Challenge

Aux Poteaux Carrés
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) 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 5 minutes of play, Green Madness's Terry Peysson made it 1-0 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! Green Madness's attentive Serge Grandidier managed to snatch the ball when Chris Mergenthaler made a throw-in in the 10th minute of the game. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 14thth minute of the game John-Paul Marquant 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. 18 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when John-Paul Marquant came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The throw-in from Willy Stieler in the 19th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Green Madness's Arnoldo Betadur. In the 21st match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Willy Stieler to maneuver through the defense. John-Paul Marquant received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tommy Kahn came out and tried to block the shot, but John-Paul Marquant slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 21st minute. Tommy Kahn made an important save on a dangerous shot by John-Paul Marquant in the 24th minute. Tommy Kahn was a little too slow when John-Paul Marquant got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 27th minute. The score was now 3-0. In the 29th match minute, Green Madness was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by La Škarpa to maneuver through the defense. 33 minutes into the game, Arnoldo Betadur was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Green Madness's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Germany the free kick. In the 33rd match minute, Green Madness was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arnoldo Betadur to maneuver through the defense. After 35 played minutes Green Madness got a freekick which was hit by John-Paul Marquant. John-Paul Marquant'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 37th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Green Madness's John-Paul Marquant sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tommy Kahn narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 42nd minute of the match Green Madness 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. La Škarpa ran over to the corner to take the kick. The attack was good, but when Terry Peysson in the 43rd minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. The throw-in from Willy Stieler in the 45th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Green Madness's Arnoldo Betadur. After a rather tough play, Germany's Albin Holweck got a free kick in the 45th minute. The supporters of Germany booed when Green Madness was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arnoldo Betadur didn't get a good kick on the ball.

John-Paul Marquant'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 52nd minute of play. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by Germany's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. La Škarpa was slow to take the kick. During this time Green Madness's players had a chance to rest. When John-Paul Marquant came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Green Madness 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 John-Paul Marquant couldn't finish the play. 56 minutes into the game, Willy Stieler threw the ball into play from the sideline. Green Madness's La Škarpa quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After 58 played minutes Germany got a freekick which was hit by Adrian Dreifuss. Tommy Kahn didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from John-Paul Marquant went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. After having played for 62 minutes, John-Paul Marquant managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Green Madness's supporters crossed their fingers, but John-Paul Marquant was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 64 played minutes Green Madness got a freekick which was hit by Arnoldo Betadur. Frank Sachs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcelino Flor having to interfere. Green Madness made a substitution. Maël Colombet replaced John-Paul Marquant. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmet Orhan Perk, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. The audience was convinced that Terry Peysson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tommy Kahn was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Terry Peysson in the 74th minute of play. Frank Sachs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The supporters of Germany booed when Green Madness was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arnoldo Betadur didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Green Madness fans' excitement grew in the 83rd match minute when Green Madness's Terry Peysson looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. If Ahmet Orhan Perk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Orhan Perk in the 87th minute of play. After 88 minutes, Maël Colombet made it 6-0 with a short kick to the right side. Germany's Tommy Kahn tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Adrian Dreifuss kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. When the referee ended the match the Green Madness players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.