Challenge

Puszcza Bukowa
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gianluca Lapadula made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Gianluca Lapadula 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 1-0. Frank Sachs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jerzy Dudek having to interfere. After 11 minutes, Gianluca Lapadula made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. Germany's Tommy Kahn tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 14th minute, Willy Stieler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 17 minutes into the match, Gianluca Lapadula had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tommy Kahn. Germany's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gianluca Lapadula was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. A sloppy throw-in by Linus Schwerner in the 27th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by KS Bukowe's Tobiasz Moryl. Willy Stieler made in the 31st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Albin Holweck immediately put the ball in play. The crowd rose to their feet as KS Bukowe's Gianluca Lapadula slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tommy Kahn. That made the score 4-0 after 32 minutes of play. A collision led to KS Bukowe getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Jan Zgonina hit a great ball. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gianluca Lapadula, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Frank Sachs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jerzy Dudek having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Frank Sachs stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, KS Bukowe's Jerzy Dudek got control of the ball when Frank Sachs tried to sneak it across the goal line. 55 minutes into the game, Gianluca Lapadula 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. When Albin Holweck came up free with the goalie in the 58th 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. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by KS Bukowe's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Frank Sachs was slow to take the kick. During this time Germany's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Germany's corner Frank Sachs fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jerzy Dudek quite easily take care of the ball. After 65 minutes of play, Germany's Frank Sachs made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jerzy Dudek was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gianluca Lapadula, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gianluca Lapadula, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gianluca Lapadula in the 76th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Germany's Albin Holweck got a free kick in the 77th minute. KS Bukowe's Gianluca Lapadula got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 86 minutes into the match, KS Bukowe's Gianluca Lapadula sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tommy Kahn narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 87th minute of the match KS Bukowe got a corner. Germany's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Stanislao Kuparinen ran over to the corner to take the kick. 89 minutes into the game, Malte Schiele was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Germany's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave KS Bukowe the free kick. Malte Schiele hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. KS Bukowe were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Germany for a fine match.