Challenge

LRCA Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Peter Linkhorst got the match started through his kick off. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mário Amaral in the 3rd minute of play. The supporters of ManagerZone Crew booed when LRCA Office Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toke Chute didn't get a good kick on the ball. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save ManagerZone Crew from getting a goal against them. In the 9th minute Eliézer Leite 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 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliézer Leite in the 12th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, LRCA Office Club's goal looked a bit too open when Peter Linkhorst came free, but Slawomir Czerwinski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eliézer Leite. In the 19th minute, Thorbjörn Olerius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 25th minute, LRCA Office Club's Mário Amaral dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save ManagerZone Crew from getting a goal against them. In the 34th minute, Adrian Våleman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the ManagerZone Crew defense, Toke Chute kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Patrick Armstrong. The ManagerZone Crew fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Patrick Armstrong should have stopped the shot. 42 minutes into the match, Adrian Våleman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Slawomir Czerwinski. LRCA Office Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adrian Våleman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

With a little luck, LRCA Office Club's Slawomir Czerwinski got control of the ball when Adrian Våleman tried to sneak it across the goal line. Robert Ununger kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Robert Ununger's late challenge caught a LRCA Office Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Robert Ununger helped the player get up and apologised. After 60 played minutes ManagerZone Crew got a freekick which was hit by Robert Ununger. Eliézer Leite might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Patrick Armstrong. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eliézer Leite ran back to his position shaking his head. Patrick Armstrong didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when LRCA Office Club's Toke Chute shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-1 in the ordered_time% minute. LRCA Office Club's Slawomir Czerwinski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save LRCA Office Club from getting a goal against them. After 67 played minutes LRCA Office Club got a freekick which was hit by Luís Eduardo Quadros. In the 69th minute, Luís Eduardo Quadros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thorbjörn Olerius got free with Slawomir Czerwinski in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 76 minutes into the match, ManagerZone Crew's goal looked a bit too open when Toke Chute came free, but Patrick Armstrong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Patrick Armstrong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Toke Chute, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the LRCA Office Club defense, Adrian Våleman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Slawomir Czerwinski. The LRCA Office Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Slawomir Czerwinski should have stopped the shot. In the 84th minute Arnaldo Mota 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. Robert Ununger recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. LRCA Office Club's Hélder Vasconcelos was substituted for David Söderlund. Slawomir Czerwinski was a little too slow when Peter Linkhorst got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 93rd minute. The score was now 3-3. The ManagerZone Crew players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented LRCA Office Club from taking control. The game ends in a draw.