Challenge

Germany Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Frank Sachs made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 minutes, Janik Vogt mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Germany and the ANDERLECHT players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of ANDERLECHT booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Janik Vogt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eduardo Pires in the 3rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Karlo Fuster in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tommy Kahn saved Germany from getting behind. 14 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Ben Susters came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 15th minute, Karlo Fuster left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ANDERLECHT fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After 18 minutes, Marc Vertonghen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ANDERLECHT and the Germany players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 18th minute, Marc Vertonghen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paško Vukašin acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 19th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Frank Sachs. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduardo Pires in the 27th minute of the match. In the 28th minute Eduardo Pires shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommy Kahn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute Karlo Fuster shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommy Kahn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of ANDERLECHT booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adrian Dreifuss didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Bernd Leenders had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karlo Fuster, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. When Eduardo Pires came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the ANDERLECHT 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 Eduardo Pires couldn't finish the play. The ANDERLECHT fans' excitement grew in the 42nd match minute when ANDERLECHT's Karlo Fuster looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 45th minute Karlo Fuster shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommy Kahn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 47 minutes, Karlo Fuster made it 0-5 with a short kick to the right side. Germany's Tommy Kahn tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Karlo Fuster to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice moves Manuel Roukeloes could shoot a difficult shot in the 52nd minute, which Tommy Kahn however easily saved by the left post. With a little luck, Germany's Tommy Kahn got control of the ball when Karlo Fuster tried to sneak it across the goal line. Frank Sachs recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Wim Van Houdtvinck charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wim Van Houdtvinck the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 64th match minute, ANDERLECHT was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wim Van Houdtvinck to maneuver through the defense. Wim Van Houdtvinck kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ben Susters got free with Tommy Kahn in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 71stth minute of the game Karlo Fuster who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Germany's Tommy Kahn was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 72nd minute, Adrian Dreifuss hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Karlo Fuster in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tommy Kahn saved Germany from getting behind. 76 minutes into the match, Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ben Susters. The audience was convinced that Karlo Fuster's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tommy Kahn was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 82nd minute Karlo Fuster shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommy Kahn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wim Van Houdtvinck got his second yellow card in the match during the 84th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 88th minute, Albin Holweck ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paško Vukašin was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-6. Albin Holweck's late challenge caught a ANDERLECHT's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Albin Holweck helped the player get up and apologised. Albin Holweck kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Germany's Tommy Kahn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save Germany from getting a goal against them. Germany's Albin Holweck managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ben Susters in the 94 minute of the game. Ben Susters made in the 95th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Pär Lilja. ANDERLECHT's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.