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Spectators: 10 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The referee felt a red card was in order, 3 minutes into the game, when Norberto Abechuco put in a rough tackle. A collision led to ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Norberto Abechuco hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Våleman in the 5th minute of play forced ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper João Francisco Loyola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Adriano Diaz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick Armstrong having to interfere. Ronaldo Veiga took the ball and in the 10 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 0-1. Durval Tinoco hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. João Francisco Loyola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrian Våleman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 18 minutes of play, ManagerZone Crew's Thorbjörn Olerius made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. João Francisco Loyola was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Peter Linkhorst had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. João Francisco Loyola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Linkhorst, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28th minute, Rubens Tasso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's zone, Peter Linkhorst stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. João Francisco Loyola came out of the goal and Peter Linkhorst tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Güray Arıkhan in the 32nd minute of play. Durval Tinoco kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. 34 minutes into the game, Thorbjörn Olerius cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. João Francisco Loyola was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 38 minutes, Andreas Spante mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ManagerZone Crew and the ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ players grew even worse after the yellow card. 38 minutes into the game, one of ManagerZone Crew:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Patrick Armstrong went to the wrong direction when Ronaldo Veiga was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Patrick Armstrong didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Güray Arıkhan went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Peter Linkhorst to make the kick off. In the 50th minute, Esbjörn Molin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's zone, Adrian Våleman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. João Francisco Loyola came out of the goal and Adrian Våleman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 57th match minute, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Güray Arıkhan to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 60 minutes, Peter Linkhorst managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ManagerZone Crew's supporters crossed their fingers, but Peter Linkhorst was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Adrian Våleman hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. The supporters of ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ booed when ManagerZone Crew was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andreas Spante didn't get a good kick on the ball. Patrick Armstrong was out of position in the 71 minute of play, and Adriano Diaz capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Adriano Diaz really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Durval Tinoco in the 76th minute of play. If Luisinho Duarte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 80th minute, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Luisinho Duarte ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Patrick Armstrong. Patrick Armstrong yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-4. In the 83rd minute, Adrian Våleman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Güray Arıkhan in the 89th minute of play. Adriano Diaz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick Armstrong having to interfere. After 94 played minutes, ManagerZone Crew's Adrian Våleman shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper João Francisco Loyola came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ManagerZone Crew reached it.