Challenge

Menduni Michelangelo
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fabio Trentini got the match started through his kick off. In the 7th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Vulcano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 8 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Luis Andino. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fabio Trentini got free with Julio Vera in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 14 minutes of play, PICCOLE PESTI's Fabio Trentini made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! Antonio Vulcano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 20th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Cristian Sancho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Antonio Vulcano was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. In the 29thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PICCOLE PESTI's Antonio Vulcano was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Felix Montenegro hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Fabio Trentini managed to get in a good position for a shot. PICCOLE PESTI's supporters rose to their feet, but Fabio Trentini was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. PICCOLE PESTI were furious when Emiliano Di Loreto was red carded, 34 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Emiliano Di Loreto kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. PICCOLE PESTI's Claudio Capuozzi was substituted for Pasquale Leone. After a rather tough play, PICCOLE PESTI's Emiliano Di Loreto got a free kick in the 35th minute. After some careless play in the PICCOLE PESTI defense, Daniel Zorita kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Antonio Vulcano. The PICCOLE PESTI fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Antonio Vulcano should have stopped the shot. The supporters of PICCOLE PESTI booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agustín Saelices didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 41st minute of play forced PICCOLE PESTI's goalkeeper Antonio Vulcano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

In the 53rd minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Vulcano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Ecuador's Daniel Zorita slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Antonio Vulcano. That made the score 1-2 after 55 minutes of play. If Vincenzo Caputo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 63rd minute of the match Vincenzo Caputo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julio Vera showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. PICCOLE PESTI's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Daniel Zorita 72 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-3. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vincenzo Caputo in the 79th minute of play. 83 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Antonio Vulcano. PICCOLE PESTI's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. Antonio Vulcano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristian Sancho went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. In the 94th minute, Concetto Tofani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Antonio Vulcano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The PICCOLE PESTI fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.