Challenge

Mauro Leonardo
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. Frank Sachs started the match with the kick off. Yin Qi Xuan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Sachs in the 3rd minute of the match. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Andino Sport Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Frank Sachs was slow to take the kick. During this time Germany's players had a chance to rest. Willy Stieler kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dilyan Uzunov in the 10th minute of play. Andrei Râmniceanu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommy Kahn having to interfere. In the 14th minute, Albin Holweck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Germany's Malte Schiele got a free kick in the 15th minute. Laureano Terciero could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Tommy Kahn made a huge save. Yin Qi Xuan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albin Holweck in the 20th minute of play. When Andino Sport Club's Dilyan Uzunov in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Germany's goalie prevented a goal. Rigoberto Fonso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommy Kahn having to interfere. In the 30th minute Andrei Râmniceanu 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. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by Germany's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Laureano Terciero was slow to take the kick. During this time Andino Sport Club's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Laureano Terciero almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Germany's Tommy Kahn did a great save. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dilyan Uzunov, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Albin Holweck fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yin Qi Xuan having to interfere. Frank Sachs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yin Qi Xuan having to interfere. The supporters of Andino Sport Club booed when Germany was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chris Mergenthaler didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 48th minute, Dilyan Uzunov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tommy Kahn was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Dilyan Uzunov made the kick off in the second half. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dilyan Uzunov, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. In the 56th minute Dilyan Uzunov 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. It was beautiful to see Germany's Ulrich Stein in action when he in the 59th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Andino Sport Club's Donato Garcia was substituted for Andrei Râmniceanu. After some careless play in the Germany defense, Aquilino Foro 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. Germany's Tommy Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aquilino Foro in the 73rd minute of play. Andino Sport Club's Yin Qi Xuan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Andino Sport Club from getting a goal against them. Willy Stieler hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Aquilino Foro scored 3-0 in the 80th 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 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Malte Schiele charged in rather forcefully in the 98th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Malte Schiele the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 98 played minutes Germany got a freekick which was hit by Malte Schiele. Germany's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.