Challenge

Stadio San Peretto
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Chris Mergenthaler during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Chris Mergenthaler hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Rein Visscher's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tommy Kahn was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Malte Schiele made in the 7th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Frank Sachs immediately put the ball in play. Frank Trombetta made in the 9th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Germany's Adrian Dreifuss. Rein Visscher received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tommy Kahn came out and tried to block the shot, but Rein Visscher slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 12th minute. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by Germany's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Filippo Tassotti was slow to take the kick. During this time Fighting Burning Hearts's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Filippo Tassotti almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Germany's Tommy Kahn did a great save. Albin Holweck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 29th minute, Rein Visscher reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tommy Kahn. The goal made the score 2-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Fighting Burning Hearts's Rein Visscher slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tommy Kahn. That made the score 3-0 after 32 minutes of play. In the 37th minute, Fighting Burning Hearts's Rein Visscher ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tommy Kahn. Tommy Kahn yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-0. 43 minutes into the match, Rein Visscher dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Tommy Kahn, 5-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Sachs to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Rein Visscher left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fighting Burning Hearts fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Fighting Burning Hearts's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Filippo Tassotti in the 61st minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Germany's goalie and right to Frank Trombetta. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Germany's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 67th minute Albin Holweck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Crisantemo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Sven Krakouer in the 73rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Fighting Burning Hearts's Murat Selim Nejat. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rein Visscher in the 74th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rein Visscher in the 75th minute of play. Chris Mergenthaler made in the 78th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Frank Sachs immediately put the ball in play. 80 minutes into the game, Fighting Burning Hearts's Rein Visscher 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, 7-0. 84 minutes into the match, Fighting Burning Hearts's Rein Visscher sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tommy Kahn narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 84th match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chris Mergenthaler to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute, Rein Visscher left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fighting Burning Hearts fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. In the 88th minute, Rein Visscher 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 9-0. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rein Visscher, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rein Visscher in the 93rd minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rein Visscher's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tommy Kahn read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 95th minute of play. There was no doubt that Fighting Burning Hearts were the better team. Fighting Burning Hearts's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.