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Spectators: 10 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) ManagerZone Crew's Peter Linkhorst started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, ManagerZone Crew's Adrian Rosario got a free kick in the 4th minute. Thorsten Dietz made in the 7th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Santa Maradona's Gervasio Garcia. The crowd rose to their feet as Peter Linkhorst kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Errapel. That made the score 1-0 in the 10 minute of play. In the 14th minute Rodolfo Cordeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrick Armstrong saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Errapel made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Adrian Våleman sent off a good shot on target. In the 22nd match minute, ManagerZone Crew was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anderson Schulle to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in ManagerZone Crew's zone, Haroldo Martxot stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Patrick Armstrong came out of the goal and Haroldo Martxot tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Felix Ibar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick Armstrong having to interfere. Patrick Armstrong didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rodolfo Cordeiro went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodolfo Cordeiro in the 41st minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner ended in Haroldo Martxot almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong did a great save. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rodolfo Cordeiro to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, ManagerZone Crew's Adrian Våleman got a free kick in the 51st minute. 57 minutes into the game, Rodolfo Cordeiro recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Patrick Armstrong. Rodolfo Cordeiro showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-2. Felix Ibar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 61 played minutes Santa Maradona got a freekick which was hit by Miguel Transito. A collision led to ManagerZone Crew getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Thorsten Dietz hit a great ball. Patrick Armstrong made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Rodolfo Cordeiro sent off a good shot on target. In the 68th minute of the match Santa Maradona got a corner. ManagerZone Crew's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Haroldo Martxot ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well done corner resulted in Rodolfo Cordeiro drilling the ball in to score 1-3 behind ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper. Haroldo Martxot kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Jonathan Errapel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrian Våleman in the 71st minute of the match. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Transito in the 74th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, Santa Maradona's goal looked a bit too open when Thorbjörn Olerius came free, but Jonathan Errapel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Thorbjörn Olerius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adrian Våleman's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Errapel read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. Jonathan Errapel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adrian Våleman in the 93rd minute of play. With a little luck, ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong got control of the ball when Rodolfo Cordeiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. The Santa Maradona players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.