Challenge

Germany Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Stasio Bartoszek took the kick off in the first half of the match. After having played for 4 minutes, Frank Sachs managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Germany's supporters crossed their fingers, but Frank Sachs was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 6th match minute, Cuiavia Bydgoszcz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabian Pierz to maneuver through the defense. Stasio Bartoszek charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stasio Bartoszek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 7 played minutes Cuiavia Bydgoszcz got a freekick which was hit by Stasio Bartoszek. Jurand Wincek was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Albin Holweck showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 16 minute of play. After 20 minutes of play, Cuiavia Bydgoszcz's Stasio Bartoszek made it 1-1 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! Waldemar Walczak hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. After 26 minutes, Fabian Pierz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cuiavia Bydgoszcz and the Germany players grew even worse after the yellow card. 28 minutes into the game, Waldemar Walczak threw the ball into play from the sideline. Germany's Linus Schwerner quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 31st 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. Waldemar Walczak made in the 33rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Germany's Linus Schwerner. If Albin Holweck had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chris Mergenthaler's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jurand Wincek read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. Frank Sachs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Sachs to make the kick off. Cuiavia Bydgoszcz's Jurand Wincek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albin Holweck in the 54th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Sachs in the 55th minute of play forced Cuiavia Bydgoszcz's goalkeeper Jurand Wincek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 67 minutes into the match, Cuiavia Bydgoszcz's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Sachs came free, but Jurand Wincek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 67 played minutes Cuiavia Bydgoszcz got a freekick which was hit by Fabian Pierz. The crowd rose to their feet as Cuiavia Bydgoszcz's Igor Zaworski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tommy Kahn. That made the score 2-2 after 71 minutes of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Albin Holweck managed to get in a good position for a shot. Germany's supporters rose to their feet, but Albin Holweck was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jurand Wincek breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 91st minute Frank Sachs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jurand Wincek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Germany's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.