Challenge

Germany Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Frank Sachs kicked off to start the match. 2 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Yakov Blokhin came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind Новгород TS's goalkeeper Artem Kovtun, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viviano Baños, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 9th match minute, Новгород TS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodion Nikitin to maneuver through the defense. Artem Kovtun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albin Holweck in the 11th minute of play. Yakov Blokhin scored 0-1 in the 18th 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. In the 22nd minute, Mma Clan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tommy Kahn was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. If Yakov Blokhin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Viviano Baños in the 28th minute of play. 30 minutes into the game, Новгород TS's Mma Clan 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. Germany's Albin Holweck got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With his leg Artem Kovtun managed to avoid a goal in the 36thth minute, when Germany's Frank Sachs fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Refik Halit İribaş's late challenge caught a Germany's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Refik Halit İribaş helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Germany booed when Новгород TS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Refik Halit İribaş didn't get a good kick on the ball. During the 42nd minute of the match Refik Halit İribaş completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Refik Halit İribaş a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The Germany players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Новгород TS were winning 0-3.

The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Adrian Dreifuss during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Germany's Adrian Dreifuss got a free kick in the 54th minute. Chris Mergenthaler hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Viviano Baños fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommy Kahn having to interfere. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viviano Baños in the 59th minute of play. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viviano Baños, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 65 minutes into the match, Новгород TS's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Sachs came free, but Artem Kovtun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 66 minutes of play, Germany's Albin Holweck made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Artem Kovtun was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 73rd minute Viviano Baños 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. Artem Kovtun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Sachs in the 76th minute of play. In the 78th minute Frank Sachs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artem Kovtun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Artem Kovtun came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Germany's Albin Holweck. But to his dismay, Albin Holweck quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. After 87 played minutes Новгород TS's Mma Clan stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Tommy Kahn stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Germany of the goal. When Новгород TS's Viviano Baños, in the 91st minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Новгород TS. Viviano Baños received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Tommy Kahn tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mma Clan in the 95th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 96 minutes had been played when some careless play by Germany's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Georgiy Noskov was slow to take the kick. During this time Новгород TS's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Georgiy Noskov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tommy Kahn quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the match was over Новгород TS could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Germany throughout the match.