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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Frank Sachs took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 2nd minute, 严然烨 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 陆鸿强 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Sachs in the 5th minute of the match. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Willy Stieler hit a great ball. 9 minutes into the match, Adriano Lancia notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Germany's Tommy Kahn. Tommy Kahn was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 12th minute, Adriano Lancia made a precise shot to the right of Tommy Kahn. Germany's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Chris Mergenthaler charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Chris Mergenthaler the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 16th minute, Chris Mergenthaler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 崔升树, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Albin Holweck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Malte Schiele hit a great ball. 胡烽凌 shot from long distance in the 29th minute, but Tommy Kahn was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. 福建福州王者红狼队's 陆鸿强 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albin Holweck in the 31st minute of play. Adriano Lancia received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tommy Kahn came out and tried to block the shot, but Adriano Lancia slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 34th minute. 福建福州王者红狼队's 崔升树 got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Frank Sachs's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 陆鸿强 was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Germany's Tommy Kahn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Germany from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Germany's zone, 温锋益 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal and 温锋益 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Frank Sachs's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 陆鸿强 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 48th minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adriano Lancia to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, 林响云 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tommy Kahn. Germany's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 林响云 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind 福建福州王者红狼队's goalkeeper 陆鸿强, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Lancia, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. 陆鸿强 was out of position in the 57 minute of play, and Frank Sachs capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Frank Sachs really showed his touch with that goal: 4-1. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 崔升树, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tommy Kahn came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by 福建福州王者红狼队's 崔升树. But to his dismay, 崔升树 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. When 福建福州王者红狼队's Adriano Lancia in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Germany's goalie prevented a goal. Frank Sachs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. 陆鸿强 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Frank Sachs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 陆鸿强 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Frank Sachs in the 74th minute. Frank Sachs kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Frank Sachs might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 陆鸿强. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Frank Sachs ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Adriano Lancia put it in 6-1 from a short distance just to the right of Tommy Kahn. A collision led to 福建福州王者红狼队 getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Adriano Lancia hit a great ball. In the 87th minute, Frank Sachs 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. Albin Holweck was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 90th minute. Germany's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. 福建福州王者红狼队 had played much better football throughout.