Challenge

Jacksonville Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd minute, Burak Öz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tommy Kahn. The goal made the score 1-0. Malte Schiele hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. The long shot by Sven Horring in the 6th minute really tested Tommy Kahn's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oscar Cruz in the 12th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tommy Kahn stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Oscar Cruz's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. Jacksonville 67's Pieter Harmens suffered a sore thigh after 15 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Jacksonville 67 made a substitution. Gooitzen Nieuwendijk replaced Pieter Harmens. After a defensive mix-up in Germany's zone, Oscar Cruz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal and Oscar Cruz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 19 played minutes Jacksonville 67 got a freekick which was hit by Joost Opdam. Ulrich Stein sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 23 minutes into the match, Burak Öz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Tommy Kahn, 2-0. Oscar Cruz scored 3-0 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tommy Kahn, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gooitzen Nieuwendijk's late challenge caught a Germany's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gooitzen Nieuwendijk helped the player get up and apologised. Jacksonville 67:s Rogelio Hanni showed great skill when he stopped Frank Sachs:s penalty. In the 31st minute, Frank Sachs ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rogelio Hanni was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oscar Cruz in the 34th minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Germany's Albin Holweck sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rogelio Hanni narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 36 minutes Jacksonville 67's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Frank Sachs who took care of the corner kick. In the 38th minute, Adrian Dreifuss hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Burak Öz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Tommy Kahn tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gerrit Evenhuis during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in Germany's zone, Oscar Cruz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal and Oscar Cruz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

In the 55th minute, Oscar Cruz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Jacksonville 67 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. In the 58thth minute of the game Oscar Cruz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Germany's Tommy Kahn was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Oscar Cruz put it in 5-1 from a short distance just to the right of Tommy Kahn. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oscar Cruz in the 67th minute of the match. Frank Sachs could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Rogelio Hanni made a huge save. Rogelio Hanni was a little too slow when Frank Sachs got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 69th minute. The score was now 5-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Frank Sachs in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rogelio Hanni saved Jacksonville 67 from getting behind. Chris Mergenthaler charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Chris Mergenthaler the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Jacksonville 67 booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chris Mergenthaler didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 76th minute of the match Sven Horring sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tommy Kahn skillfully saved the ball. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from King Batistuta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 79 minutes into the match, King Batistuta 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 King Batistuta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-2. Joost Opdam took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 82nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tommy Kahn. Germany's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Gerrit Evenhuis in the 86th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Germany's Linus Schwerner. Frank Sachs in the 91stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Rogelio Hanni, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Gerrit Evenhuis made in the 94th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Gooitzen Nieuwendijk.