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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Germany's Frank Sachs started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpected shot in the 12th minute by 刘磊强 got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Tommy Kahn made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when 刘磊强 sent off a good shot on target. 刘磊强 received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tommy Kahn came out and tried to block the shot, but 刘磊强 slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 19th minute. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Linus Schwerner hit a great ball. Chris Mergenthaler hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. A throw-in in the 28th minute of the game was made by Chris Mergenthaler with Frank Sachs as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 周梁云, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. After a rather tough play, Germany's Sven Krakouer got a free kick in the 30th minute. With a little luck, Germany's Tommy Kahn got control of the ball when 刘磊强 tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 33 minutes, 刘磊强 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's supporters crossed their fingers, but 刘磊强 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 35th minute 刘磊强 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. 方云朋 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Sachs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Tommy Kahn managed to avoid a goal in the 38thth minute, when 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's 刘磊强 fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 39th minute of the match 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒 got a corner. Germany's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. 倪卫文 ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's 周梁云 getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 刘磊强 in the 45thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Tommy Kahn, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 刘磊强 was the one to do the kick off. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 刘磊强 in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 刘磊强 in the 56th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 刘磊强 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tommy Kahn having to make a save. 62 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when 刘磊强 came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Frank Sachs hit a great ball. In the 69th minute, 刘磊强 made a precise shot to the right of Tommy Kahn. Germany's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. After a defensive mix-up in Germany's zone, 刘磊强 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal and 刘磊强 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒 made a substitution. Remo Gerber replaced 刘磊强. 76 minutes into the match, 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Sachs came free, but 方云朋 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's Remo Gerber sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tommy Kahn narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 83rd minute, Malte Schiele hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes into the match, Remo Gerber 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 Remo Gerber was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. After 93 minutes of play, 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's Remo Gerber made it 5-0 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! It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒 had played much better football throughout.