Challenge

Germany Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Frank Sachs took the kick off in the first half of the match. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusebius Smolarek, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. The audience was convinced that Junior Shevchenko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tommy Kahn was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. 14 minutes into the match, Junior Shevchenko notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Germany's Tommy Kahn. Tommy Kahn was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Frank Sachs in the 18thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Dietbald Ströbele, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ed 冯义升 in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tommy Kahn saved Germany from getting behind. The Manchester United FC fans' excitement grew in the 20th match minute when Manchester United FC's Ed 冯义升 looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Eusebius Smolarek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 30th minute Manchester United FC were awarded a corner. Trifon Ivanov went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 31st minute, Eusebius Smolarek left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Manchester United FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 36 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Junior Shevchenko came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Yan Yuan Shi made in the 37th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Bogdan Mangúrov immediately put the ball in play. After 41 minutes of play, Manchester United FC's Eusebius Smolarek made it 0-4 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! After the first half Manchester United FC were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eusebius Smolarek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 52 minutes Germany's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Trifon Ivanov who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Manchester United FC's corner Trifon Ivanov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tommy Kahn quite easily take care of the ball. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusebius Smolarek, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. 56 minutes into the match, Frank Sachs had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dietbald Ströbele. Manchester United FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Frank Sachs was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. In the 59th minute, Krum Tabov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eusebius Smolarek charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eusebius Smolarek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 73rd minute Eusebius Smolarek 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. 76 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmet Haşim Temizhan came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eusebius Smolarek in the 80th minute of play. 81 minutes into the match, Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ed 冯义升. Germany's Tommy Kahn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Germany from getting a goal against them. Junior Shevchenko's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 86thth minute, Tommy Kahn skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Junior Shevchenko came free with the goalkeeper in the 88th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Tommy Kahn could save by the left post. Eusebius Smolarek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Tommy Kahn tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.