Challenge

Lusail
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, 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. Lionel-Andrés Messi started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Germany defense, Lionel-Andrés Messi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tommy Kahn. The Germany fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tommy Kahn should have stopped the shot. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leandro Paredes in the 10th minute of play. Albin Holweck kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Lautaro Martinez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Albin Holweck kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Lionel-Andrés Messi made a precise shot to the right of Tommy Kahn. Germany's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. With an all-out effort, La Scaloneta's Tommy Kahn threw himself towards the right post 21 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Lionel-Andrés Messi, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Through an outstanding action, after 31 minutes, Tommy Kahn successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Germany's Tommy Kahn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Germany from getting a goal against them. If Frank Sachs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adolfo Lohitzun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Sachs in the 39th minute of the match. In the 41st minute of the match Germany got a corner. La Scaloneta's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Frank Sachs ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a defensive mix-up in Germany's zone, Lautaro Martinez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal and Lautaro Martinez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

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. Marcos Acuña hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. In the 54th minute, Frank Sachs got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Frank Sachs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 62 minutes into the match, Lautaro Martinez notched a goal, 4-0, 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. 68 minutes into the game, Lautaro Martinez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Tommy Kahn was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Martinez in the 75th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lautaro Martinez scored 7-0 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tommy Kahn, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of La Scaloneta booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adrian Dreifuss didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by La Scaloneta's Lionel-Andrés Messi. But to his dismay, Lionel-Andrés Messi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. La Scaloneta's Ángel-Fabián Di María was substituted for Leandro Paredes. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Martinez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 88 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Lionel-Andrés Messi came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paulo Dybala fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommy Kahn having to interfere. 93 minutes into the match, Lionel-Andrés Messi notched a goal, 9-0, 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. Lionel-Andrés Messi succeeded in the game's 96th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 10-0.