Challenge

LRCA Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Peter Linkhorst kicked off to start the match. A collision led to LRCA Office Club getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Nuno Trigo hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, LRCA Office Club's Agostinho Mandrak got a free kick in the 15th minute. Slawomir Czerwinski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Ununger, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. After a rather tough play, LRCA Office Club's David Söderlund got a free kick in the 21st minute. After a defensive mix-up in LRCA Office Club's zone, Adrian Våleman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Slawomir Czerwinski 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. Slawomir Czerwinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Linkhorst in the 23rd minute of play. In the 25th minute Toke Chute 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. 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. With a little luck, ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong got control of the ball when Toke Chute tried to sneak it across the goal line. Anderson Schulle lost his temper 32 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in ManagerZone Crew fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 31st minute. Penalty! Patrick Armstrong went to the wrong direction when Gustavino Gómez was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Slawomir Czerwinski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Linkhorst, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Toke Chute got free with Patrick Armstrong in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mário Amaral stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Eliézer Leite scored 2-0 in the 52nd 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. The supporters of LRCA Office Club booed when ManagerZone Crew was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thorsten Dietz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 59th minute of the match Gustavino Gómez shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Patrick Armstrong showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 62nd minute, Toke Chute ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patrick Armstrong was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. 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. LRCA Office Club's Slawomir Czerwinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Våleman in the 69th minute of play. Peter Linkhorst took the ball and in the 70 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Slawomir Czerwinski. Slawomir Czerwinski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. The crowd rose to their feet as ManagerZone Crew's Peter Linkhorst slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Slawomir Czerwinski. That made the score 3-2 after 78 minutes of play. Thanks to some nice moves Thorbjörn Olerius could shoot a difficult shot in the 81st minute, which Slawomir Czerwinski however easily saved by the left post. Peter Linkhorst came free with the goalkeeper in the 83rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Slawomir Czerwinski could save by the left post. LRCA Office Club made a substitution. Maximilien Vaslin replaced Eliézer Leite. After 86 minutes LRCA Office Club'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. With his leg Slawomir Czerwinski managed to avoid a goal in the 87thth minute, when ManagerZone Crew's Adrian Våleman fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 89 minutes into the game, Arnaldo Mota cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-2. Patrick Armstrong was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. LRCA Office Club's Hélder Vasconcelos was substituted for David Söderlund. Slawomir Czerwinski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thorbjörn Olerius in the 95th minute. After 96 minutes LRCA Office Club'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. It was a well-played corner which Peter Linkhorst managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand.