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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mark Olsson in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 5th minute, Firma Barnängen's Humberto Alcaraz ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tommy Kahn. Tommy Kahn yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 8th 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. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Mark Olsson took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Tommy Kahn to make any attempt to save it. Frank Sachs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Rune Söder tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Frank Sachs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tommy Kahn made an important save on a dangerous shot by Humberto Alcaraz in the 21st minute. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mark Olsson in the 26th minute of play. Rune Söder took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Sachs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Willy Stieler hit a great ball. 38 minutes into the match, Firma Barnängen's Matthias Ekström broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Germany's defense didn't have a chance, in the 39th minute, when Mark Olsson scored to the left of an out of position Tommy Kahn, making the score, 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Sachs in the 45th 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 referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mark Olsson made a kick off. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filipe Beradze, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Frank Sachs took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Rune Söder to make any attempt to save it. In the 64th minute, Adrian Dreifuss hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mark Olsson in the 67th minute of the match. In the 72nd match minute, Firma Barnängen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andreas Stolpe to maneuver through the defense. Frank Sachs blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rune Söder having to make a save. 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 77th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Germany's Adrian Dreifuss got a free kick in the 78th minute. Mark Olsson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 84th minute of the match Firma Barnängen got a corner. Germany's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Matthias Ekström ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Firma Barnängen's corner Matthias Ekström fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tommy Kahn quite easily take care of the ball. In the 87th 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. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Firma Barnängen had played much better football throughout.