Challenge

Björkö Stadion
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Timmy Friberger started the match with the kick off. Malte Schiele made in the 3rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Björkö BK's Mateo Kiliz. In the 3rd minute, Willy Stieler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Albin Holweck fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mariusz Zdeb having to interfere. After 10 minutes of play, Björkö BK's Jeferson Melo made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tommy Kahn was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 13th minute, Anders Lundin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Björkö BK's Mariusz Zdeb played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Sachs in the 14th minute of play. If Frank Sachs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Germany's zone, Jeferson Melo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal and Jeferson Melo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Germany booed when Björkö BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mauro Paixão didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mariusz Zdeb took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Sachs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albin Holweck in the 32nd minute of play forced Björkö BK's goalkeeper Mariusz Zdeb to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 37 played minutes Björkö BK got a freekick which was hit by Mateo Kiliz. After a defensive mix-up in Björkö BK's zone, Albin Holweck stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mariusz Zdeb came out of the goal and Albin Holweck tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 39thth minute of the game Frank Sachs who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Björkö BK's Mariusz Zdeb was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 43 minutes into the match, Björkö BK's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Sachs came free, but Mariusz Zdeb reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Frank Sachs stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Albin Holweck was extremely unlucky when he, in the 52nd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Mariusz Zdeb made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albin Holweck in the 52nd minute of play. Mariusz Zdeb showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Sachs, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Sachs in the 56th minute of play forced Björkö BK's goalkeeper Mariusz Zdeb to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute of the match, Albin Holweck tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mariusz Zdeb saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Mariusz Zdeb showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Sachs in the 58th minute of the match. Albin Holweck might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mariusz Zdeb. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Albin Holweck ran back to his position shaking his head. Germany's Rolf Rothberg was substituted for Frank Sachs. In the 64th minute, Mateo Kiliz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Ulrich Stein hit a great ball. Björkö BK's Wincent Jeziorkowski was substituted for Rutger Jelm. After a rather tough play, Germany's Ulrich Stein got a free kick in the 66th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rolf Rothberg got free with Mariusz Zdeb in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Germany's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ulrich Stein in the 73rd minute. Björkö BK's Mariusz Zdeb proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Björkö BK from getting a goal against them. Rolf Rothberg recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rolf Rothberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mariusz Zdeb having to interfere. Björkö BK's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Albin Holweck 83 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-1. Rolf Rothberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mariusz Zdeb. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rolf Rothberg ran back to his position shaking his head. Rolf Rothberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Mariusz Zdeb tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 94 minutes, Albin Holweck managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Germany's supporters crossed their fingers, but Albin Holweck was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.