Challenge

ManagerZone Crew Sta
Spectators: 10 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 10, 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. ZORZAL01's Qin Fan Sheng proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save ZORZAL01 from getting a goal against them. In the 3rd minute, Peter Linkhorst reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Qin Fan Sheng. The goal made the score 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Peter Linkhorst during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Peter Linkhorst hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Artur Burdzel kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Millrick Moya kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. After having played for 13 minutes, Peter Crouch managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ZORZAL01's supporters crossed their fingers, but Peter Crouch was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Horacio Librado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick Armstrong having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thorbjörn Olerius got free with Qin Fan Sheng in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 20 minutes into the match, Peter Crouch 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 Peter Crouch was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After some careless play in the ManagerZone Crew defense, Peter Crouch 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. In the 29th minute, Marcus Majewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Peter Crouch took the ball and in the 30 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 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Crouch in the 34th minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 34 minutes into the match, Peter Crouch 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 Peter Crouch was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. Patrick Armstrong didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Peter Crouch went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-6 was the resulting score. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Peter Crouch to make the kick off. In the 51st minute the ball was on its way in behind ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Peter Crouch took a quick shot and it went in 1-7 without a chance for Patrick Armstrong to make any attempt to save it. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peter Crouch in the 68th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Peter Crouch reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Patrick Armstrong. The goal made the score 1-8. Horacio Librado's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Patrick Armstrong firmly grabbed it by the left post. Qin Fan Sheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Linkhorst, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andreas Sjöstrand was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 77 minutes into the match. In the 77th minute, one of ManagerZone Crew: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 ManagerZone Crew. 1-9 came through a penalty shot after 79 played minutes, when ZORZAL01:s Peter Crouch calmly waited for ManagerZone Crew:s goalkeeper to move before he rolled in the ball by the right post. In the 92nd minute Peter Crouch 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. When Peter Crouch came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the ZORZAL01 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Peter Crouch couldn't finish the play. The ManagerZone Crew supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching ZORZAL01's performance. The match ended with a win for ZORZAL01.