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. 6 minutes into the match, Daniel Ricciardo 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 Daniel Ricciardo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. A collision led to Classe A Futebol Clube getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Falcão Paraibano hit a great ball. Thiago Carvalho tried in the 11th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Feliberto Quintana a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-1. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierre Gasly, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Patrick Armstrong came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Classe A Futebol Clube's Pierre Gasly. But to his dismay, Pierre Gasly quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. After some careless play in the ManagerZone Crew defense, Diego Ribas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Patrick Armstrong. The ManagerZone Crew fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Patrick Armstrong should have stopped the shot. Sebastian Vettel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Peter Linkhorst got free with Feliberto Quintana in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Peter Linkhorst took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Feliberto Quintana. Feliberto Quintana dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. Adrian Våleman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Feliberto Quintana having to interfere. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Ricciardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. In the 37th match minute, ManagerZone Crew was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andreas Spante to maneuver through the defense. In the 39th minute, Diego Ribas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Classe A Futebol Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-4. Diego Ribas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick Armstrong having to interfere. In the 46th minute, Diego Ribas made a precise shot to the right of Patrick Armstrong. ManagerZone Crew's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-5. Disappointed in the 2-5 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 Diego Ribas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 55 minutes, Diego Ribas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Classe A Futebol Clube and the ManagerZone Crew players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Classe A Futebol Clube's Diego Ribas got a free kick in the 55th minute. After 58 minutes, Sebastian Vettel made it 2-6 with a short kick to the right side. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Classe A Futebol Clube's Daniel Ricciardo got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Feliberto Quintana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Linkhorst, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. 69 minutes into the match, Adrian Våleman notched a goal, 3-6, to the right of Classe A Futebol Clube's Feliberto Quintana. Feliberto Quintana was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 72 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 Diego Ribas. 73 minutes into the match, Classe A Futebol Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Adrian Våleman came free, but Feliberto Quintana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 75th minute Sebastian Vettel 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. In the 78th minute, Andreas Sjöstrand hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Linkhorst in the 81st minute of play forced Classe A Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Feliberto Quintana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Felippe de Souza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Patrick Armstrong made a huge save. Through an outstanding action, after 86 minutes, Patrick Armstrong successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Classe A Futebol Clube's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Ricciardo in the 87th minute. The audience was convinced that Wilson Queirós's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patrick Armstrong was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. The Classe A Futebol Clube supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Classe A Futebol Clube would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.