Challenge

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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Asdrubal Rodríguez made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the Germany defense, Jurgen Winters kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tommy Kahn. The Germany fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tommy Kahn should have stopped the shot. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Asdrubal Rodríguez took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Tommy Kahn to make any attempt to save it. In the 12thth minute of the game Asdrubal Rodríguez 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. Tommy Kahn made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Asdrubal Rodríguez sent off a good shot on target. 16 minutes into the match, Rondo's goal looked a bit too open when Albin Holweck came free, but Orestis Lazarou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 18 minutes, Asdrubal Rodríguez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rondo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Asdrubal Rodríguez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 19th minute, Germany's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Arnout Arends fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. When Albin Holweck fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Germany's protests and gave Albin Holweck a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Albin Holweck hit a great ball. Rondo were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after Germany's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jurgen Winters took the corner. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Olof Huizinga during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. With his leg Tommy Kahn managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when Rondo's Asdrubal Rodríguez fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 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 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Frank Sachs was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Asdrubal Rodríguez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tommy Kahn was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. 57 minutes into the match, Germany's Frank Sachs sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Orestis Lazarou narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 58th minute of the match Germany got a corner. Rondo'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. After 59 played minutes Rondo got a freekick which was hit by Jurgen Winters. Frank Sachs, 60 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jurgen Winters in the 66th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Asdrubal Rodríguez in the 69th minute of play. In the 76th minute Asdrubal Rodríguez 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 77 played minutes Germany got a freekick which was hit by Adrian Dreifuss. Rondo made a substitution. Franco Aznar replaced Jacco Hekman. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Adrian Dreifuss hit a great ball. Orestis Lazarou made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Frank Sachs sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Germany getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Albin Holweck hit a great ball. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miguel Lope, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 91 minutes Germany's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jurgen Winters who took care of the corner kick. The supporters of Rondo booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adrian Dreifuss didn't get a good kick on the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Rondo fully deserved thier win.