Challenge

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Spectators: 10 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Peter Linkhorst started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Cristoforo Morini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Ununger, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Peter Linkhorst got free with Cristoforo Morini in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Våleman in the 17th minute of play forced Rosenborg's goalkeeper Cristoforo Morini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, Xu Xi Peng made a precise shot to the right of Patrick Armstrong. ManagerZone Crew's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Rosenborg's Cristoforo Morini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Ununger in the 25th minute of play. In the 31st minute, Robert Ununger fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Cristoforo Morini, passed just outside the right post. If Thorbjörn Olerius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adrian Våleman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristoforo Morini having to interfere. Patrick Armstrong stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Xu Xi Peng's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. If Luciano Lluques had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Xu Xi Peng to make the kick off. In the 56th minute of the game Anderson Schulle made a throw-in which Robert Ununger played forward. After 56 played minutes Rosenborg got a freekick which was hit by Antonello Desiderio. Rosenborg's Biagio Stellato was substituted for Amerigo Rivera. Antonello Desiderio hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. In the 58th minute Robert Ununger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristoforo Morini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th match minute, Rosenborg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luciano Lluques to maneuver through the defense. Cristoforo Morini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Linkhorst in the 62nd minute of the match. Fortunato Zola's late challenge caught a ManagerZone Crew's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fortunato Zola helped the player get up and apologised. Cristoforo Morini came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by ManagerZone Crew's Peter Linkhorst. But to his dismay, Peter Linkhorst quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Rosenborg made a substitution. Claudio Pani replaced Fortunato Zola. Thorbjörn Olerius sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thorbjörn Olerius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Cristoforo Morini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to ManagerZone Crew getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Marcus Majewski hit a great ball. 88 minutes into the match, Robert Ununger had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cristoforo Morini. Rosenborg's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Robert Ununger was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. In the 92nd minute, Daniele Ramundo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Peter Linkhorst's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristoforo Morini was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in ManagerZone Crew's zone, Xu Xi Peng stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Patrick Armstrong came out of the goal and Xu Xi Peng tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Rosenborg's Antonello Desiderio got a free kick in the 96th minute. ManagerZone Crew walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.