Challenge

STADIO DELLA ROMA
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Italy's Enzo Luongo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Foot Ball Club di Roma's Ettore Scarcella managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Alessandro Mara in the 8 minute of the game. If Biagio Pallini had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Bruno Antognoni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Biagio Pallini, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. 11 minutes in the game Gianluca Mancini did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Biagio Pallini. Alvaro Pardini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enzo Luongo in the 14th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enzo Luongo in the 16th minute of play forced Foot Ball Club di Roma's goalkeeper Alvaro Pardini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Foot Ball Club di Roma defense, Enzo Luongo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alvaro Pardini. The Foot Ball Club di Roma fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alvaro Pardini should have stopped the shot. Foot Ball Club di Roma's Alessandro Anastasi was substituted for Aldo Pesce. Niccolo Zaniolo kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. 33 minutes into the match, Foot Ball Club di Roma's goal looked a bit too open when Ferruccio Zarillo came free, but Alvaro Pardini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th minute, Enzo Luongo made a precise shot to the right of Alvaro Pardini. Foot Ball Club di Roma's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Enzo Luongo scored 0-3 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alvaro Pardini, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Enzo Luongo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Italy's supporters rose to their feet, but Enzo Luongo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alvaro Pardini breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 45 minutes into the match, Enzo Luongo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alvaro Pardini. Foot Ball Club di Roma's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Enzo Luongo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Armando Ceresoli was the one to do the kick off. Italy's Bruno Antognoni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Armando Ceresoli in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enzo Luongo in the 53rd minute of play forced Foot Ball Club di Roma's goalkeeper Alvaro Pardini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Foot Ball Club di Roma's Armando Ceresoli got a free kick in the 58th minute. In the 60th minute Biagio Scoca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Antognoni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alvaro Pardini made an important save on a dangerous shot by Enzo Luongo in the 62nd minute. In the 64th minute, Enzo Luongo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Italy's Lautaro-Gabriel Martinez was substituted for Ferruccio Zarillo. Italy made a substitution. Armando Natalucci replaced Enzo Luongo. Alvaro Pardini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro-Gabriel Martinez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alvaro Pardini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro-Gabriel Martinez in the 69th minute of play. Mattia Hummels made in the 82nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Mattia Hummels. Alvaro Pardini made an important save on a dangerous shot by Armando Natalucci in the 84th minute. Bruno Antognoni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Biagio Scoca in the 86th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cesare Maestri got free with Alvaro Pardini in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Biagio Scoca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Donato Dossena hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Biagio Scoca hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. When the match was over Italy could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Foot Ball Club di Roma throughout the match.