Challenge

Gigante de Arroyito
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Leopoldo Baraquiel took the kick off in the first half of the match. Tommy Kahn was out of position in the 3 minute of play, and Leopoldo Baraquiel capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Leopoldo Baraquiel really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Fulvio Maria scored 2-0 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tommy Kahn, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Julio Garay took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Sachs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Rosario Central's zone, Albin Holweck stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Garay came out of the goal and Albin Holweck tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toni Martinovic in the 19th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn 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 Julio Garay was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Sachs in the 29th minute of play forced Rosario Central's goalkeeper Julio Garay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 34 minutes into the match, Leopoldo Baraquiel 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 Leopoldo Baraquiel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leopoldo Baraquiel got free with Tommy Kahn in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 41 played minutes Germany got a freekick which was hit by Sven Krakouer. Fulvio Maria didn't quite understand what happened when in the 42 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Leopoldo Baraquiel kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leopoldo Baraquiel got free with Tommy Kahn in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Frank Sachs was the one to do the kick off. Julio Garay took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Sachs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Garay made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Frank Sachs sent off a good shot on target. Julio Garay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Sachs in the 60th minute of play. Toto Mansilla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toto Mansilla in the 69th minute of play. Vilmantas Girdauskas made in the 74th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Claudio Cordera. Frank Sachs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Garay having to interfere. Frank Sachs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Julio Garay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albin Holweck in the 89th minute of play forced Rosario Central's goalkeeper Julio Garay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Albin Holweck had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 95th minute, Chris Mergenthaler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudio Cordera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rosario Central's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.