Challenge

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Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Frank Sachs took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Germany's Willy Stieler got a free kick in the 5th minute. Leopoldo Otoniel took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 6th 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. Hipolito Primos short, quick shot in the 8thth minute got Tommy Kahn to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Remigio Petrigai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albin Holweck in the 11th minute of play. Emanuel Hjelm could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Tommy Kahn made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zachariasz Frankowski in the 17th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zachariasz Frankowski in the 21st minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Eleuterio Atarratze 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. Emanuel Hjelms short, quick shot in the 29thth minute got Tommy Kahn to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. El Imperio del Cuervo's Emanuel Hjelm was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 31st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Emanuel Hjelm received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tommy Kahn came out and tried to block the shot, but Emanuel Hjelm slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 35th minute. 40 minutes into the match, Eleuterio Atarratze 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 Eleuterio Atarratze was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Tommy Kahn was out of position in the 44 minute of play, and Aldo Simancas capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Aldo Simancas really showed his touch with that goal: 5-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emanuel Hjelm to make the kick off. A collision led to El Imperio del Cuervo getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Ermegildo Perez hit a great ball. In the 61st minute Emanuel Hjelm 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. After a defensive mix-up in El Imperio del Cuervo's zone, Frank Sachs stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Remigio Petrigai came out of the goal and Frank Sachs tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, El Imperio del Cuervo's Baltasar Txatxu got a free kick in the 67th minute. 68 minutes into the game, Germany's Ulrich Stein nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Remigio Petrigai made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. After a rather tough play, El Imperio del Cuervo's Ermegildo Perez got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuel Hjelm in the 76th minute of play. Germany were furious when Chris Mergenthaler was red carded, 77 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Germany:s Tommy Kahn showed great skill when he stopped Leopoldo Otoniel:s penalty. After 79 minutes of play, El Imperio del Cuervo's Leopoldo Otoniel made it 6-1 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! After a rather tough play, Germany's Adrian Dreifuss got a free kick in the 87th minute. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuel Hjelm in the 97th minute of play. There was no doubt that El Imperio del Cuervo were the better team. El Imperio del Cuervo's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.