Challenge

ALLIANZ PARQUE
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) OAMOREVERDE's Romain Bardet started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vlado Shikalanov in the 9th minute of play. Romain Bardet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Patrick Armstrong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Andreas Spante hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 21st minute Thorbjörn Olerius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paredes Xavier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 22 minutes into the game, Romain Bardet cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Patrick Armstrong was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 25th match minute, ManagerZone Crew was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcus Majewski to maneuver through the defense. OAMOREVERDE were awarded a corner in the 29th minute after ManagerZone Crew's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Marquinhos Lara took the corner. The corner ended in Marquinhos Lara almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong did a great save. Patrick Armstrong made an important save on a dangerous shot by Romain Bardet in the 31st minute. Paredes Xavier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Linkhorst, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Romain Bardet took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Patrick Armstrong to make any attempt to save it. Patrick Armstrong made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Vlado Shikalanov sent off a good shot on target. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Peter Linkhorst stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Robinho Queirós hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Paredes Xavier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Ununger in the 54th minute of the match. After having played for 56 minutes, Vlado Shikalanov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. OAMOREVERDE's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vlado Shikalanov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When OAMOREVERDE's Romain Bardet in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ManagerZone Crew's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Ununger in the 61st minute of play forced OAMOREVERDE's goalkeeper Paredes Xavier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 62nd minute, Marcus Majewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Romain Bardet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick Armstrong having to interfere. OAMOREVERDE's Paredes Xavier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Ununger in the 68th minute of play. In the 75thth minute of the game Romain Bardet who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Urbilla in the 76th minute of play. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yan Vander in the 77th minute of play. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romain Bardet in the 79th minute of the match. Uljas Mäkitalo kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. OAMOREVERDE's defense didn't have a chance, in the 87th minute, when Robert Ununger scored to the left of an out of position Paredes Xavier, making the score, 2-1. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bonggo Lucas in the 90th minute of the match. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romain Bardet, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. After 94 minutes, Andreas Sjöstrand mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ManagerZone Crew and the OAMOREVERDE players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to ManagerZone Crew getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Andreas Sjöstrand hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marcus Majewski during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Patrick Armstrong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romain Bardet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee ended the match the OAMOREVERDE players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.