Challenge

Escobedo Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, 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. Adrian Våleman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Shao Jing Yuan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romulo Lalla in the 18th minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute, Thorsten Dietz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Patrick Armstrong came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Santa Fe's Juan Fernando Pratto. But to his dismay, Juan Fernando Pratto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Robert Ununger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Shao Jing Yuan having to interfere. If Adrian Våleman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Patrick Armstrong didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Juan Fernando Pratto went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. In the 40th minute Adrian Våleman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Shao Jing Yuan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46th minute, Santa Fe's Romulo Lalla dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-0.

Santa Fe's Mauricio Montes was substituted for Santi Ogazón. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Romulo Lalla to make the kick off. 55 minutes in the game, Robert Ununger fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Shao Jing Yuan having to interfere. Sandro Coisne kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Mauricio Montes in the 58th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ManagerZone Crew's Thorbjörn Olerius. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Fernando Pratto in the 61st minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save 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 Roque Roso in the 64th minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, Santa Fe's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Ununger came free, but Shao Jing Yuan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Peter Linkhorsts short, quick shot in the 71stth minute got Shao Jing Yuan to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 74th minute, Peter Linkhorst made a precise shot to the right of Shao Jing Yuan. Santa Fe's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. Santa Fe made a substitution. Eliott Pépin replaced Rolando Madaleno. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roque Roso in the 79th minute of play. An unexpected shot in the 81st minute by Thorbjörn Olerius got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Santa Fe were awarded a corner in the 86th minute after ManagerZone Crew's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Juan Fernando Pratto took the corner. Juan Fernando Pratto hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Thorbjörn Olerius could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Shao Jing Yuan made a huge save. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roque Roso, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute.