Challenge

Jose Alberto Ventura
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yan de Sousa started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Frank Sachs's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armando Lehoi was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Willy Stieler hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Germany's zone, Alvaro Gai stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal and Alvaro Gai tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Yan de Sousa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommy Kahn having to interfere. 14 minutes into the game, Zigor Villamor was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. venturinha F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Germany the free kick. Alvaro Gai struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Tommy Kahn didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for venturinha F.C.. In the 28th minute, Yan de Sousa made a precise shot to the right of Tommy Kahn. Germany's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Frank Sachs might have been able to make a better finish in the 36th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Armando Lehoi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Frank Sachs ran back to his position shaking his head. Esteban Fuertes scored 3-0 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tommy Kahn, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Yan de Sousa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yan de Sousa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Tommy Kahn tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Sachs to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, venturinha F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Frank Sachs came free, but Armando Lehoi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to venturinha F.C. getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Alvaro Gai hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Germany defense, Esteban Fuertes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tommy Kahn. The Germany fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tommy Kahn should have stopped the shot. Frank Sachs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Armando Lehoi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 67th minute, Esteban Fuertes got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Esteban Fuertes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The throw-in from Saul Arano in the 76th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Germany's Janik Vogt. 83 minutes into the match, Germany's Frank Sachs sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Armando Lehoi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 85 played minutes Germany got a freekick which was hit by Adrian Dreifuss. In the 86th minute, Alvaro Gai sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Germany's Tommy Kahn didn't even have to move. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yan de Sousa, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. 95 minutes into the match, venturinha F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Albin Holweck came free, but Armando Lehoi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Linus Schwerner during the 97th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Germany's Linus Schwerner got a free kick in the 97th minute. venturinha F.C. walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.