Challenge

Juventus Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. Tomas Dahlqvist started the match with the kick off. After 2 minutes of play, Germany's Albin Holweck made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thomas Ravelli was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 6 played minutes La vecchia signora got a freekick which was hit by Alf Bergström. Alf Bergström made in the 8th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Dominguez Codony. After some careless play in the La vecchia signora defense, Frank Sachs kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thomas Ravelli. The La vecchia signora fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thomas Ravelli should have stopped the shot. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dominguez Codony in the 13th minute of play. Albin Holweck hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. The supporters of La vecchia signora booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Malte Schiele didn't get a good kick on the ball. 19 minutes into the match, Frank Sachs notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of La vecchia signora's Thomas Ravelli. Thomas Ravelli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Frank Sachs during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Frank Sachs hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. In the 26th minute Frank Sachs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomas Ravelli 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 Tomas Dahlqvist went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. La vecchia signora's Tomas Dahlqvist got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 41st minute, Malte Schiele hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomas Dahlqvist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommy Kahn having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Per-Oskar Johansson got free with Tommy Kahn in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Frank Sachs was the one to do the kick off. Thomas Ravelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Sachs in the 53rd minute of the match. Frank Sachs blasted a shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Thomas Ravelli having to make a save. Germany were furious when Sven Krakouer was red carded, 56 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 55 minutes into the game, one of Germany:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Samuel Åström charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Samuel Åström the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 59th minute, Samuel Åström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the La vecchia signora defense, Ulrich Stein kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thomas Ravelli. The La vecchia signora fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thomas Ravelli should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Germany's Albin Holweck got a free kick in the 64th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dominguez Codony during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Germany booed when La vecchia signora was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dominguez Codony didn't get a good kick on the ball. La vecchia signora made a substitution. Isaac Eleder replaced Tomas Dahlqvist. The supporters of Germany booed when La vecchia signora was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dominguez Codony didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Albin Holweck hit a great ball. Germany's Janik Vogt got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dominguez Codony, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isaac Eleder in the 79th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alf Bergström kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match.