Challenge

Kotetsi
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Argyris Kountouriotis got the match started through his kick off. Willy Stieler kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Iakovos Ksiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albin Holweck in the 5th minute of play. In the 9th minute Frank Sachs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iakovos Ksiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Frank Sachs succeeded in the game's 10th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. 13 minutes into the game, Chris Mergenthaler 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 Kolopetinitsa the free kick. Argyris Kountouriotis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommy Kahn having to interfere. Vassilis Bogdanos charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vassilis Bogdanos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 17th minute, Vassilis Bogdanos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Frank Sachs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Iakovos Ksiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Kolopetinitsa booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Albin Holweck didn't get a good kick on the ball. Germany's defense didn't have a chance, in the 23rd minute, when Argyris Kountouriotis scored to the left of an out of position Tommy Kahn, making the score, 1-1. Frank Sachs took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iakovos Ksiros. Iakovos Ksiros dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. The audience was convinced that Frank Sachs's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iakovos Ksiros was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. After 35 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Kolopetinitsa! In the 38th minute there was a penalty for Germany. Frank Sachs stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Iakovos Ksiros. 1-3. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Albin Holweck hit a great ball. Frank Sachs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Frank Sachs stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Kolopetinitsa getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Dionysis Salaggoudis hit a great ball. Iakovos Ksiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albin Holweck in the 55th minute of the match. In the 56th minute of the match Germany got a corner. Kolopetinitsa's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Frank Sachs ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Sven Krakouer heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Frank Sachs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iakovos Ksiros having to interfere. The throw-in from Dionysis Salaggoudis in the 63rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Germany's Linus Schwerner. Iakovos Ksiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albin Holweck in the 65th minute of the match. Frank Sachs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Iakovos Ksiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Linus Schwerner in the 70th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Kolopetinitsa's Dionysis Salaggoudis. Frank Sachs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iakovos Ksiros having to interfere. Iakovos Ksiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrian Dreifuss in the 82nd minute of the match. Albin Holweck kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Iakovos Ksiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albin Holweck, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. If Frank Sachs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the final whistle sounded Germany left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Kolopetinitsa.