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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Peter Linkhorst kicked off to start the match. Rossangeles's Jiang Bing Ning played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thorbjörn Olerius in the 5th minute of play. Jiang Bing Ning showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adrian Våleman, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Patrick Armstrong was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Rodri Palacios showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 12 minute of play. Gu Zhou Xiao kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. Adam Zieba hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Andreas Sjöstrand charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Andreas Sjöstrand the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jiang Bing Ning showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Ununger in the 27th minute of the match. In the 29th minute of the match ManagerZone Crew got a corner. Rossangeles's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Adrian Våleman ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, Rossangeles's Ercole Fiori got a free kick in the 30th minute. ManagerZone Crew's Adrian Våleman got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With his leg Patrick Armstrong managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when Rossangeles's Rodri Palacios fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Peter Linkhorst struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Jiang Bing Ning didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ManagerZone Crew. Thorbjörn Olerius sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rodri Palacios was the one to do the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in ManagerZone Crew's zone, Rodri Palacios stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Patrick Armstrong came out of the goal and Rodri Palacios tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodri Palacios, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Gu Zhou Xiao sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jiang Bing Ning didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Robert Ununger went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 66th match minute, Rossangeles was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gu Zhou Xiao to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Rossangeles's Jiang Bing Ning got control of the ball when Peter Linkhorst tried to sneak it across the goal line. 92 minutes into the match, Gu Zhou Xiao 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 Gu Zhou Xiao was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Rossangeles had won after a very even match.