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Spectators: 10 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 4 minutes into the game, Wittbach SSA's Aarre Rautee nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Patrick Armstrong made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aarre Rautee, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Marcin Mentis scored 0-2 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Patrick Armstrong, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Nikos Vourlis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adrian Våleman got free with Ján Oblak in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 22nd minute Marcin Mentis 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. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikos Vourlis, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nikos Vourlis in the 25th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Patrick Armstrong prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 28 minutes ManagerZone Crew's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Marcin Mentis who took care of the corner kick. Patrick Armstrong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grzegorz Motowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 34 minutes into the match, ManagerZone Crew's goal looked a bit too open when Marcin Mentis came free, but Patrick Armstrong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Marcin Mentis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patrick Armstrong was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Grzegorz Motowski scored 0-4 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Patrick Armstrong, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Grzegorz Motowski took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Patrick Armstrong. Patrick Armstrong dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Anderson Schulle during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Anderson Schulle hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aarre Rautee in the 47th minute of play. After the first half Wittbach SSA were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Grzegorz Motowski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Grzegorz Motowski scored 0-6 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Patrick Armstrong, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 55th minute Marcin Mentis 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. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grzegorz Motowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by ManagerZone Crew's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marcin Mentis was slow to take the kick. During this time Wittbach SSA's players had a chance to rest. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grzegorz Motowski in the 60th minute of play. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grzegorz Motowski in the 67th minute of play. In the 67th minute Grzegorz Motowski 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. Adrian Våleman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Ján Oblak 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 79 minutes play. Adrian Rosario hit a great ball. Aarre Rautee sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, ManagerZone Crew's Thorsten Dietz got a free kick in the 87th minute. Marcin Mentis's shot from long distance in the 88th minute was not bad at all, but ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. In the 91st minute Grzegorz Motowski 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. The audience was convinced that Adrian Våleman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ján Oblak was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. In the 94th minute, Wittbach SSA's Millan Matas seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Millan Matas the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Wittbach SSA protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Millan Matas had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 94th minute, one of Wittbach SSA:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Wittbach SSA. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Wittbach SSA walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.