Challenge

Stadion Edwardów
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Artur Pietrowski took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Germany's zone, Zhou Rong Hui stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal and Zhou Rong Hui tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 16th minute Artur Pietrowski 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. Frank Sachs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Sachs in the 17th minute of play forced Edwardów's goalkeeper Cezary Kaczeniak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Frank Sachs's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cezary Kaczeniak was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Sachs in the 26th minute of play forced Edwardów's goalkeeper Cezary Kaczeniak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by Edwardów's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Frank Sachs was slow to take the kick. During this time Germany's players had a chance to rest. Albin Holweck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 33rd match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chris Mergenthaler to maneuver through the defense. Tommy Kahn stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Piotr Malinowski's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. In the 41st minute Piotr Malinowski 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. Artur Pietrowski had several of the Germany's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 44 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Tommy Kahn as he didn't even see the shot coming.

In the 60th minute Artur Pietrowski 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. Zhou Rong Hui, 62 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 65th minute Franciszek Sadlowski 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. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artur Pietrowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Pietrowski in the 71st 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 Artur Pietrowski in the 77th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Artur Pietrowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tommy Kahn was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. In the 80th minute, Frank Sachs got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Frank Sachs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Cezary Kaczeniak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Frank Sachs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 90th minute, Franciszek Sadlowski made a precise shot to the right of Tommy Kahn. Germany's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franciszek Sadlowski in the 96th minute of the match. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Edwardów had played much better football throughout.