Challenge

Germany Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Frank Sachs got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rdth minute of the game Maksim Lobanovskiy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Germany's Tommy Kahn was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 6 minutes into the game, Sven Krakouer 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 FC GAZprom the free kick. The supporters of FC GAZprom booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sven Krakouer didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 7th minute, Miron Kalashnikov 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. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maksim Lobanovskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. In the 15th minute Albin Holweck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adélio Camargo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 23 minutes into the game, FC GAZprom's Noah Gessen 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, 1-1. 28 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Maksim Lobanovskiy came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maksim Lobanovskiy in the 28th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Albin Holweck hit a great ball. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by FC GAZprom's Noah Gessen. But to his dismay, Noah Gessen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maksim Lobanovskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Adélio Camargo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albin Holweck in the 37th minute of play. After a rather tough play, FC GAZprom's Artur Tyulenin got a free kick in the 38th minute. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC GAZprom's goalkeeper Adélio Camargo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maksim Lobanovskiy in the 41st minute of play. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maksim Lobanovskiy in the 42nd minute of the match. A throw-in in the 44th minute of the game was made by Mikhail Bezyazykov with Noah Gessen as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 46th minute Maksim Lobanovskiy 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. In the 46th minute Maksim Lobanovskiy 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. The Germany players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC GAZprom were winning 1-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Maksim Lobanovskiy made a kick off. Ilya Derevschikov made in the 54th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Noah Gessen immediately put the ball in play. FC GAZprom's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Miron Kalashnikov in the 60th minute. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Maksim Lobanovskiy advanced and headed the ball into goal, 1-5 in the 61st minute. Albin Holweck kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Germany's Tommy Kahn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Germany from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Maksim Lobanovskiy got free with Tommy Kahn in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 71st match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adrian Dreifuss to maneuver through the defense. In the 74th minute of the match, Sergey Dorofeev tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Tommy Kahn saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. FC GAZprom's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Miron Kalashnikov in the 75th minute. In the 76th minute, Ilya Derevschikov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Germany's Adrian Dreifuss got a free kick in the 77th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Noah Gessen managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC GAZprom's supporters rose to their feet, but Noah Gessen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tommy Kahn breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maksim Lobanovskiy in the 83rd minute of play. Tommy Kahn was out of position in the 84 minute of play, and Noah Gessen capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Noah Gessen really showed his touch with that goal: 1-7. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albin Holweck in the 88th minute of play forced FC GAZprom's goalkeeper Adélio Camargo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maksim Lobanovskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. In the 94th minute, Maksim Lobanovskiy 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 1-8. The Germany fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. FC GAZprom were clearly better and deserved to take the win.