Challenge

ManagerZone Crew Sta
Spectators: 10 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) ManagerZone Crew's Peter Linkhorst started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 4 minutes into the match, Peter Crouch notched a goal, 0-1, 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. Qin Fan Sheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrian Våleman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 10th minute, Peter Crouch ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patrick Armstrong was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 13 minutes into the match, Peter Crouch 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 Peter Crouch was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After 20 minutes ManagerZone Crew's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pavel Nedvěd who took care of the corner kick. Qin Fan Sheng made an important save on a dangerous shot by Peter Linkhorst in the 26th minute. Peter Crouch scored 0-5 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Patrick Armstrong, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Peter Crouch had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Crouch in the 32nd minute of play. Thorbjörn Olerius's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Qin Fan Sheng firmly grabbed it by the left post. Artur Burdzel hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Patrick Armstrong stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Peter Crouch's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute. In the 42ndth minute of the game Peter Crouch 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. Thorbjörn Olerius came free with the goalkeeper in the 45th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Qin Fan Sheng could save by the left post.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Peter Crouch to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Peter Crouch. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Crouch in the 53rd minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 59 minutes into the match, Peter Crouch dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Patrick Armstrong, 0-7. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, ManagerZone Crew's Marcus Majewski got a free kick in the 67th minute. Peter Crouch's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 68thth minute, Patrick Armstrong skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When Peter Crouch came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the ZORZAL01 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 Peter Crouch couldn't finish the play. In the 76th minute, Peter Crouch reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Patrick Armstrong. The goal made the score 0-8. Ejner Neinvig kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. With his leg Patrick Armstrong managed to avoid a goal in the 82ndth minute, when ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 83 minutes into the match, Peter Crouch 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 Peter Crouch was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. A collision led to ZORZAL01 getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Peter Crouch hit a great ball. Adrian Rosario made in the 94th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ZORZAL01's Horacio Librado. With a little luck, ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong got control of the ball when Peter Crouch tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 96th minute, Andreas Spante left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ManagerZone Crew fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-9. The ZORZAL01 supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ZORZAL01 would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.