Challenge

Bobota Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dragutin Vasiljević started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Chris Mergenthaler hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dragutin Vasiljević got free with Tommy Kahn in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Frank Sachs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kanarinci'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. 28 minutes into the game, Germany's Frank Sachs nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vlaho Modrah made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 31st match minute, Kanarinci was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dragutin Vasiljević to maneuver through the defense. Vlaho Modrah made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Sachs in the 35th minute of play. If Albin Holweck had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Toni Šimić made in the 44th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Bruno Dragišić immediately put the ball in play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Frank Sachs stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albin Holweck in the 52nd minute of play forced Kanarinci's goalkeeper Vlaho Modrah to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Chris Mergenthaler hit a great ball. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Sven Krakouer hit a great ball. In the 61st minute, Frank Sachs made a precise shot to the right of Vlaho Modrah. Kanarinci's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 64th minute, Adolf Krnić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 76th minute, Radoslav Ivanković left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kanarinci fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Frank Sachs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vlaho Modrah having to interfere. With an all-out effort, Germany's Vlaho Modrah threw himself towards the right post 80 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Albin Holweck, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a rather tough play, Kanarinci's Adolf Krnić got a free kick in the 81st minute. In the 83rd minute of the game Adolf Krnić made a throw-in which Toni Šimić played forward. A collision led to Kanarinci getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Adolf Krnić hit a great ball. Kanarinci's Vlaho Modrah proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Kanarinci from getting a goal against them. When Adrian Dreifuss fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Germany's protests and gave Adrian Dreifuss a yellow card for diving instead. Tommy Kahn didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Kanarinci's Petar Krile shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-3 in the ordered_time% minute. The Germany supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Germany would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.