Challenge

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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 陶峰国 started the match with the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's 尤桦辰 slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tommy Kahn. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. In the 7th 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. The supporters of Germany booed when 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. 尤桦辰 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 11 minutes into the match, Germany's Frank Sachs sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Yulian Courtois narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Yulian Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albin Holweck in the 15th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Germany's Malte Schiele got a free kick in the 16th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when 肖青斌 got free with Tommy Kahn in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tommy Kahn didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 陶峰国 went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Germany's Tommy Kahn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Germany from getting a goal against them. 32 minutes into the game, 石傲洋 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Germany the free kick. After a rather tough play, 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's 石傲洋 got a free kick in the 32nd minute. If 邵崇寒 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The throw-in from Chris Mergenthaler in the 44th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's Stanimir Parchev. When Malte Schiele fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Germany's protests and gave Malte Schiele a yellow card for diving instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The wind increased when Frank Sachs made the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Germany defense, 尤桦辰 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 陶峰国 came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 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 陶峰国 couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Germany booed when 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. 尤桦辰 didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 65th match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frank Sachs to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 67 minutes, 陶峰国 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's supporters crossed their fingers, but 陶峰国 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 73 minutes into the game, Linus Schwerner threw the ball into play from the sideline. 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's 石傲洋 quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by 陶峰国 in the 77th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 defense, Frank Sachs kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yulian Courtois. The 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yulian Courtois should have stopped the shot. 85 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when 陶峰国 came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Frank Sachs didn't get a good kick on the ball. The 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量 fans' excitement grew in the 88th match minute when 『盛世メ名門』中国新力量's 陶峰国 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 6-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Germany's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.