Challenge

Thunders Field
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) 7 minutes into the game, Bertram Svenningsen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Denmark's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave International Thunders the free kick. In the 7th minute, Bertram Svenningsen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mario Moser hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, International Thunders's Roland Schachner got a free kick in the 10th minute. Keld Paulsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tim-Florian Ramusch in the 11th minute of play. In the 12th minute of the match, Jonas Fydrich got a very nice opportunity to score, but Keld Paulsen was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Björn Hainl hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Rafael Schmitzberger kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Chris Nygaard took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 19th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Timo-Fabian Rogowski. International Thunders's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 21st minute of the game Mario Moser made a throw-in which Luca Divis played forward. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Theis Winther hit a great ball. Jonas Fydrich succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 33rd playminute. After 35 played minutes International Thunders got a freekick which was hit by Mario Moser. Timo-Fabian Rogowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chris Nygaard in the 36th minute of play. Keld Paulsen made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Tim-Florian Ramusch sent off a good shot on target. Jonas Fydrich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Keld Paulsen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 41 minutes, Lars Steen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Denmark and the International Thunders players grew even worse after the yellow card. Lars Steen hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jonas Fydrich made a kick off. In the 51st match minute, International Thunders was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafael Schmitzberger to maneuver through the defense. Chris Nygaard could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Timo-Fabian Rogowski made a huge save. Keld Paulsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tim-Florian Ramusch, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. After 59 played minutes International Thunders got a freekick which was hit by Björn Hainl. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by International Thunders's Gerrit Dohr. But to his dismay, Gerrit Dohr quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Timo-Fabian Rogowski was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Chris Nygaard showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 70 minute of play. Bertram Svenningsen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Timo-Fabian Rogowski having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Chris Nygaard got free with Timo-Fabian Rogowski in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Roland Schachner hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Denmark's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Chris Nygaard in the 82nd minute. Chris Nygaard made a great header on Denmark's corner, it was just that International Thunders's Timo-Fabian Rogowski managed to reach the ball for a save. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonas Fydrich in the 84th minute of play. In the 86th minute of the game Mario Moser made a throw-in which Tim-Florian Ramusch played forward. International Thunders's Tim-Florian Ramusch got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 93 played minutes Denmark got a freekick which was hit by Simon Bendtsen. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.