National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ture Juniel got the match started through his kick off. Vitaliy Vischak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Uwe Birmes, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Valentyn Lobanovsjkyi hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. In the 6thth minute of the game Ture Juniel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ukraine's Vitaliy Vischak was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 8th minute, Ture Juniel got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 17th minute Uwe Birmes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitaliy Vischak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ukraine's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sixten Gehling was slow to take the kick. During this time Germany's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Ture Juniel managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The audience was convinced that Ture Juniel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vitaliy Vischak was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Vitaliy Vischak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ture Juniel, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. After 29 minutes, Igor Milko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ukraine and the Germany players grew even worse after the yellow card. Igor Milko hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Uwe Birmes scored 0-1 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vitaliy Vischak, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Ture Juniel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ukraine's Vitaliy Vischak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ture Juniel in the 34th minute of play. Vitaliy Vischak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ture Juniel in the 35th minute of the match. After 38 minutes Ukraine's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sixten Gehling who took care of the corner kick. A collision led to Ukraine getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Vsevolod Rotan hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Germany made a substitution. Sulo Montaña replaced Lucas Hernández. In the 51st minute Ivan Sobol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oliverio Kahn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Germany's Róbert Štriker was substituted for Uwe Birmes. 61 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ukraine's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sixten Gehling was slow to take the kick. During this time Germany's players had a chance to rest. Germany's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sixten Gehling in the 64th minute. The corner led to Germany's Sulo Montaña getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Germany's Vicente Echterhoff was substituted for Müslüm Baba. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ture Juniel in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vitaliy Vischak prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Milko in the 76th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Oliverio Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Germany's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sixten Gehling in the 79th minute. When Róbert Štriker came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Germany 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 Róbert Štriker couldn't finish the play. In the 89th minute Róbert Štriker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitaliy Vischak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 92ndth minute of the game Róbert Štriker who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ukraine's Vitaliy Vischak was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Germany's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.