Challenge

AFB Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Weiß-Rot Frankfurt's Cherry Evans started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Ignacio Valerón managed to get in a good position for a shot. Weiß-Rot Frankfurt's supporters rose to their feet, but Ignacio Valerón was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fodor Daniel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pacho Raya hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Weiß-Rot Frankfurt's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Antal Valentin was slow to take the kick. During this time Hungary's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Hungary's Hegedus Henrik to fire away a dangerous shot which Birk Bodin despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Major Barna in the 9th minute of play forced Weiß-Rot Frankfurt's goalkeeper Birk Bodin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute Olaf Krumbein shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fodor Daniel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aldo Bauzá in the 15th minute of the match. Cherry Evans who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 21stth minute tested the skills of Fodor Daniel when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 23 minutes into the match, Hungary's goal looked a bit too open when Olaf Krumbein came free, but Fodor Daniel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fodor Daniel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olaf Krumbein in the 23rd minute of the match. Birk Bodin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antal Valentin, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Olaf Krumbein took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fodor Daniel. Fodor Daniel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. After some careless play in the Weiß-Rot Frankfurt defense, Major Barna kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Birk Bodin. The Weiß-Rot Frankfurt fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Birk Bodin should have stopped the shot. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Weiß-Rot Frankfurt's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Antal Valentin was slow to take the kick. During this time Hungary's players had a chance to rest. Takacs Tibor made a great header on Hungary's corner, it was just that Weiß-Rot Frankfurt's Birk Bodin managed to reach the ball for a save. Hungary's Fodor Daniel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Hungary from getting a goal against them. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hungary's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pacho Raya was slow to take the kick. During this time Weiß-Rot Frankfurt's players had a chance to rest. 42 minutes into the match, Weiß-Rot Frankfurt's goal looked a bit too open when Antal Valentin came free, but Birk Bodin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aldo Bauzá hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Major Barna might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Birk Bodin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Major Barna ran back to his position shaking his head. Birk Bodin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Major Barna in the 46th minute of play. In the 48th minute, Antal Valentin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Birk Bodin was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Antal Valentin made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Cherry Evans left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Weiß-Rot Frankfurt fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. In the 60th minute Olaf Krumbein shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Olaf Krumbein struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Fodor Daniel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Weiß-Rot Frankfurt. Fodor Daniel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Valerón, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Birk Bodin made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Major Barna sent off a good shot on target. After 78 minutes Weiß-Rot Frankfurt's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Antal Valentin who took care of the corner kick. Antal Valentin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Birk Bodin made a huge save. 85 minutes into the match, Weiß-Rot Frankfurt's Cherry Evans sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fodor Daniel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Hungary's Takacs Tibor got a free kick in the 88th minute. Weiß-Rot Frankfurt made a substitution. Albert Kreiser replaced Thomas Groppe. Weiß-Rot Frankfurt's Jonas König was substituted for Olaf Krumbein. In the 89th match minute, Hungary was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Takacs Tibor to maneuver through the defense. In the 90th minute Cherry Evans shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fodor Daniel came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Weiß-Rot Frankfurt's Jonas König. But to his dismay, Jonas König quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-3. The Weiß-Rot Frankfurt players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.