Challenge

Acatar Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Alin Chiru made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 2nd match minute, Germany was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Janik Vogt to maneuver through the defense. Tommy Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alin Chiru, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 4th minute of the match, Constantin Bâlea got a very nice opportunity to score, but Tommy Kahn was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Denis Jilăveanu kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Ekhemos Kezdoglou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Sachs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alin Chiru hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Ekhemos Kezdoglou didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Frank Sachs went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 18 minutes into the match, Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alin Chiru. FC Acatar's Alin Chiru was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 19th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. In the 25th minute, Stefanos Ntinopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alin Chiru took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tommy Kahn. Tommy Kahn dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. FC Acatar's Alin Chiru got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 35 minutes into the match, Alin Chiru notched a goal, 3-1, 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. After 40 played minutes FC Acatar got a freekick which was hit by Stefanos Ntinopoulos. In the 46th minute Albin Holweck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ekhemos Kezdoglou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 47th minute of the match Germany got a corner. FC Acatar'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. Germany's Frank Sachs was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ekhemos Kezdoglou in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Sachs to make the kick off. FC Acatar's Ekhemos Kezdoglou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albin Holweck in the 52nd minute of play. The corner ended in Frank Sachs almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Acatar's Ekhemos Kezdoglou did a great save. In the 65th minute Vlad Oardă 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alin Chiru in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tommy Kahn saved Germany from getting behind. Willy Stieler hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Tommy Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alin Chiru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Acatar's Ekhemos Kezdoglou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Sachs in the 79th minute of play. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Acatar'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. The corner led to Germany's Linus Schwerner getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Tommy Kahn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alin Chiru in the 83rd minute of the match. FC Acatar's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Constantin Bâlea in the 84th minute. FC Acatar's Constantin Bâlea was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Tommy Kahn in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind Germany's goalkeeper Tommy Kahn, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 94th minute, Ulrich Stein hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.