Challenge

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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. Zachary Snaza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Patrick Armstrong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in FC Ruscova's zone, Thorbjörn Olerius stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Helmuth Duckadam came out of the goal and Thorbjörn Olerius tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 12thth minute of the game Ciro Cortez 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. Zachary Snaza kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Thorbjörn Olerius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Helmuth Duckadam having to interfere. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciro Cortez in the 18th minute of the match. Andreas Sjöstrand hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciro Cortez in the 26th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, ManagerZone Crew's goal looked a bit too open when Marcu Iovan came free, but Patrick Armstrong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adrian Rosario kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. After 31 played minutes ManagerZone Crew got a freekick which was hit by Adrian Rosario. Helmuth Duckadam made an important save on a dangerous shot by Peter Linkhorst in the 34th minute. FC Ruscova's Helmuth Duckadam proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save FC Ruscova from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marcu Iovan during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gustav Kvick kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Våleman in the 38th minute of play forced FC Ruscova's goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Zachary Snaza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patrick Armstrong was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Ciro Cortez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patrick Armstrong was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. 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 home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zachary Snaza was the one to do the kick off. Adrian Rosario made in the 51st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by FC Ruscova's Manuel Şoimu. After 53 played minutes ManagerZone Crew got a freekick which was hit by Andreas Spante. The audience thought a goal was coming when Manuel Şoimu got free with Patrick Armstrong in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Helmuth Duckadam took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thorbjörn Olerius, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of ManagerZone Crew booed when FC Ruscova was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manuel Şoimu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Helmuth Duckadam took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Ununger, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciro Cortez in the 60th minute of play. Ciro Cortez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Patrick Armstrong made a huge save. Andreas Spante hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Ciro Cortez might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Patrick Armstrong. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ciro Cortez ran back to his position shaking his head. 69 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when FC Ruscova's Zachary Snaza fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Patrick Armstrong stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marcu Iovan's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. Zachary Snaza received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Patrick Armstrong came out and tried to block the shot, but Zachary Snaza slotted it home off the left post making it 0-1 in the 80th minute. Manuel Şoimu was shown his second yellow card after 84 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. 89 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Ruscova'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. ManagerZone Crew's Adrian Våleman was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Helmuth Duckadam in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 92nd minute, Thorbjörn Olerius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.