Challenge

Colosseum of Pain
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Donato Amatori made the kick off and thus started the match. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 9th 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. Davide Conte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Alba FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tomas Illescas was slow to take the kick. During this time Venezuela's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Donato Amatori received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Donato Amatori slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Amatori in the 20th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ciro Cino who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 21stth minute tested the skills of Jonathan Ferrant when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Jonathan Ferrant made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Ciro Cino sent off a good shot on target. Davide Conte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 25th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Amatori in the 26th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donato Amatori in the 28th minute of the match. Davide Conte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 33rd minute of play. After 35 minutes Alba FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Illescas who took care of the corner kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Davide Conte breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Federico Di Iorio came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Alba FC 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 Federico Di Iorio couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Alba FC's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Davide Conte came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomas Illescas made a kick off. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Federico Di Iorio in the 60th minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Ciro Cino came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 63 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ciro Cino who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Donato Amatori got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Ferrant quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Davide Conte having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Donato Amatori's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. 72 minutes into the match, Donato Amatori notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 76 minutes Alba FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tomas Illescas who took care of the corner kick. Salvador Gisbert was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Antonio Di Donato recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Donato Amatori's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Federico Di Iorio scored 5-0 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donato Amatori in the 89th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 91 minutes, Donato Amatori put it in 6-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Ferrant. Donato Amatori sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Alba FC fully deserved thier win.