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Spectators: 10 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Peter Linkhorst took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the game, William de Castro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Patrick Armstrong was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from William de Castro in the 8th minute of the match. In the 9th minute Cercadinho were awarded a corner. Walmir Pirani went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Walmir Pirani almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong did a great save. The audience was convinced that Valiente Venezian's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patrick Armstrong was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from William de Castro in the 17th minute of play. In the 19th match minute, ManagerZone Crew was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anderson Schulle to maneuver through the defense. In the 20th minute of the match Walmir Pirani shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Patrick Armstrong showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Abdulkadir Turay managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cercadinho's supporters rose to their feet, but Abdulkadir Turay was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Patrick Armstrong breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Walmir Pirani charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Walmir Pirani the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 28th minute, Walmir Pirani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thorbjörn Olerius got free with Mugurel Zota in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdulkadir Turay in the 38th 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 39th minute Luisinho Vinhas 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. When Cercadinho's Abdulkadir Turay in the 41st minute got a chance for a shot 41st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ManagerZone Crew's goalie prevented a goal. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Valiente Venezian stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee felt a red card was in order, 54 minutes into the game, when He Fei Zhou put in a rough tackle. A collision led to Cercadinho getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. He Fei Zhou hit a great ball. Cercadinho made a substitution. Edmundo Aparecido replaced Valiente Venezian. He Fei Zhou kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. In the 56th minute of the match Adrian Våleman sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mugurel Zota skillfully saved the ball. A hard and well directed shot from Adrian Våleman led 56 minutes into the game to a goal after the ball had bounced deceptively just in front of the goal. Cercadinho's Mugurel Zota became a little unsure and couldn't grip the ball before it was over the goalline. Thus it was 1-1. Cercadinho made a substitution. Jailson Mazza replaced Luisinho Vinhas. In the 62nd match minute, Cercadinho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enrique Gerber to maneuver through the defense. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cercadinho's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adrian Våleman was slow to take the kick. During this time ManagerZone Crew's players had a chance to rest. When Andreas Sjöstrand fell near the penalty area in the 65th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ManagerZone Crew's protests and gave Andreas Sjöstrand a yellow card for diving instead. Abdulkadir Turays short, quick shot in the 67thth minute got Patrick Armstrong to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 68th minute of the match Cercadinho got a corner. ManagerZone Crew's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Walmir Pirani ran over to the corner to take the kick. Anderson Schulle thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Patrick Armstrong, a very annoying self made goal in the 68th minute which led to 1-2. Izydor Domamir hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Adrian Våleman managed to get in a good position for a shot. ManagerZone Crew's supporters rose to their feet, but Adrian Våleman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mugurel Zota breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 81st match minute, Cercadinho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by William de Castro to maneuver through the defense. In the 88th minute Thorbjörn Olerius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mugurel Zota saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Andreas Sjöstrand was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 90 minutes had been played. Andreas Sjöstrand kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Mugurel Zota showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thorbjörn Olerius in the 93rd minute of the match. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Cercadinho had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.