Challenge

JUVENTUS Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bengt-Åke Pilberg started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes of play, Juventus FC's Bengt-Åke Pilberg made it 1-0 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! In the 9th minute Albin Holweck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olexiy Stus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bengt-Åke Pilberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tommy Kahn stood somewhat misplaced when Bengt-Åke Pilberg came free in front of goal and shot 2-0 to the left of him in the 12 minute. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Juventus FC's Bengt-Åke Pilberg. But to his dismay, Bengt-Åke Pilberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Germany's Tommy Kahn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Germany from getting a goal against them. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bengt-Åke Pilberg in the 26th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the game, Bengt-Åke Pilberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Tommy Kahn was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 34 played minutes Germany got a freekick which was hit by Sven Krakouer. It was beautiful to see Juventus FC's Rodion Tsernienko in action when he in the 36th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! With a little luck, Germany's Tommy Kahn got control of the ball when Bengt-Åke Pilberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of Juventus FC booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Frank Sachs didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 47th minute of the match Gaspar Laredo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tommy Kahn showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball.

Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bengt-Åke Pilberg in the 52nd minute of play. A throw-in in the 58th minute of the game was made by Rodion Tsernienko with Gaspar Laredo as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 61 minutes into the game, Juventus FC's Jan Motyka nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tommy Kahn made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Juventus FC made a substitution. Robertinho Baggio replaced Bengt-Åke Pilberg. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robertinho Baggio in the 68th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Robertinho Baggio in the 68th 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. Robertinho Baggio blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tommy Kahn having to make a save. Tommy Kahn didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gaspar Laredo went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. If Jan Motyka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Robertinho Baggio took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tommy Kahn. Tommy Kahn dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. In the 87th match minute, Juventus FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jan Motyka to maneuver through the defense. After 87 played minutes Juventus FC got a freekick which was hit by Rodion Tsernienko. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Albin Holweck hit a great ball. Gaspar Laredo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommy Kahn having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tanek Kiewra during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 93rd match minute, Juventus FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tanek Kiewra to maneuver through the defense. Germany's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.