Challenge

Tamsus Miškas
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Saúl Gentiletti started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 3 minutes, Adrian Dreifuss mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Germany and the FC Žalia Giria players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 3rd minute, Adrian Dreifuss hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 5 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Saúl Gentiletti came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 6 played minutes FC Žalia Giria's Jack Grealish stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Tommy Kahn stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Germany of the goal. In the 8th minute of the match, Jack Grealish got a very nice opportunity to score, but Tommy Kahn was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Sven Krakouer lost his temper 11 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 11 minutes into the game, one of Germany:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After a long run with the ball, Avram Lupoaia did a trick in the 14th minute in front of Germany's goalkeeper, who threw himself to the side. After that it was simple to shoot 1-0. An impressive performance by FC Žalia Giria's Avram Lupoaia! 28 minutes into the match, FC Žalia Giria's goal looked a bit too open when Albin Holweck came free, but Adolfo Carrizo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute of the match Germany got a corner. FC Žalia Giria's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Frank Sachs ran over to the corner to take the kick. Chris Mergenthaler kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Adolfo Carrizo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulrich Stein, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Rokas Kavaliauskas's late challenge caught a Germany's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rokas Kavaliauskas helped the player get up and apologised. Rokas Kavaliauskas kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

FC Žalia Giria's Ramūnas Lipskis was substituted for Hikmet Lebib. After 56 played minutes FC Žalia Giria got a freekick which was hit by Astijus Orbakas. In the 58th match minute, FC Žalia Giria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evaldas Stulgys to maneuver through the defense. With an all-out effort, Germany's Adolfo Carrizo threw himself towards the right post 66 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Albin Holweck, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Germany were awarded a corner in the 67th minute after FC Žalia Giria's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Frank Sachs took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of FC Žalia Giria's goalie and right to Linus Schwerner. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. FC Žalia Giria's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 70th minute Astijus Orbakas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommy Kahn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, FC Žalia Giria's Astijus Orbakas got a free kick in the 71st minute. 72 minutes into the match, Germany's Frank Sachs sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Adolfo Carrizo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In a very dangerous position, a player in FC Žalia Giria fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 74th minute. Penalty! Malte Schiele hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. When Evaldas Stulgys fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Žalia Giria's protests and gave Evaldas Stulgys a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, FC Žalia Giria's Evaldas Stulgys got a free kick in the 93rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ramūnas Lipskis during the 97th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ramūnas Lipskis hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the Germany players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for FC Žalia Giria.