Challenge

Empire Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Torbjörn Fors took the kick off in the first half of the match. Sith Lords's Tuncer Seralp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikkel Wulff in the 3rd minute of play. Maciej Zacharczyk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Keld Paulsen made a huge save. In the 6th minute Torbjörn Fors shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keld Paulsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bertram Svenningsen charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bertram Svenningsen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Bertram Svenningsen hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Yu Zhen Zhan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Keld Paulsen having to interfere. Sith Lords's Tuncer Seralp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chris Nygaard in the 27th minute of play. When Chris Nygaard came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Denmark 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 Chris Nygaard couldn't finish the play. Tuncer Seralp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 35th minute of the match. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Bjarne Kirkegaard hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Sith Lords's zone, Bertram Svenningsen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tuncer Seralp came out of the goal and Bertram Svenningsen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 46th minute Sith Lords were awarded a corner. Celil Yüksel went to the cornerflag to take it.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Chris Nygaard made a kick off. Maciej Zacharczyk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Keld Paulsen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 53 minutes in the game Lukasz Fujara did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Yu Zhen Zhan. Tuncer Seralp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chris Nygaard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Meng Qiang Guo kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. If Mikkel Wulff had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mikkel Wulff could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Tuncer Seralp made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Chris Nygaard got free with Tuncer Seralp in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 76 minutes into the match, Yu Zhen Zhan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Keld Paulsen. Denmark's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yu Zhen Zhan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The referee gave Sith Lords a penalty, 82 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Torbjörn Fors, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Denmark's Keld Paulsen. 2-0. Keld Paulsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yu Zhen Zhan in the 85th minute of the match. 88 minutes into the match, Denmark's goal looked a bit too open when Torbjörn Fors came free, but Keld Paulsen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A throw-in in the 92nd minute of the game was made by Tadeusz Rasialdo with Yu Zhen Zhan as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Chris Nygaard got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Sith Lords's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.