Challenge

Caldeirão do Lea
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Otávio Dante made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, Otávio Dante 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 Otávio Dante was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After 9 played minutes ManagerZone Crew got a freekick which was hit by Anderson Schulle. Patrick Armstrong was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Hortêncio Moreira. Otávio Dante received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Patrick Armstrong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Namık Hinoğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thorbjörn Olerius in the 19th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ManagerZone Crew's Anderson Schulle got a free kick in the 24th minute. Patrick Armstrong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Otávio Dante, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Otávio Dante fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick Armstrong having to interfere. After some careless play in the ManagerZone Crew defense, Hugo Bastos 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Otávio Dante during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Namık Hinoğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Ununger in the 36th minute of the match. Anderson Schulle hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Hugo Bastos's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Patrick Armstrong firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 40th minute Lea FC were awarded a corner. Hortêncio Moreira went to the cornerflag to take it. Andreas Sjöstrand tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Patrick Armstrong. An unnecessary self made goal, 3-0 in the 40th minute. After 48 minutes of play, Lea FC's Hugo Bastos made it 4-0 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! The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Peter Linkhorst to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of ManagerZone Crew booed when Lea FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ubaldo Poncio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Otávio Dante in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Majewski in the 61st minute of play forced Lea FC's goalkeeper Namık Hinoğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, ManagerZone Crew's goal looked a bit too open when Ubaldo Poncio came free, but Patrick Armstrong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute of the match, Robert Ununger tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Namık Hinoğlu saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Otávio Dante received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Patrick Armstrong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to ManagerZone Crew getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Marcus Majewski hit a great ball. If Ubaldo Poncio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 93 minutes into the game, Anderson Schulle was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ManagerZone Crew's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Lea FC the free kick. Anderson Schulle hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. After 98 played minutes Lea FC got a freekick which was hit by Samuel Navarro. Many of ManagerZone Crew's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. ManagerZone Crew may have spent more time on the ball, but Lea FC were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.