Challenge

Germany Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vecdet Baştürk took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Sachs in the 5th minute of play forced Moose Knuckles's goalkeeper Li Lin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Germany's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Frank Sachs in the 9th minute. The corner led to Germany's Linus Schwerner getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Albin Holweck during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Germany's Albin Holweck got a free kick in the 10th minute. Hélio Paraíba hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Li Lin was a little too slow when Frank Sachs got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 15th minute. The score was now 1-0. Frank Sachs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Li Lin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 28 played minutes Moose Knuckles got a freekick which was hit by Aloyzas Valys. In the 29th minute of the match, Frank Sachs got a very nice opportunity to score, but Li Lin was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 30 minutes Moose Knuckles's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Frank Sachs who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Janik Vogt managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. After a rather tough play, Germany's Chris Mergenthaler got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sonic Ball in the 33rd minute of play. Frank Sachs struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Li Lin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Germany. Frank Sachs succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 38th playminute. Moose Knuckles's Li Lin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Moose Knuckles from getting a goal against them. 43 minutes into the match, Hélio Paraíba notched a goal, 2-1, 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. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Chris Mergenthaler hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

Moose Knuckles made a substitution. Jedrzej Beninda replaced Vecdet Baştürk. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Frank Sachs stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tommy Kahn didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aloyzas Valys went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as Moose Knuckles's Aloyzas Valys slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tommy Kahn. That made the score 2-3 after 54 minutes of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Frank Sachs in the 59th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Li Lin saved Moose Knuckles from getting behind. When Frank Sachs came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Germany 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 Frank Sachs couldn't finish the play. Tommy Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jedrzej Beninda in the 69th minute of play. The supporters of Germany booed when Moose Knuckles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wiktor Kjellqvist didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Moose Knuckles's Wiktor Kjellqvist got a free kick in the 78th minute. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wiktor Kjellqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tommy Kahn was out of position in the 82 minute of play, and Sonic Ball capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Sonic Ball really showed his touch with that goal: 2-4. In the 88th minute, Frank Sachs 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 Jedrzej Beninda in the 96th minute of the match.