Challenge

Pepsi Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Edward Fransson started the match with the kick off. Sven-Arne Pihlgren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Sachs in the 3rd minute of the match. Edward Fransson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommy Kahn having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Sachs in the 8th minute of play forced FC Pepsi's goalkeeper Sven-Arne Pihlgren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sven-Arne Pihlgren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Sachs in the 10th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Edward Fransson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tommy Kahn was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. After 18 minutes, Edwin Lundkvist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Pepsi and the Germany players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 18th match minute, FC Pepsi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edwin Lundkvist to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Adrian Dreifuss hit a great ball. With a little luck, Germany's Tommy Kahn got control of the ball when Håkan Johnsson tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 30 minutes Germany's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Harald Ek who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on FC Pepsi's corner Harald Ek fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tommy Kahn quite easily take care of the ball. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Fransson, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Frank Sachs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Sachs in the 43rd minute of play forced FC Pepsi's goalkeeper Sven-Arne Pihlgren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Sachs in the 46th minute of play forced FC Pepsi's goalkeeper Sven-Arne Pihlgren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 48th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Pepsi's goalkeeper Sven-Arne Pihlgren, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Sachs to make the kick off. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arne Blomqvist in the 53rd minute of play. Edwin Lundkvist was shown his second yellow card after 54 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Edwin Lundkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. A hard shot 58 in the game by Frank Sachs from a close distance when the talented Sven-Arne Pihlgren managed to make a qualified save. FC Pepsi's players were relieved. After 68 played minutes FC Pepsi got a freekick which was hit by Ingvar Albäck. The supporters of FC Pepsi booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Frank Sachs didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Håkan Johnsson during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Germany booed when FC Pepsi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Håkan Johnsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Albin Holweck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 79th match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frank Sachs to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute of the match Germany got a corner. FC Pepsi'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. Germany's Linus Schwerner was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Sven-Arne Pihlgren in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to FC Pepsi getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Arne Blomqvist hit a great ball. If Frank Sachs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Germany eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.