Challenge

Alopecia Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Enzo Luongo made the kick off which started today's match. In the 10th minute, Mihail Brânza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 12 minutes into the game, Italy's Enzo Luongo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alexsandro Godoi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 16th minute, one of I ritirandi di Canaus:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for I ritirandi di Canaus. Anfilogino Pittelli took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alexsandro Godoi. Alexsandro Godoi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. I ritirandi di Canaus's Alexsandro Godoi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enzo Luongo in the 19th minute of play. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Anfilogino Pittelli in the 21st minute. Enzo Luongo might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alexsandro Godoi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Enzo Luongo ran back to his position shaking his head. Alexsandro Godoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enzo Luongo in the 25th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, Ezequiel Leizarraga reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bruno Antognoni. The goal made the score 1-2. Mihail Brânza did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-2 to the left of a surprised Bruno Antognoni 31 minutes into the match. Andrea Tofani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Bruno Antognoni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Al Berto kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. In the 42nd minute, Enzo Luongo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. After the first half Italy were leading 2-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Andrea Tofani was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Italy's Enzo Luongo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alexsandro Godoi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 55th minute of the game Marcin Kaczmarek made a throw-in which Ezequiel Leizarraga played forward. In the 56thth minute of the game Ezequiel Leizarraga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Italy's Bruno Antognoni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bruno Antognoni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihail Brânza in the 58th minute of the match. Alexsandro Godoi was out of position in the 60 minute of play, and Enzo Luongo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Enzo Luongo really showed his touch with that goal: 2-5. Bruno Antognoni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ezequiel Leizarraga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Italy's Armando Natalucci was substituted for Enzo Luongo. I ritirandi di Canaus made a substitution. Comunardo Cerri replaced Mihail Brânza. Italy's Cesare Maestri was substituted for Rui Costa. In the 65th minute I ritirandi di Canaus were awarded a corner. Comunardo Cerri went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Comunardo Cerri almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Italy's Bruno Antognoni did a great save. The supporters of Italy booed when I ritirandi di Canaus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcin Kaczmarek didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Natalucci in the 73rd minute of play forced I ritirandi di Canaus's goalkeeper Alexsandro Godoi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 79 minutes had been played when some careless play by Italy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Comunardo Cerri was slow to take the kick. During this time I ritirandi di Canaus's players had a chance to rest. Comunardo Cerri made a great header on I ritirandi di Canaus's corner, it was just that Italy's Bruno Antognoni managed to reach the ball for a save. After a defensive mix-up in Italy's zone, Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bruno Antognoni came out of the goal and Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bruno Antognoni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lu Chao Cheng, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Bruno Antognoni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. 95 minutes into the game, Armando Natalucci cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-6. Alexsandro Godoi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.