Challenge

Estadio Centenario
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ciccio Nazzari got the match started through his kick off. In the 8th minute, Biagio Guerra made a precise shot to the right of Joaquin Gayoso. Uruguay's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. When Alessandro Ciscato fell near the penalty area in the 10th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FataMorgana's protests and gave Alessandro Ciscato a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, FataMorgana's Alessandro Ciscato got a free kick in the 10th minute. Francisco Seco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Attilio Proia made a huge save. Uruguay's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jaime Cazalla in the 16th minute. Joaquin Gayoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Biagio Guerra in the 21st minute of play. Francisco Seco might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Attilio Proia. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Francisco Seco ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, FataMorgana's Attilio Proia got control of the ball when Francisco Seco tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Ciccio Nazzari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joaquin Gayoso was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. In the 34thth minute of the game Francisco Seco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FataMorgana's Attilio Proia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 35th minute Uruguay were awarded a corner. Jaime Cazalla went to the cornerflag to take it. Francisco Seco hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Uruguay's Joaquin Gayoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Biagio Guerra in the 39th minute of play. Cosimo Lucidi hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Joaquin Gayoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ciccio Nazzari in the 46th minute of play. The Uruguay players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FataMorgana were winning 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Francisco Seco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Seco in the 51st minute of play forced FataMorgana's goalkeeper Attilio Proia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 52nd minute, Biagio Guerra left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FataMorgana fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After some careless play in the FataMorgana defense, Francisco Seco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Attilio Proia. The FataMorgana fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Attilio Proia should have stopped the shot. When Alessandro Ciscato was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 61 minutes had been played. Alessandro Ciscato hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Attilio Proia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime Cazalla in the 62nd minute of the match. Biagio Guerra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 71stth minute of the game Francisco Seco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FataMorgana's Attilio Proia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jaime Cazalla might have been able to make a better finish in the 77th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Attilio Proia. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jaime Cazalla ran back to his position shaking his head. Attilio Proia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisco Seco in the 81st minute of the match. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by FataMorgana's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jaime Cazalla was slow to take the kick. During this time Uruguay's players had a chance to rest. Ciccio Nazzari kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Francisco Seco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Attilio Proia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 94 played minutes FataMorgana got a freekick which was hit by Ciccio Nazzari. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. FataMorgana walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.