Fan Xi Hong made a huge save. Luis Cazalla kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. Lukasz Rukszcz might have been able to make a better finish in the 96th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Manzanares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lukasz Rukszcz ran back to his position shaking his head. 96 minutes into the match, Colombia's goal looked a bit too open when Lukasz Rukszcz came free, but Pedro Manzanares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Squadra de Pippe's Denis Răducan managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Luis Cazalla in the 97 minute of the game. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Squadra de Pippe fans cheered their team off the field, for while Colombia had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.