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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gerd Oolo made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 played minutes Germany got a freekick which was hit by Adrian Dreifuss. Gerd Oolo'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 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute, one of Germany:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Germany. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Germany's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 武克俊 was slow to take the kick. During this time 延边朝鲜族足球俱乐部's players had a chance to rest. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Chris Mergenthaler during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 13th match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chris Mergenthaler to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute of the match 武克俊 sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tommy Kahn skillfully saved the ball. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerd Oolo in the 15th minute of play. Gerd Oolo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Tommy Kahn made a huge save. In the 18th minute, 赵辉彬 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tommy Kahn was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Gerd Oolo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Tommy Kahn made a huge save. 延边朝鲜族足球俱乐部's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 武克俊 in the 23rd minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Germany's goalie and right to 孙军镇. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Germany's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 孙军镇 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gerd Oolo's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 36thth minute, Tommy Kahn skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Gerd Oolo'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. Frank Sachs's late challenge caught a 延边朝鲜族足球俱乐部's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Frank Sachs helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of 延边朝鲜族足球俱乐部 booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Frank Sachs didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, 胡朋云 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 延边朝鲜族足球俱乐部's supporters rose to their feet, but 胡朋云 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. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Sachs to make the kick off. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gerd Oolo, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Gerd Oolo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerd Oolo in the 55th minute of play. The throw-in from 卓宽晨 in the 57th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Germany's Willy Stieler. 62 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Gerd Oolo came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 64 minutes in the game, Gerd Oolo dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. 延边朝鲜族足球俱乐部's Gerd Oolo got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 延边朝鲜族足球俱乐部's Mats Caballero was substituted for 卓宽晨. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerd Oolo in the 69th minute of play. In the 71st match minute, 延边朝鲜族足球俱乐部 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 孙军镇 to maneuver through the defense. Willy Stieler made in the 75th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Albin Holweck however managed to control. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by 延边朝鲜族足球俱乐部's Gerd Oolo. But to his dismay, Gerd Oolo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. The supporters of Germany booed when 延边朝鲜族足球俱乐部 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. 孙军镇 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Máté Döbrögi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Sachs, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Tommy Kahn didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gerd Oolo went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Germany defense, Gerd Oolo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tommy Kahn. The Germany fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tommy Kahn should have stopped the shot.