Challenge

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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Rossangeles's Jiang Bing Ning played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peter Linkhorst in the 3rd minute of play. Sílvio Luís Secco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Patrick Armstrong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adam Zieba's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 8thth minute, Patrick Armstrong skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodri Palacios in the 9th minute of play. In the 14th minute Adrian Våleman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jiang Bing Ning saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Patrick Armstrong didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rodri Palacios went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Peter Linkhorst hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Jiang Bing Ning showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Linkhorst in the 21st minute of the match. A collision led to ManagerZone Crew getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Adrian Våleman hit a great ball. Patrick Armstrong made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rodri Palacios in the 26th minute. In the 30th minute Thorbjörn Olerius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jiang Bing Ning saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ManagerZone Crew were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after Rossangeles's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Adrian Våleman took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Rossangeles's goalie and right to Robert Ununger. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Rossangeles's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. When Adriano Imperatore fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rossangeles's protests and gave Adriano Imperatore a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Rossangeles's Adriano Imperatore got a free kick in the 35th minute. In the 37th minute Thorbjörn Olerius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jiang Bing Ning saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th minute, Rodri Palacios left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rossangeles fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. 2-1 became the score in the 46th minute when Robert Ununger elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Rodri Palacios made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Rossangeles's Sílvio Luís Secco got a free kick in the 51st minute. Jiang Bing Ning made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thorbjörn Olerius in the 52nd minute. After 53 played minutes Rossangeles got a freekick which was hit by Gu Zhou Xiao. In the 54th minute, ManagerZone Crew's Robert Ununger ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jiang Bing Ning. Jiang Bing Ning yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. When the match clock showed 58 minutes, the score became 2-3 when Peter Linkhorst sped through Rossangeles's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jiang Bing Ning. 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. In the 65th minute, Rodri Palacios 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 3-3. Ercole Fiori hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. In the 78th match minute, ManagerZone Crew was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adrian Rosario to maneuver through the defense. 81 minutes into the match, Rossangeles's goalkeeper Jiang Bing Ning had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Peter Linkhorst. Patrick Armstrong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodri Palacios, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 91 minutes into the match, Rossangeles's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Ununger came free, but Jiang Bing Ning reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. ManagerZone Crew had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.