Challenge

ACR Olimpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, 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. Koby Wright started the match with the kick off. Cristoforo Brillante showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Koby Wright, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Cristoforo Brillante didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Koby Wright went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Roma's goalkeeper Cristoforo Brillante, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Alfred John made in the 25th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Luka Harris immediately put the ball in play. Alvaro Sforza might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jax Williamson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alvaro Sforza ran back to his position shaking his head. Jax Williamson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Sforza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 36 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Alvaro Sforza sped through Canada's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jax Williamson. 1-4 became the score in the 43rd minute when Koby Wright elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-4 lead.

54 minutes into the match, Javier Della Francesca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jax Williamson. Canada's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Javier Della Francesca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. After having played for 56 minutes, Koby Wright managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Canada's supporters crossed their fingers, but Koby Wright was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Canada's Jax Williamson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvaro Sforza in the 61st minute of play. After a rather tough play, AC Roma's Fatbardh Malko got a free kick in the 67th minute. Canada's Prince Anderson was substituted for Carter George. Canada's Theo Burton was substituted for Rohan Watson. AC Roma's Cristoforo Brillante played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Theo Burton in the 76th minute of play. Jax Williamson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alvaro Sforza's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. Cristoforo Brillante 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 79th minute. In the 81st minute Luka Harris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristoforo Brillante saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Luka Harris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With an all-out effort, Canada's Cristoforo Brillante threw himself towards the right post 90 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Filip Edwards, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 91 played minutes Canada got a freekick which was hit by Alfred John. Jax Williamson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alvaro Sforza's shot from short distance in the 94th minute.