Challenge

Estadio Japy Man
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Peter Linkhorst started the match with the kick off. When Thorbjörn Olerius came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the ManagerZone Crew 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 Thorbjörn Olerius couldn't finish the play. Darman Ardiansyah took the ball and in the 7 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 1-0. In the 19th minute, Honorato Gotzon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 28 minutes into the match, Japy Man's Honorato Gotzon sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Patrick Armstrong narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Geir Alstad kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. A collision led to ManagerZone Crew getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Adrian Rosario hit a great ball. If Honorato Gotzon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 37thth minute of the game Peter Linkhorst who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Japy Man's Luisito Salvino was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Peter Linkhorst in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Luisito Salvino prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Darman Ardiansyah made a kick off. 55 minutes into the match, Darman Ardiansyah 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 Darman Ardiansyah was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Jacobo Pacho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick Armstrong having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Ununger in the 62nd minute of play forced Japy Man's goalkeeper Luisito Salvino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 63 minutes, Cleto Iraido mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Japy Man and the ManagerZone Crew players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 63rd minute, Cleto Iraido hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adrian Våleman took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 64th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Luisito Salvino. Japy Man's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in ManagerZone Crew's zone, Jacobo Pacho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Patrick Armstrong came out of the goal and Jacobo Pacho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luisito Salvino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Ununger in the 69th minute of play. Darman Ardiansyah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Patrick Armstrong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Honorato Gotzon kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Luisito Salvino stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Peter Linkhorst's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. In the 86th match minute, ManagerZone Crew was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andreas Spante to maneuver through the defense. Jacobo Pacho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jacobo Pacho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thorbjörn Olerius could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Luisito Salvino made a huge save. After 96 played minutes Japy Man got a freekick which was hit by Honorato Gotzon. ManagerZone Crew's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.