Challenge

Germany Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Maksim Dunaevskiy started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute Frank Sachs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gleb Stroganov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 4th minute, Grigoriy Kudryavtsev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tommy Kahn was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In a very dangerous position, a player in Germany fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 10th minute. Penalty! Tommy Kahn had in the 11thth minute some difficulties stopping Veniamin Gorshkov's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 11 minutes into the game, Veniamin Gorshkov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Tommy Kahn was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Germany's Malte Schiele got a free kick in the 14th minute. After a rather tough play, Germany's Albin Holweck got a free kick in the 19th minute. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maksim Dunaevskiy in the 21st minute of play. Grigoriy Kudryavtsev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grigoriy Kudryavtsev in the 22nd minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, Grigoriy Kudryavtsev notched a goal, 0-3, 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. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maksim Dunaevskiy in the 24th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Maksim Dunaevskiy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tommy Kahn was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Grigoriy Kudryavtsev took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tommy Kahn. Tommy Kahn dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Mateusz Bochinski hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Albin Holweck recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gleb Stroganov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Frank Sachs in the 34th minute. Geo-Winner's Maksim Dunaevskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gleb Stroganov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Sachs, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 41st minute, Sven Krakouer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maksim Dunaevskiy in the 43rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maksim Dunaevskiy in the 45th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half Geo-Winner were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Frank Sachs made a kick off. Maksim Dunaevskiy's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 52ndth minute, Tommy Kahn skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 54 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Maksim Dunaevskiy came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Frank Sachs might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gleb Stroganov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Frank Sachs ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Germany's Tommy Kahn got control of the ball when Grigoriy Kudryavtsev tried to sneak it across the goal line. Grigoriy Kudryavtsev struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Tommy Kahn didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Geo-Winner. Gleb Stroganov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Sachs in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 74th minute of the match Germany got a corner. Geo-Winner'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. In the 74th minute, Chris Mergenthaler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Albin Holweck managed to get in a good position for a shot. Germany's supporters rose to their feet, but Albin Holweck was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gleb Stroganov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 84 minutes into the match, Geo-Winner's goal looked a bit too open when Albin Holweck came free, but Gleb Stroganov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Germany fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Geo-Winner were clearly better and deserved to take the win.