Challenge

Stadio Avenza
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas's late challenge caught a Duri come il marmo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tomas Illescas helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 4th minute, Emilio Rizzo made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Venezuela's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. After having played for 9 minutes, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Venezuela's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Illescas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Emiliano Polito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 17th minute of the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberigo Addari, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Emilio Rizzo sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Rigoberto Mina got a free kick in the 26th minute. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mary Cau in the 27th minute. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Jose Correa hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Alberigo Addari kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Emilio Rizzo's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. If Alberigo Addari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alex Chicote kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Mary Cau blasted a shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Ferrant having to make a save. Tomas Illescas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Emiliano Polito read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Duri come il marmo's Fabrizio Di Gaetano got a free kick in the 45th minute. Emilio Rizzo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jonathan Ferrant firmly grabbed it by the left post. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Corrado Contestabile in the 61st minute of play. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Duri come il marmo's goalkeeper Emiliano Polito, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jose Correa's late challenge caught a Duri come il marmo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jose Correa helped the player get up and apologised. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jose Correa got a free kick in the 64th minute. Duri come il marmo made a substitution. Carter Romanese replaced Corrado Contestabile. Duri come il marmo made a substitution. Cristoforo Di Loreto replaced Mary Cau. Patricio Costa hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emilio Rizzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. The supporters of Duri come il marmo booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Carter Romanese in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 82nd minute Carter Romanese shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Venezuela defense, Alberigo Addari kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. The Venezuela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Ferrant should have stopped the shot. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Duri come il marmo had won after a very even match.