Challenge

Bird Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lee Pellandini made the kick off which started today's match. A sloppy throw-in by Timon Gmür in the 4th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Denmark's Olav Graversen. Mike Robert scored 1-0 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Keld Paulsen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The throw-in from Lucian Budulea in the 11th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Denmark's Simon Bendtsen. Mike Robert kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind ARAPONGAS's goalkeeper Manol Skarlatov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of ARAPONGAS booed when Denmark was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chris Nygaard didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Denmark's zone, Niels Eglin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal and Niels Eglin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lucian Budulea's late challenge caught a Denmark's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lucian Budulea helped the player get up and apologised. After 23 played minutes ARAPONGAS got a freekick which was hit by Lucian Budulea. Mike Robert fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Keld Paulsen having to interfere. Mathias Ludvigsen lost his temper 33 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 32 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Denmark! Keld Paulsen was out of position in the 40 minute of play, and Riccardo Uttiger capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Riccardo Uttiger really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. Mike Robert who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 43rdth minute tested the skills of Keld Paulsen when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Timon Gmür hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Denmark defense, Lee Pellandini kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Keld Paulsen. The Denmark fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Keld Paulsen should have stopped the shot. In the 56th minute, Chris Nygaard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 56th minute, Lee Pellandini sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Denmark's Keld Paulsen didn't even have to move. Lee Pellandini made a great header on ARAPONGAS's corner, it was just that Denmark's Keld Paulsen managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 64th minute, Mike Robert 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. Lars Steen 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. ARAPONGAS's Tibor Brandt was substituted for Sebastian Striner. Lucian Budulea made in the 72nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Denmark's Lars Steen. After a rather tough play, ARAPONGAS's Tibor Brandt got a free kick in the 73rd minute. The throw-in from Lucian Budulea in the 80th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Denmark's Lars Steen. A collision led to ARAPONGAS getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Lucian Budulea hit a great ball. When Mike Robert came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the ARAPONGAS fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mike Robert couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mike Robert in the 90th minute of play forced Denmark's goalkeeper Keld Paulsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Keld Paulsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gianni Hager, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Bjarne Kirkegaard kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by ARAPONGAS's Mike Robert. But to his dismay, Mike Robert quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The ARAPONGAS fans cheered their team off the field, for while Denmark had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.