Challenge

Calma City
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Monia&Ibrahim's Pelle Nyqvist 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thorbjörn Olerius in the 4th minute of play forced Monia&Ibrahim's goalkeeper Marcus Sjöö to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 4 minutes of play, ManagerZone Crew's Thorbjörn Olerius made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcus Sjöö was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 11th minute, Mariano Columbo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pelle Nyqvist in the 16th minute of play. Patrick Armstrong made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Pelle Nyqvist sent off a good shot on target. Patrick Armstrong made an important save on a dangerous shot by Inge Collin in the 22nd minute. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by ManagerZone Crew's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sebastian Malm was slow to take the kick. During this time Monia&Ibrahim's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Monia&Ibrahim's corner Sebastian Malm fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Patrick Armstrong quite easily take care of the ball. Patrick Armstrong made an important save on a dangerous shot by Inge Collin in the 25th minute. 26 minutes into the game, Pelle Nyqvist cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Patrick Armstrong was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 33rd minute, Robert Ununger got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The long shot by Sebastian Malm in the 34th minute really tested Patrick Armstrong's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Adrian Våleman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Sjöö having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Peter Linkhorst's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcus Sjöö was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. In the 40th match minute, Monia&Ibrahim was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Witomir Naujasodis to maneuver through the defense. Adrian Rosario took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 42nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marcus Sjöö. Monia&Ibrahim's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 45th minute, Witomir Naujasodis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 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.

Marcus Sjöö took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Linkhorst, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Thorbjörn Olerius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pelle Nyqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After 65 played minutes, Monia&Ibrahim's Sebastian Malm shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Monia&Ibrahim reached it. 66 minutes had been played when some careless play by ManagerZone Crew's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sebastian Malm was slow to take the kick. During this time Monia&Ibrahim's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Sebastian Malm got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Patrick Armstrong quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Robert Ununger kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pelle Nyqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Malm in the 75th minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Peter Linkhorst kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marcus Sjöö. That made the score 2-2 in the 80 minute of play. In the 85th match minute, Monia&Ibrahim was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Inge Collin to maneuver through the defense. Peter Linkhorst in the 86thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Marcus Sjöö, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Thorsten Dietz hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Malm in the 88th minute of play. Peter Linkhorst received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Marcus Sjöö tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. ManagerZone Crew walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.