Challenge

Switzerland Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Soulis Souanis got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Samuele Kunz recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Pavlos Pantelakis. Samuele Kunz showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. 6 minutes into the match, RO Army V55's goalkeeper Pavlos Pantelakis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jacinto Maurer. An unexpectedly hard shot by Samuele Kunz in the 8th minute of play forced RO Army V55's goalkeeper Pavlos Pantelakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samuele Kunz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Pavlos Pantelakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 12th minute, Switzerland's Rodrigo von Känel ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pavlos Pantelakis. Pavlos Pantelakis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Soulis Souanis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hias Nüssli having to interfere. Pavlos Pantelakis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Samuele Kunz went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by RO Army V55's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Samuele Kunz was slow to take the kick. During this time Switzerland's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Gustav Iseli got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pavlos Pantelakis quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With a little luck, RO Army V55's Pavlos Pantelakis got control of the ball when Samuele Kunz tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fanis Katsiaounis hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Pavlos Pantelakis acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 28th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Samuele Kunz. If Rodrigo von Känel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Samuele Kunz got free with Pavlos Pantelakis in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pavlos Pantelakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacinto Maurer in the 37th minute of play. Federico Wiesendanger charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Federico Wiesendanger the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In a very dangerous position, a player in Switzerland fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 38th minute. Penalty! 42 minutes into the match, RO Army V55's goalkeeper Pavlos Pantelakis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rodrigo von Känel. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Samuele Kunz in the 43rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pavlos Pantelakis saved RO Army V55 from getting behind. If Rodrigo von Känel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Samuele Kunz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Pavlos Pantelakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Samuele Kunz to strike the kick off in the second half. Pavlos Pantelakis came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Switzerland's Samuele Kunz. But to his dismay, Samuele Kunz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Samuele Kunz scored 5-0 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pavlos Pantelakis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Samuele Kunz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Switzerland's supporters rose to their feet, but Samuele Kunz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pavlos Pantelakis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jacinto Maurer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Pavlos Pantelakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pavlos Pantelakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Samuele Kunz in the 68th minute of play. Pavlos Pantelakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacinto Maurer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Samuele Kunz in the 74th minute of play forced RO Army V55's goalkeeper Pavlos Pantelakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the RO Army V55 defense, Samuele Kunz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pavlos Pantelakis. The RO Army V55 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pavlos Pantelakis should have stopped the shot. Pavlos Pantelakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuele Kunz, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Jacinto Maurer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Switzerland's supporters rose to their feet, but Jacinto Maurer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pavlos Pantelakis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Samuele Kunz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Pavlos Pantelakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 91 minutes of play, Switzerland's Samuele Kunz made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pavlos Pantelakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the RO Army V55 defense, Jacinto Maurer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pavlos Pantelakis. The RO Army V55 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pavlos Pantelakis should have stopped the shot. Switzerland walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.