Challenge

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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. Benedykt Bronkala started the match with the kick off. Benedykt Bronkala's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Tommy Kahn firmly grabbed it by the left post. 9 minutes in the game Zula Walczak did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Marek Pasterski. 10 minutes into the game, Benedykt Bronkala cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Tommy Kahn was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The throw-in from Janik Vogt in the 13th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by F.C. Piastów's Benedykt Bronkala. Albin Holweck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 20 minutes into the game, one of Germany:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. If Frank Sachs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 24th minute Frank Sachs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Chavez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benedykt Bronkala might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tommy Kahn. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Benedykt Bronkala ran back to his position shaking his head. Marcos Chavez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albin Holweck in the 37th minute of the match. After having played for 38 minutes, Frank Sachs managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Germany's supporters crossed their fingers, but Frank Sachs was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to F.C. Piastów getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Jikolo Mabalane hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 42 minutes, Frank Sachs put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Marcos Chavez. In the 45th match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Willy Stieler to maneuver through the defense.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Frank Sachs made a kick off. After 50 played minutes F.C. Piastów got a freekick which was hit by Zula Walczak. Albin Holweck hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Marcos Chavez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Sachs in the 58th minute of play. F.C. Piastów's Jikolo Mabalane got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 67 minutes into the match, F.C. Piastów's goalkeeper Marcos Chavez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Frank Sachs. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by F.C. Piastów's Jikolo Mabalane. But to his dismay, Jikolo Mabalane quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. F.C. Piastów's Dawid Pleban was substituted for Lucjan Skarpiak. F.C. Piastów made a substitution. Tobiasz Rasiak replaced Jikolo Mabalane. F.C. Piastów made a substitution. Edward Zacharzewski replaced Walery Ptaszek. If Marek Pasterski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Frank Sachs in the 77thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Marcos Chavez, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tobiasz Rasiak in the 79th minute of play. Germany's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.