Challenge

Morena Garden
Spectators: 51 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Frank Sachs got the match started through his kick off. Aquiles Gana could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Tommy Kahn made a huge save. After 7 minutes of play, AC Morena's Álvaro Fonseca made it 1-0 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! AC Morena's Aquiles Gana was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 11th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Dražen Ladić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Sachs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Janik Vogt's late challenge caught a AC Morena's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Janik Vogt helped the player get up and apologised. Janik Vogt kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Aquiles Gana took the ball and in the 22 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tommy Kahn. Tommy Kahn dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aquiles Gana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Frank Sachs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Dražen Ladić tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 31 minutes into the match, AC Morena's Álvaro Fonseca sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tommy Kahn narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 32 minutes into the game, Cristoforo Labate cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Tommy Kahn was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tommy Kahn stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aquiles Gana's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. Malte Schiele kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, AC Morena's Tommy Kahn threw himself towards the right post 39 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Álvaro Fonseca, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Ercole Carosella sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Janik Vogt kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. AC Morena's Álvaro Fonseca got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Malte Schiele hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Aquiles Gana to strike the kick off in the second half. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aquiles Gana in the 54th minute of the match. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aquiles Gana in the 55th minute of play. Cristoforo Labate fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommy Kahn having to interfere. Ferdinando De Simone made in the 62nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Aldo Di Biagio. 66 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Álvaro Fonseca came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aquiles Gana fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommy Kahn having to interfere. Aquiles Gana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aquiles Gana in the 77th 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 Aquiles Gana in the 78th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristoforo Labate in the 81st minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ferdinando De Simone made in the 85th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Aldo Di Biagio. After 88 minutes Germany's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Álvaro Fonseca who took care of the corner kick. Aquiles Gana recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. AC Morena walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.