Challenge

Lions Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bogumil Pochorylo kicked off to start the match. A collision led to ManagerZone Crew getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Thorsten Dietz hit a great ball. Bernardo Cidro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogumil Pochorylo in the 15th minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 16 minutes of play, Lions Of Turks's Bogumil Pochorylo made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patrick Armstrong was left in no man's land by his defense there! 19 minutes into the match, Lions Of Turks's goal looked a bit too open when Peter Linkhorst came free, but Fuat Bayraktaroğlu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Linkhorst in the 21st minute of play forced Lions Of Turks's goalkeeper Fuat Bayraktaroğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Lions Of Turks's Qiao Hong Yi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Patrick Armstrong narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 23rd minute, Lions Of Turks's Qiao Hong Yi dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Linkhorst, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 27 minutes into the game, Lions Of Turks's Bogumil Pochorylo 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, 4-0. In the 30th match minute, ManagerZone Crew was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcus Majewski to maneuver through the defense. In the 31st minute, Bogumil Pochorylo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Linkhorst, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcus Majewski got a throw-in 35 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Robert Ununger. If Bogumil Pochorylo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 40 minutes into the match, Bogumil Pochorylo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Patrick Armstrong. ManagerZone Crew's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bogumil Pochorylo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Bogumil Pochorylo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Patrick Armstrong read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 45th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

If Bogumil Pochorylo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 51st minute Bogumil Pochorylo 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Linkhorst in the 52nd minute of play forced Lions Of Turks's goalkeeper Fuat Bayraktaroğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogumil Pochorylo in the 63rd minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lions Of Turks's Fuat Bayraktaroğlu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Lions Of Turks from getting a goal against them. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu was out of position in the 66 minute of play, and Peter Linkhorst capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Peter Linkhorst really showed his touch with that goal: 6-1. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bogumil Pochorylo in the 74th minute of the match. After 78 minutes of play, Lions Of Turks's Bogumil Pochorylo made it 8-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patrick Armstrong was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 85 played minutes ManagerZone Crew got a freekick which was hit by Marcus Majewski. Fuat Bayraktaroğlu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Peter Linkhorst in the 95th minute. In the 96th minute Bogumil Pochorylo 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. ManagerZone Crew's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.