Challenge

Stowe IP
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Emmanuel Stroh made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th match minute, Stowe City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nils-Emil Tunström to maneuver through the defense. Godofredo Hori made in the 6th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Niles Crane however managed to control. In the 13th minute Frank Sachs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kaj Helström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 14 in the game by Niles Crane from a close distance when the talented Tommy Kahn managed to make a qualified save. Germany's players were relieved. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Frank Sachs put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Kaj Helström. Tommy Kahn was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Nils-Emil Tunström showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 23 minute of play. When Emmanuel Stroh came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Stowe City 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 Emmanuel Stroh couldn't finish the play. In the 29th minute Anton Villarreal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommy Kahn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stowe City's Niles Crane got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 34th match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ulrich Stein to maneuver through the defense. Tommy Kahn didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emmanuel Stroh went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. After having played for 38 minutes, Nils-Emil Tunström managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Stowe City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nils-Emil Tunström was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Albin Holweck received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Kaj Helström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 45 minutes, Matt Briggs managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Stowe City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Matt Briggs was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Sachs to make the kick off. Matt Briggs kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Kaj Helström 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 57th minute of play forced Stowe City's goalkeeper Kaj Helström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Nils-Emil Tunström had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tommy Kahn. Germany's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nils-Emil Tunström was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. If Nils-Emil Tunström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Stowe City's İsmail Pekşen was substituted for Emmanuel Stroh. Anton Villarreal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Tommy Kahn tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Frank Sachs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Stowe City's İsmail Pekşen in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Germany's goalie prevented a goal. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nils-Emil Tunström, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 81 minutes into the match, Niles Crane had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tommy Kahn. Germany's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Niles Crane was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 5-1 when İsmail Pekşen sped through Germany's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tommy Kahn. Adrian Dreifuss hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. After 91 minutes of play, Stowe City's İsmail Pekşen made it 6-1 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! Stowe City's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.