Challenge

Truseni Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mihail Postolache took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 2nd minute, Chris Mergenthaler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Germany's Frank Sachs got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Albin Holweck's late challenge caught a FC Truseni's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Albin Holweck helped the player get up and apologised. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihail Postolache in the 14th minute of the match. Albin Holweck kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. The supporters of Germany booed when FC Truseni was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mihail Cepoi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Teodor Cornea struck a weak shot in the 23rd 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 FC Truseni. In the 25th minute of the match, Mihail Postolache tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Tommy Kahn saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Anibal Aritza 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. FC Truseni's Anibal Aritza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Sachs in the 39th minute of play. After 44 minutes, Mihail Cepoi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Truseni and the Germany players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 44 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for FC Truseni! In the 47th minute there was a penalty for Germany. Frank Sachs stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Anibal Aritza. 1-1. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Frank Sachs made the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in FC Truseni's zone, Frank Sachs stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anibal Aritza came out of the goal and Frank Sachs tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tudor Buga made in the 55th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Leonid Nazaria. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonid Nazaria, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Anibal Aritza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Frank Sachs in the 60th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonid Nazaria in the 63rd minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leonid Nazaria scored 2-1 in the 65th 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. If Frank Sachs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Frank Sachs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, FC Truseni's Anibal Aritza got control of the ball when Frank Sachs tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mihail Postolache in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tommy Kahn saved Germany from getting behind. 76 minutes into the match, Germany's goal looked a bit too open when Mihail Postolache came free, but Tommy Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihail Postolache in the 77th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teodor Cornea in the 84th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonid Nazaria, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Janik Vogt's late challenge caught a FC Truseni's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Janik Vogt helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Germany's Janik Vogt got a free kick in the 87th minute. Mihail Postolache scored 3-1 in the 93rd 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. FC Truseni walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.