Challenge

Dukaton
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Egbert Matthijs started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 5th minute, Dukaton f.c.'s Lukas Blaauwgeers ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Patrick Armstrong. Patrick Armstrong yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Ercole Fiori charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ercole Fiori the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Dukaton f.c.'s Ercole Fiori got a free kick in the 9th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th 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. Foeke Wisgerhof breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Foeke Wisgerhof didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Robert Ununger went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 22 minutes into the match, ManagerZone Crew's goal looked a bit too open when Jochem Rijkaard came free, but Patrick Armstrong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Egbert Matthijs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 29th minute, Adrian Våleman 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. In the 36th minute Jochem Rijkaard 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. After 37 minutes of play, Dukaton f.c.'s Egbert Matthijs made it 2-1 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! If Egbert Matthijs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 45th minute Peter Linkhorst shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Foeke Wisgerhof saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Peter Linkhorst to strike the kick off in the second half. Thorbjörn Olerius could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Foeke Wisgerhof made a huge save. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jochem Rijkaard, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Thorsten Dietz hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jochem Rijkaard in the 61st minute of play. Thorbjörn Olerius could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Foeke Wisgerhof made a huge save. 66 minutes into the match, Lukas Blaauwgeers 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 Lukas Blaauwgeers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jochem Rijkaard in the 70th minute of play. After 73 minutes of play, Dukaton f.c.'s Lukas Blaauwgeers 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! Svetlozar Chukovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Patrick Armstrong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lukas Blaauwgeers in the 80th minute of the match. After having played for 86 minutes, Jochem Rijkaard managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dukaton f.c.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Jochem Rijkaard was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lukas Blaauwgeers in the 88th minute of the match. In the 90th minute, Dukaton f.c.'s goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Robert Ununger fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 93rd match minute, Dukaton f.c. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baltazar Prestes to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Dukaton f.c. fans cheered their team off the field, for while ManagerZone Crew had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.