Challenge

Joe Valacci Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Frank Sachs started the match with the kick off. Kajetan Gregorczyk kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Stanislaw Budzyn kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Janik Vogt hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Albin Holweck managed to get in a good position for a shot. Germany's supporters rose to their feet, but Albin Holweck was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Iwan Nakoneczny breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Iwan Nakoneczny stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Frank Sachs's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. Chris Mergenthaler hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Igor Furgal made a kick off. In the 53rd minute, Igor Furgal 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 1-0. Iwan Nakoneczny showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albin Holweck in the 56th minute of the match. In the 57th minute of the match, Frank Sachs got a very nice opportunity to score, but Iwan Nakoneczny was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 58 played minutes Germany got a freekick which was hit by Willy Stieler. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ryszard Jarosiewicz in the 62nd minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kliczek&Syn'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. A nice corner shot did that Adrian Dreifuss got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Iwan Nakoneczny quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Albin Holweck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Frank Sachs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iwan Nakoneczny having to interfere. Kajetan Gregorczyk got a throw-in 71 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Ryszard Jarosiewicz. The supporters of Kliczek&Syn booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adrian Dreifuss didn't get a good kick on the ball. 83 minutes into the game, Kliczek&Syn's Igor Furgal nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tommy Kahn made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Leonard Parzysz kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Sven Krakouer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chris Mergenthaler made in the 90th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Kliczek&Syn's Leonard Parzysz. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Furgal in the 91st minute of play. When the referee ended the match the Kliczek&Syn players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.