Challenge

Germany Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Gianpaolo Basso in the 6th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Malte Schiele hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Albin Holweck hit a great ball. 19 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Giansante came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sylwester Kolano in the 25th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes into the match, Alberto Giansante notched a goal, 0-4, 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. Sjoerd van den Bergh made in the 30th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Cosimo Bussi however managed to control. Sylwester Kolano scored 0-5 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tommy Kahn, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sjoerd van den Bergh made in the 34th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Alberto Giansante. Frank Sachs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Szczepan Ciechocki having to interfere. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sylwester Kolano, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alberto Giansante in the 43rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tommy Kahn prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alberto Giansante to make the kick off. In the 52ndth minute of the game Alberto Giansante 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. io.dasola were awarded a corner in the 56th minute after Germany's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cosimo Bussi took the corner. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sylwester Kolano in the 59th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Sylwester Kolano took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Tommy Kahn to make any attempt to save it. In the 67th minute, Sven Krakouer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Germany's Tommy Kahn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Germany from getting a goal against them. Germany's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Alberto Giansante 68 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-7. Sylwester Kolano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 77th minute Alberto Giansante 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Frank Sachs in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Szczepan Ciechocki prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Frank Sachs in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Szczepan Ciechocki saved io.dasola from getting behind. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Giansante in the 82nd minute of play. io.dasola's Szczepan Ciechocki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Sachs in the 86th minute of play. Szczepan Ciechocki came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Germany's Frank Sachs. But to his dismay, Frank Sachs quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-7. Chris Mergenthaler charged in rather forcefully in the 96th 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 95th minute, one of Germany:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Germany. Germany:s Tommy Kahn showed great skill when he stopped Alberto Giansante:s penalty. 97 minutes into the match, Alberto Giansante 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 Alberto Giansante was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-8. When the final whistle sounded io.dasola left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Germany.