Challenge

Paulistano
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Frank Sachs got the match started through his kick off. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronaldo Simão in the 17th minute of play. Ronaldo Simão struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Tommy Kahn didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 26th minute of the game. One of └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Germany:s goal. └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘:s Arlindo Rossi showed great skill when he stopped Frank Sachs:s penalty. Wang Chao Yuan's late challenge caught a Germany's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wang Chao Yuan helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 29th minute of the game. One of └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Germany:s goal. The referee gave Germany a penalty, 31 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Frank Sachs, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘'s Arlindo Rossi. 0-1. 34 minutes into the match, └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘'s goal looked a bit too open when Frank Sachs came free, but Arlindo Rossi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘'s Arlindo Rossi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Sachs in the 35th minute of play. In the 38th minute └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘ were awarded a corner. Nestor Batista went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘'s Nestor Batista to fire away a dangerous shot which Tommy Kahn despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Adrian Dreifuss kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ronaldo Simão was the one to do the kick off. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enkel Seger in the 54th minute of the match. With a little luck, └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘'s Arlindo Rossi got control of the ball when Frank Sachs tried to sneak it across the goal line. The corner led Germany's Malte Schiele to fire away a dangerous shot which Arlindo Rossi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronaldo Simão in the 66th minute of the match. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by Germany's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nestor Batista was slow to take the kick. During this time └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘'s players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Nestor Batista got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tommy Kahn quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Adrian Dreifuss kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronaldo Simão in the 73rd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Ronaldo Simão put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Tommy Kahn. In the 77th minute, Víktor Silva 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 2-1. └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 80th minute, when Frank Sachs scored to the left of an out of position Arlindo Rossi, making the score, 2-2. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dráusio Mota in the 87th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, Víktor Silva 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 Víktor Silva was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. In the 92nd minute, Ronaldo Simão 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. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dráusio Mota, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Víktor Silva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. └◘RivierA▬Þauli§tA◘┘ had played much better football throughout.