Challenge

Azadi Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Warner Anaya kicked off to start the match. Santos Perez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albin Holweck in the 3rd minute of play. Germany's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Frank Sachs in the 4th minute. A nice corner shot did that Adrian Dreifuss got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Santos Perez quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Santos Perez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Sachs in the 7th minute of the match. Santos Perez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Sachs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Persepolis F.C. fans' excitement grew in the 14th match minute when Persepolis F.C.'s Warner Anaya 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 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After some careless play in the Persepolis F.C. defense, Frank Sachs kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Santos Perez. The Persepolis F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Santos Perez should have stopped the shot. After having played for 22 minutes, Warner Anaya managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Persepolis F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Warner Anaya was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Santos Perez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Sachs in the 24th minute of the match. Tommy Kahn didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Warner Anaya went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Germany's Tommy Kahn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Germany from getting a goal against them. Santos Perez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albin Holweck in the 38th minute of the match. Tommy Kahn made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Warner Anaya sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arden Poulin got free with Tommy Kahn in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Frank Sachs to strike the kick off in the second half. Persepolis F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dominic Delgado in the 56th minute. A very nice done corner allowed Arden Poulin to score against Tommy Kahn in Germany's goal. 3-1 after 56 minutes. Frank Sachs blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Santos Perez having to make a save. After having played for 63 minutes, Warner Anaya managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Persepolis F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Warner Anaya was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Warner Anaya, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. After a rather tough play, Germany's Sven Krakouer got a free kick in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arden Poulin in the 71st minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 76 played minutes Germany got a freekick which was hit by Ulrich Stein. Janik Vogt hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. 83 minutes into the match, Warner Anaya 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 Warner Anaya was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. A collision led to Persepolis F.C. getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Gwidon Seliga hit a great ball. If Albin Holweck had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Frank Sachs might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Santos Perez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Frank Sachs ran back to his position shaking his head.