Challenge

Sta Dio Boscone
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adrian Miliano started the match with the kick off. Alto Muro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 3rd minute of play. In the 5th match minute, Cesano Boscone was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felice De Fina to maneuver through the defense. The referee felt a red card was in order, 10 minutes into the game, when Antonio Arias put in a rough tackle. When the match had been going on for 11 minutes, Cesano Boscone's Abdullah Oskan got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Julio Vera. 19 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Luis Andino nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alto Muro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 21st minute of play forced Cesano Boscone's goalkeeper Alto Muro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice moves Carter Malatesta could shoot a difficult shot in the 24th minute, which Julio Vera however easily saved by the left post. Cesano Boscone were awarded a corner in the 25th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Guillermo McDaniel took the corner. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alex Maggi in the 30th minute. In the 32nd match minute, Cesano Boscone was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felice De Fina to maneuver through the defense. 37 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Adrian Miliano came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 39th minute of play forced Cesano Boscone's goalkeeper Alto Muro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 43rd minute of the match Cesano Boscone got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Guillermo McDaniel ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Guillermo McDaniel almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 47thth minute, when Cesano Boscone's Adrian Miliano fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cristian Sancho to make the kick off. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Miliano in the 54th minute of play. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdullah Oskan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cesano Boscone's Biagio Ramoser was substituted for Henry Hauser. Cesano Boscone made a substitution. Armando Mazzini replaced Paul McCartney. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Guillermo McDaniel was slow to take the kick. During this time Cesano Boscone's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Guillermo McDaniel got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Adrian Miliano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. When the match clock showed 71 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Adrian Miliano sped through Ecuador's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdullah Oskan in the 75th minute of play. 82 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Luis Andino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alto Muro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 83 minutes of play, Cesano Boscone's Biagio Ramoser made it 4-1 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! Adrian Miliano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Biagio Ramoser struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cesano Boscone. Alto Muro made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. When the referee blew the final whistle, Cesano Boscone could leave the field as winners, despite Ecuador having more of the ball for most of the match.