Challenge

Escobedo Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Romulo Lalla kicked off to start the match. 5 minutes into the match, Juan Fernando Pratto 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 Juan Fernando Pratto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 7th minute, Rafael Ramos made a precise shot to the right of Patrick Armstrong. ManagerZone Crew's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Peter Linkhorst sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Santa Fe booed when ManagerZone Crew was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andreas Spante didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 18 played minutes Santa Fe got a freekick which was hit by Ahmed Toumi. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Fernando Pratto in the 22nd minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santa Fe's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rafael Ramos in the 23rd minute. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Romulo Lalla took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Patrick Armstrong to make any attempt to save it. Serafino Pancho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Linkhorst in the 29th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, Peter Linkhorst 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: 3-1. With a little luck, ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong got control of the ball when Rafael Ramos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Fernando Pratto in the 37th minute of the match. After 44 minutes of play, Santa Fe's Juan Fernando Pratto made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patrick Armstrong was left in no man's land by his defense there! 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 47th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Peter Linkhorst to make the kick off. In the 50th match minute, Santa Fe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roque Roso to maneuver through the defense. Serafino Pancho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Linkhorst in the 52nd minute of play. Santa Fe's Serafino Pancho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Santa Fe from getting a goal against them. Thorbjörn Olerius could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Serafino Pancho made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Peter Linkhorst managed to get in a good position for a shot. ManagerZone Crew's supporters rose to their feet, but Peter Linkhorst was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Serafino Pancho breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roque Roso in the 60th minute of the match. 61 minutes into the match, Adrian Våleman dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Serafino Pancho, 4-2. Santa Fe's Serafino Pancho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Santa Fe from getting a goal against them. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Fernando Pratto, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafael Ramos, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. 80 minutes into the match, Juan Fernando Pratto notched a goal, 5-3, 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. 86 minutes into the match, Santa Fe's goalkeeper Serafino Pancho had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Peter Linkhorst. In the 92nd minute Roque Roso 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. Adrian Våleman hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roque Roso in the 94th minute of the match. Santa Fe walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.