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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Peter Linkhorst made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 5th minute, 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑's Kyle Moyse ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Patrick Armstrong. Patrick Armstrong yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 蒋翔寒, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Patrick Armstrong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 杜兴震, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Peter Linkhorst recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 蒋翔寒 took the ball and in the 27 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 2-2. 杜兴震 hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Peter Linkhorst in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 龚晨瑜 saved 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 from getting behind. Patrick Armstrong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 杜兴震, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th match minute, 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kyle Moyse to maneuver through the defense. In the 40th minute of the match, Kyle Moyse got a very nice opportunity to score, but Patrick Armstrong was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 41 played minutes ManagerZone Crew got a freekick which was hit by Thorsten Dietz. Patrick Armstrong was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from 张默俊. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 杜兴震 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute, 蒋翔寒 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by 杜兴震 in the 71st minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, ManagerZone Crew's Adrian Våleman got a free kick in the 74th minute. In the 75th minute 杜兴震 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. 刘霖城 took the ball and in the 78 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 3-3. 82 minutes into the game, 苏翔西 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ManagerZone Crew the free kick. 苏翔西 hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. 85 minutes into the match, Kyle Moyse notched a goal, 4-3, to the right of ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong. Patrick Armstrong was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 陈彬誉 charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 陈彬誉 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 90 played minutes 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 got a freekick which was hit by 陈彬誉. In the 91st minute Robert Ununger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 龚晨瑜 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 92 minutes, 刘庭泉 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 and the ManagerZone Crew players grew even worse after the yellow card. Andreas Sjöstrand lost his temper 95 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 94th 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. The referee gave 【AC】Black Dragon-名剑 a penalty, 96 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by 刘霖城, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong. 5-3. ManagerZone Crew's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.