Challenge

X-files Arena
Spectators: 51 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Teemu Valkealahti made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the game, Germany's Frank Sachs nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rami Lehto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Frank Sachs's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rami Lehto was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Rami Lehto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albin Holweck in the 10th minute of play. Linus Schwerner hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Rami Lehto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Sachs in the 15th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Palloketut's Eevert Hati got a free kick in the 17th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albin Holweck in the 20th minute of play forced Palloketut's goalkeeper Rami Lehto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Frank Sachs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rami Lehto having to interfere. The throw-in from Ulrich Stein in the 24th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Palloketut's Eevert Hati. After having played for 27 minutes, Albin Holweck managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Germany's supporters crossed their fingers, but Albin Holweck was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 28th minute, Frank Sachs ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rami Lehto was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Palloketut's attentive Eevert Hati managed to snatch the ball when Janik Vogt made a throw-in in the 32nd minute of the game. Frank Sachs struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Rami Lehto didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Germany. Rami Lehto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albin Holweck in the 38th minute of the match. Germany were awarded a corner in the 39th minute after Palloketut's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Frank Sachs took the corner. Eevert Hati thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Rami Lehto, a very annoying self made goal in the 40th minute which led to 0-3. Frank Sachs recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Malte Schiele made in the 45th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Frank Sachs however managed to control. 47 minutes into the game, Chris Mergenthaler cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Rami Lehto was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Frank Sachs got free with Rami Lehto in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 55th minute, Albin Holweck got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 59th minute, Chris Mergenthaler ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rami Lehto was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Albin Holweck received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rami Lehto came out and tried to block the shot, but Albin Holweck slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 64th minute. The throw-in from Linus Schwerner in the 69th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Palloketut's Henrik Jämsen. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Frank Sachs took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Rami Lehto to make any attempt to save it. Chris Mergenthaler got a throw-in 90 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Frank Sachs. When Frank Sachs came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Germany fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Frank Sachs couldn't finish the play. Germany's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.