Challenge

E.Marta F Muller
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. Peter Linkhorst started the match with the kick off. In the 7th minute, Gabriel Batistuta reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Patrick Armstrong. The goal made the score 1-0. After 10 minutes, Celso Vander mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Clube Sporting Navuo and the ManagerZone Crew players grew even worse after the yellow card. 13 minutes into the match, Clube Sporting Navuo's goal looked a bit too open when Anderson Schulle came free, but Joaquim Pombal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The corner ended in Adrian Våleman almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Clube Sporting Navuo's Joaquim Pombal did a great save. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toninho Guerreiro in the 16th minute of the match. Joaquim Pombal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Linkhorst, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gabriel Batistuta charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gabriel Batistuta the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of ManagerZone Crew booed when Clube Sporting Navuo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Batistuta didn't get a good kick on the ball. Clube Sporting Navuo's Joaquim Pombal 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. After 26 minutes Clube Sporting Navuo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Adrian Våleman who took care of the corner kick. Andreas Sjöstrand kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Patrick Armstrong was out of position in the 38 minute of play, and Toninho Guerreiro capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Toninho Guerreiro really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celso Vander in the 44th minute of play. 47 minutes into the game, one of Clube Sporting Navuo:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gabriel Batistuta to make the kick off. A collision led to Clube Sporting Navuo getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Celso Vander hit a great ball. Robert Ununger was extremely unlucky when he, in the 57th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. When the match had gone on for 57 minutes, Peter Linkhorst put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Joaquim Pombal. In the 66th minute, ManagerZone Crew's Peter Linkhorst dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. Joaquim Pombal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Ununger, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 70th minute, Ezequiel Capixaba made a precise shot to the right of Patrick Armstrong. ManagerZone Crew's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. In the 73rd match minute, Clube Sporting Navuo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Augusto Meira to maneuver through the defense. Celso Vander hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Clube Sporting Navuo's Joaquim Pombal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Clube Sporting Navuo from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Clube Sporting Navuo getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Gabriel Batistuta hit a great ball. Andreas Spante kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. ManagerZone Crew were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.