Challenge

【ROG】★★★
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Peter Linkhorst kicked off to start the match. After 3 played minutes ManagerZone Crew got a freekick which was hit by Marcus Majewski. The referee felt a red card was in order, 8 minutes into the game, when Vibar Pepo put in a rough tackle. In the 7th minute, one of 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★. 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★:s 尤海迅 showed great skill when he stopped Adrian Våleman:s penalty. 10 minutes into the game, ManagerZone Crew's Adrian Våleman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 尤海迅 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andreas Fogel in the 16th minute of play. When 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s Andreas Fogel, in the 17th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★. After 19 minutes of play, 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s Flavius Bărbat made it 1-1 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! 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s 尤海迅 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Ununger in the 27th minute of play. In the 29th minute Robert Ununger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 尤海迅 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nae Pascu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A hard shot 33 in the game by Flavius Bărbat from a close distance when the talented Patrick Armstrong managed to make a qualified save. ManagerZone Crew's players were relieved. 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s Rochy Piliang was substituted for Bento Piliang. In the 36th minute, Andreas Spante hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Flavius Bărbat, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Flavius Bărbat to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Thorbjörn Olerius made a precise shot to the right of 尤海迅. 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Rochy Piliang took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Patrick Armstrong. Patrick Armstrong dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Patrick Armstrong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Flavius Bărbat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 63 minutes into the match, 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s goal looked a bit too open when Robert Ununger came free, but 尤海迅 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 尤海迅 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrian Våleman in the 65th minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s goalkeeper 尤海迅 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adrian Våleman. 74 minutes into the match, Thorbjörn Olerius had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 尤海迅. 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thorbjörn Olerius was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. 尤海迅 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrian Våleman in the 81st minute of the match. Rochy Piliang's late challenge caught a ManagerZone Crew's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rochy Piliang helped the player get up and apologised. Rochy Piliang kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. After 93 minutes, Robert Ununger mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ManagerZone Crew and the 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★ players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★ booed when ManagerZone Crew was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Robert Ununger didn't get a good kick on the ball. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flavius Bărbat in the 95th minute of play. Nabil Bahoui fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick Armstrong having to interfere. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.