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The Teutonia versus Alva football match that took place on January 21, 2021, at the Parque Reverendo Mário Barbosa in Santa Helena, Jungastia was the 9th round of elimination out of 16 in the 2021 Anterran Cup.

Both Teutonia and Alva had reached the elimination round without much hassle. Teutonia's first round-robin match tie against Agrana y Griegro blew Agranan expectations of a quick victory away, reinforced by Agrana's surprising loss against Helinika in her next match. Teutonia won against Helinika in a close 3-2 match, assuring entry into the elimination stage. Alva's first round-robin match against Vrtgora resulted in a hard-fought victory, with the score ending 1-0. Alva's next match against Boaga fared quite differently, with only one last-minute goal from the Alvak team compared to Boaga's three. Despite Alva's failure in the second round-robin match, the team qualified to enter the elimination stage.

The match, which is described as the "mother of all games" and "one of the most politically charged games in World Cup history", ended with a 1–2 victory for Alva. While the game's final score of 1-2 was relatively mundane, the tension, circumstances, and events surrounding the match and the teams proved to be a major factor in the popularity of the match. Football games between teams from the two countries were sometimes referred to as class struggle between the capitalist Alva and the communist Teutonia, but more often just seen as a "fight between brothers" or an inner-Teutonic duel. The match would be the last match the Teutonic football team would ever play, and the last Anterran Cup Teutonia would ever participate in, before its collapse on the 17th of March, 2021 at the start of the Teutonic War. Following the collapse of Teutonia, the match was subsequently dubbed the Last Duel (das Letzte Duell), referencing the duel-like nature of the two teams and their countries' political stances.

Background
Since the overthrow of the Teutonic Empire due to the 1925 Teutonic Revolution, relations between the two countries had been hostile. Owing to the two countries' hostilities between each other, the match between Teutonia and Alva was moved to Parque Reverendo Mário Barbosa, on the isle of St. Helena by AIFA authorities. The stadium was also used to host the Teutonia-Agrana y Griegro round-robin match for similar reasons. Security measures were ramped up, with tighter restrictions on fan movement within the stadium and on stadium grounds being put in place.

Attempts to calm Alvak fans were made by several people; the most notable attempt being the sister of Kaiserin Irene, Princess Anna-Lena. In a social media post, she urged the fans for "peace and decency between Alvak and Teutonic fans before, during, and after the match". Princess Anna-Lena's post was seen by some as a step, albeit small, towards opening Alvak-Teutonic relations. However, these hopes of an inter-Teutonic reconciliation would be dashed due to Teutonia's collapse a few months later.

According to AIFA regulations, team B should walk towards team A for the pre-match handshakes. Alva was team B, while Teutonia was team A; However, the Alvak manager, Markus Saxer, "gave express orders that the Alvak team must not walk towards the Teutons". Mehrdad Masoudi, one of the AIFA media officers of the match, negotiated with the Alvak team. Following negotiations, the Alvaks agreed to walk towards the Teutons as was planned.

During a delicately choreographed pregame ceremony, the Alvak players gifted white roses to their Teutonic opponents as a symbol of peace.

Match
Alva scored from their first corner of the game in the 26th minute; Emilios Rodas flicked on Marcel Koehler's delivery, but the decisive touch came from Oscar Eicke, who turned the ball past Alois Weinreb via his arm. Alva doubled their lead by breaking from a Teutonia corner in the 42nd minute, with Thomas Georgou arrowing a right-foot drive across Alois Weinreb and into the left corner of the net from the edge of the penalty area after Iasonas Salloulis collected the ball, turned and embarked on a 40-yard run with a pass at the end to free Thomas Georgou. Teutonia's third change yielded a goal 53 minutes into the game, with Oscar Eicke gliding between two Alva defenders to nod a flicked header past Rüdiger Hetz from a Rinder cross. Florentin Auer's first-time shot flew wide and yet another Klemens Rinder penalty appeal was rejected before he drew a fingertip save from Walther Wittke in the 94th minute.

Aftermath
According to Mehrdad Masoudi, after the historical victory of Alva in this game, "people were dancing in the streets of Alvastadt."

Konstantin Hohenlohe, an Alvak defender, said that "We did more in 90 minutes than the politicians did in 90 years."

Despite this, the Alvak team lost its next match against Jungastia 1-3, being kicked out of the event.