Challenge

El Bajo
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cristiano Ronaldinho took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Cristiano Ronaldinho 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 Cristiano Ronaldinho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gery Suprana, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 11th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime Benvide in the 19th minute of the match. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Germany's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jaime Benvide was slow to take the kick. During this time Juventud Unida S L's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Jaime Benvide got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tommy Kahn quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 21st minute, Jesus Errando 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 3-0. Juventud Unida S L's Diego Larra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Sachs in the 24th minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jesus Errando. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Janik Vogt during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Cristiano Ronaldinho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Juventud Unida S L's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristiano Ronaldinho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tommy Kahn breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 40th minute, Cristiano Ronaldinho made a precise shot to the right of Tommy Kahn. Germany's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 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. Adrian Dreifuss kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tommy Kahn prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristiano Ronaldinho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tommy Kahn didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Juventud Unida S L's Frits Kerselaers shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Adrian Dreifuss hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 70th minute Frits Kerselaers 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. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 72nd minute of play. After 78 minutes of play, Juventud Unida S L's Cristiano Ronaldinho made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tommy Kahn was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frits Kerselaers in the 82nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Juventud Unida S L's Marcelo Díaz got a free kick in the 83rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gery Suprana in the 87th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chris Mergenthaler charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Chris Mergenthaler the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 96th match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chris Mergenthaler to maneuver through the defense. When the referee ended the match the Juventud Unida S L players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.