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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mark Olsson in the 5th minute of play. Frank Sachs recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 9th minute Frank Sachs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rune Söder saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 9 played minutes Firma Barnängen got a freekick which was hit by Andreas Stolpe. After a rather tough play, Germany's Willy Stieler got a free kick in the 12th minute. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Stolpe in the 13th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Firma Barnängen's Matthias Ekström slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tommy Kahn. That made the score 1-0 after 18 minutes of play. When Filipe Beradze came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Firma Barnängen 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 Filipe Beradze couldn't finish the play. Frank Sachs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rune Söder having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Mark Olsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tommy Kahn was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Sachs in the 28th minute of play forced Firma Barnängen's goalkeeper Rune Söder to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Mark Olsson put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Tommy Kahn. Filipe Beradze fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommy Kahn having to interfere. The supporters of Firma Barnängen booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Frank Sachs didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Humberto Alcaraz got free with Tommy Kahn in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albin Holweck in the 44th minute of play forced Firma Barnängen's goalkeeper Rune Söder to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mark Olsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Tommy Kahn tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Humberto Alcaraz in the 52nd minute of play. Rune Söder stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Frank Sachs's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Rune Söder was a little too slow when Frank Sachs got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 56th minute. The score was now 2-1. Albin Holweck kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, Firma Barnängen's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Sachs came free, but Rune Söder reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Germany's Frank Sachs slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rune Söder. That made the score 2-2 after 66 minutes of play. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mark Olsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rune Söder made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Frank Sachs sent off a good shot on target. In the 76th match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Janik Vogt to maneuver through the defense. After 77 played minutes Germany got a freekick which was hit by Willy Stieler. Firma Barnängen's Humberto Alcaraz got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mark Olsson in the 95th minute of play. Despite being the better team, Firma Barnängen failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.