Challenge

Germany Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Manole Frunză kicked off to start the match. Germany's Frank Sachs got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Germany's Willy Stieler got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 10th match minute, Rovine Craiova was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gustaw Rasialdo to maneuver through the defense. Kacper Štilić charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kacper Štilić the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Rovine Craiova getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Kacper Štilić hit a great ball. In the 21st minute, Manole Frunză made a precise shot to the right of Tommy Kahn. Germany's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shen Xi Bang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 27 minutes into the match, Rovine Craiova's Shen Xi Bang sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tommy Kahn narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manole Frunză in the 28th minute of play. Jyrki Saarelainen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Alexandru Tudorică managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rovine Craiova's supporters rose to their feet, but Alexandru Tudorică was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tommy Kahn breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Frank Sachs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 41st minute Alexandru Tudorică 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. 41 minutes into the game, Rovine Craiova's Alexandru Tudorică 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, 0-3. Gustaw Rasialdo hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When Albin Holweck came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Germany fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Albin Holweck couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Rovine Craiova getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Gustaw Rasialdo hit a great ball. Cosmin Iacobeanu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Sachs, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Sven Krakouer kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Adrian Dreifuss took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 62nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cosmin Iacobeanu. Rovine Craiova's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 65th minute Shen Xi Bang 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. Cosmin Iacobeanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Sachs in the 68th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Manole Frunză got free with Tommy Kahn in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Manole Frunză might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tommy Kahn. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Manole Frunză ran back to his position shaking his head. 75 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Shen Xi Bang came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Frank Sachs's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cosmin Iacobeanu was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. With his leg Tommy Kahn managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when Rovine Craiova's Manole Frunză fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 80th minute Manole Frunză 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. Sven Krakouer hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 88th minute Jyrki Saarelainen 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. 90 minutes into the match, Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Manole Frunză. Tommy Kahn was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Shen Xi Bang showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-4 in the 92 minute of play. When the match was over Rovine Craiova could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Germany throughout the match.