Challenge

Leonor Rojas Muñoz
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Frank Sachs made the kick off which started today's match. Germany's Tommy Kahn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Germany from getting a goal against them. 6 minutes into the match, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Adrian Dreifuss came free, but Pedro Muro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Muro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Sachs in the 8th minute of play. Martin Petkov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tommy Kahn read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. With a little luck, Germany's Tommy Kahn got control of the ball when Martin Petkov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Willy Stieler charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Willy Stieler the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Martin Petkov might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tommy Kahn. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Martin Petkov ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Petkov in the 16th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute of the match ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ 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. Martin Petkov ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Martin Petkov to fire away a dangerous shot which Tommy Kahn despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 24 minutes into the match, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Frank Sachs came free, but Pedro Muro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 27th minute Frank Sachs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Muro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Petkov in the 30th minute of the match. Germany's Willy Stieler managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Lucero Bacciarini in the 32 minute of the game. Lucero Bacciarini kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. The supporters of Germany booed when ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elazar Quiero didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Germany's zone, Martin Petkov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal and Martin Petkov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After the first half Germany were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Martin Petkov was the one to do the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Martin Petkov managed to get in a good position for a shot. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s supporters rose to their feet, but Martin Petkov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tommy Kahn breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Petkov in the 54th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58thth minute of the game Martin Petkov 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. After having played for 59 minutes, Albin Holweck managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Germany's supporters crossed their fingers, but Albin Holweck was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Lucio Pekergin was substituted for Ricart Melinao. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Pedro Muro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albin Holweck in the 62nd minute of play. 64 minutes into the match, Martin Petkov notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Germany's Tommy Kahn. Tommy Kahn was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ made a substitution. Arnaldo Aravena replaced Francisco José Garzón. After 71 minutes of play, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Martin Petkov made it 2-1 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! The supporters of Germany booed when ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Belo Berges didn't get a good kick on the ball. 78 minutes into the match, Elazar Quiero notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Germany's Tommy Kahn. Tommy Kahn was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A sloppy throw-in by Elazar Quiero in the 84th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Germany's Malte Schiele. 86 minutes into the match, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Martin Petkov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tommy Kahn narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Willy Stieler hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Petkov in the 88th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 91 minutes into the match, Martin Petkov 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 Martin Petkov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.