Challenge

Zurlo Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alvise Monti made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Cristoforo Verdecchia 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. Fabrizio Renzetti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abraham Alguacil, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. With a little luck, Panama's Marcos Cotilla got control of the ball when Ciccio Di Loreto tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marcos Cotilla was a little too slow when Ciccio Di Loreto got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 6th minute. The score was now 1-0. 14 minutes into the match, Zurlo Team's goal looked a bit too open when Abraham Alguacil came free, but Fabrizio Renzetti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fabrizio Renzetti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 24th minute of play. Isidoro Sarmiento took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fabrizio Renzetti. Fabrizio Renzetti dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Fabrizio Renzetti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Berganza in the 27th minute of the match. In the 30th minute, Isidoro Sarmiento ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabrizio Renzetti was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Tomas Berganza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 34 minutes into the game, Tomas Berganza cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Fabrizio Renzetti was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fabrizio Renzetti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 41st minute of play. When Eraldo Galante fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Zurlo Team's protests and gave Eraldo Galante a yellow card for diving instead. After 42 played minutes Zurlo Team got a freekick which was hit by Eraldo Galante. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 43rd minute of play forced Zurlo Team's goalkeeper Fabrizio Renzetti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aaron Barrios during the 47th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Panama getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Aaron Barrios hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Berganza stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Zurlo Team defense, Abraham Alguacil kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabrizio Renzetti. The Zurlo Team fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabrizio Renzetti should have stopped the shot. 60 minutes into the game, Tomas Berganza cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-6. Fabrizio Renzetti was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 66th minute, Tomas Berganza fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Fabrizio Renzetti, passed just outside the right post. When Eraldo Galante was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 67 minutes had been played. The supporters of Panama booed when Zurlo Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eraldo Galante didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Zurlo Team getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Ferdinando Zulli hit a great ball. With a little luck, Zurlo Team's Fabrizio Renzetti got control of the ball when Tomas Berganza tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fabrizio Renzetti didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Panama's Tomas Berganza shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-7 in the ordered_time% minute. Fabrizio Renzetti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Miralles, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In a very dangerous position, a player in Zurlo Team fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 78th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Fabrizio Renzetti, was totally fooled by Panama's Abraham Alguacil, who 79 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Abraham Alguacil took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fabrizio Renzetti. Fabrizio Renzetti dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-10. After a defensive mix-up in Zurlo Team's zone, Tomas Berganza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabrizio Renzetti came out of the goal and Tomas Berganza tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 93rd minute Tomas Berganza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabrizio Renzetti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 94 played minutes Zurlo Team got a freekick which was hit by Ferdinando Zulli. Fabrizio Renzetti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Berganza, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. In the 96th minute, Ferdinando Zulli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Panama's Tomas Berganza got a good chance for a goal in the 100th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Panama eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.