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 Gennadiy Demyanenko got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute, Chris Mergenthaler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frank Sachs got free with Oriche Vega in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Albin Holweck charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Albin Holweck the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Albin Holweck hit a great ball. In the 6th minute of the match José Carlos Campidelis sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tommy Kahn skillfully saved the ball. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Malte Schiele hit a great ball. 10 minutes into the match, Mikhail Ignatov notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Germany's Tommy Kahn. Tommy Kahn was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mikhail Ignatov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 19th minute, Gennadiy Demyanenko 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. 23 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Leonid Malafeev came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Krasnodar FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Mikhail Ignatov hit a great ball. Oriche Vega made an important save on a dangerous shot by Frank Sachs in the 26th minute. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arkadiy Dorenskiy in the 27th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Sachs in the 29th minute of play forced Krasnodar FC's goalkeeper Oriche Vega to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikhail Ignatov in the 32nd minute of the match. 37 minutes into the game, one of Krasnodar FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 38 minutes, Germany's Frank Sachs got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Oriche Vega. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikhail Ignatov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mikhail Ignatov took the ball and in the 42 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 1-3. If Mikhail Ignatov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Artur Saldanha kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. After having played for 48 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.

The wind increased when Frank Sachs made the kick off in the second half. Albin Holweck received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Oriche Vega tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mikhail Ignatov 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. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiy Dorenskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Frank Sachs in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Oriche Vega prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 70 minutes in the game Isidoros Pantelakis did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Andrey Aganin. 71 minutes into the match, Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leonid Malafeev. In the 72nd match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Malte Schiele to maneuver through the defense. Tommy Kahn made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Gennadiy Demyanenko sent off a good shot on target. Oriche Vega made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Sachs in the 86th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 88 minutes, Tommy Kahn successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. José Carlos Campidelis kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. During the 93rd minute of the match Albin Holweck completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Albin Holweck a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Albin Holweck hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Tommy Kahn was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gennadiy Demyanenko showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-5 in the 95 minute of play. When the match was over Krasnodar FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Germany throughout the match.