Challenge

DECUIPE
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kurt van der Laan started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Julias Rascals Apeldoorn getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Karel Kimman hit a great ball. In the 6th minute, Kurt van der Laan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Julias Rascals Apeldoorn fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Basarab Alexandru kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. In the 15th minute, Karel Kimman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kurt van der Laan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute, Johan Saveneij had to leave the field with a concussion. Adrian Dreifuss's late challenge caught a Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adrian Dreifuss helped the player get up and apologised. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Zebastian Bergfeldt was substituted for Johan Saveneij. Adrian Dreifuss kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. With a little luck, Germany's Tommy Kahn got control of the ball when Kurt van der Laan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tommy Kahn was out of position in the 25 minute of play, and Kurt van der Laan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Kurt van der Laan really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. The audience was convinced that Jan de Vlieger's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tommy Kahn was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Serge Frankena received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tommy Kahn came out and tried to block the shot, but Serge Frankena slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 35th minute. In the 39th match minute, Julias Rascals Apeldoorn was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norbert Skrzypek to maneuver through the defense. A nice corner shot did that Frank Sachs got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ralph Roeles quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The wind increased when Frank Sachs made the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's goalkeeper Ralph Roeles had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Frank Sachs. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kurt van der Laan, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Ralph Roeles made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Frank Sachs sent off a good shot on target. 61 minutes into the game, Karel Kimman was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Germany the free kick. In the 61st minute, Karel Kimman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 62nd minute Albin Holweck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ralph Roeles saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Germany's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Frank Sachs in the 63rd minute. Frank Sachs made a great header on Germany's corner, it was just that Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Ralph Roeles managed to reach the ball for a save. 66 minutes into the match, Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's goal looked a bit too open when Albin Holweck came free, but Ralph Roeles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 67 played minutes Germany got a freekick which was hit by Chris Mergenthaler. In the 70th minute Bengt Petersson 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 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bengt Petersson went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. In the 74th minute, Serge Frankena 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. After a rather tough play, Germany's Adrian Dreifuss got a free kick in the 77th minute. In the 84th match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sven Krakouer to maneuver through the defense. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan de Vlieger in the 87th minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Jan de Vlieger left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Julias Rascals Apeldoorn fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. In the 94th minute, Jan de Vlieger 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 7-0. The audience was convinced that Kurt van der Laan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tommy Kahn was relentless in the 97th minute of the game. When the referee ended the match the Julias Rascals Apeldoorn players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.