Challenge

Savannah of Africa
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Oskar Pettersson got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th match minute, Cheetah Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Egon Ahlbom to maneuver through the defense. A sloppy throw-in by Tom Holmstedt in the 7th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Germany's Linus Schwerner. Frank Sachs took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Claes Caspersson. Claes Caspersson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Tom Holmstedt kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Valter Mellin who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 19thth minute tested the skills of Tommy Kahn when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Claes Caspersson 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 23rd minute. Willy Stieler kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. After 33 played minutes Cheetah Team got a freekick which was hit by Dick Forssell. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valter Mellin in the 40th minute of the match. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valter Mellin, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Tommy Kahn didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 42nd minute, which inside left pole to 1-1. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valter Mellin in the 45th minute of the match. Dick Forssell hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Frank Sachs to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Oskar Pettersson came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Claes Caspersson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Frank Sachs went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. If Valter Mellin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Valter Mellin hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Tom Holmstedt made in the 65th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Germany's Willy Stieler. In the 70th minute Valter Mellin 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 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valter Mellin in the 73rd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valter Mellin in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tommy Kahn prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tom Holmstedt was shown his second yellow card after 84 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. When Frank Sachs came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Germany fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Frank Sachs couldn't finish the play. Germany's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.