Challenge

Alopecia Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Andrea Tofani kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, Enzo Luongo made a precise shot to the right of Alexsandro Godoi. I ritirandi di Canaus's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Italy were furious when Cristiano Cordone was red carded, 8 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 8th minute of the game. One of Italy:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of I ritirandi di Canaus:s goal. Italy:s Bruno Antognoni showed great skill when he stopped Andrea Tofani:s penalty. 15 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Ezequiel Leizarraga came free, but Bruno Antognoni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alexsandro Godoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enzo Luongo in the 18th minute of the match. The supporters of I ritirandi di Canaus booed when Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anfilogino Pantani didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ezequiel Leizarraga got free with Bruno Antognoni in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 30th minute of the match, Mihail Brânza tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Bruno Antognoni saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 34 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Marcin Kaczmarek came free, but Bruno Antognoni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Italy's zone, Andrea Tofani stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bruno Antognoni came out of the goal and Andrea Tofani tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihail Brânza in the 40th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Bruno Antognoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, I ritirandi di Canaus's Adriano Benvenuto got a free kick in the 44th minute. I ritirandi di Canaus were awarded a corner in the 48th minute after Italy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Andrea Tofani took the corner. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Enzo Luongo to strike the kick off in the second half. Italy's Bruno Antognoni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mihail Brânza in the 52nd minute of play. 57 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. Bruno Antognoni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mihail Brânza, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. I ritirandi di Canaus made a substitution. Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo replaced Andrea Tofani. Armando Natalucci might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alexsandro Godoi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Armando Natalucci ran back to his position shaking his head. Alexsandro Godoi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Armando Natalucci, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 75th minute Italy were awarded a corner. Anfilogino Pantani went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Italy's Anfilogino Pantani to fire away a dangerous shot which Alexsandro Godoi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo scored 1-1 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bruno Antognoni, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 84th minute the ball was on its way in behind I ritirandi di Canaus's goalkeeper Alexsandro Godoi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Anfilogino Pantani in the 85th minute. A nice corner shot did that Didi Ladron got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alexsandro Godoi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Bruno Antognoni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcin Kaczmarek in the 89th minute of play. In the 96th minute Armando Natalucci shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexsandro Godoi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 96th minute, Mattia Hummels hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.