Challenge

Metolokos Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Peter Linkhorst got the match started through his kick off. Luiz Guilherme Velasco charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luiz Guilherme Velasco the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 2nd minute, Luiz Guilherme Velasco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thorbjörn Olerius kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. In the 9th minute, Peter Linkhorst made a precise shot to the right of Eurico Botelho. Metolokos MZ Clube's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emílio de Alcântara in the 14th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Emílio de Alcântara could shoot a difficult shot in the 15th minute, which Patrick Armstrong however easily saved by the left post. Andreas Spante's late challenge caught a Metolokos MZ Clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andreas Spante helped the player get up and apologised. Andreas Spante hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. 24 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 Emílio de Alcântara. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emílio de Alcântara in the 25th minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eurico Botelho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Ununger in the 29th minute of the match. Emílio de Alcântara hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. After 35 minutes, Peter Linkhorst mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ManagerZone Crew and the Metolokos MZ Clube players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 35th minute, Peter Linkhorst hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 37 minutes into the game, Gabriel de Lara was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Metolokos MZ Clube's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ManagerZone Crew the free kick. The audience was convinced that Peter Linkhorst's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eurico Botelho was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Linkhorst in the 43rd minute of play forced Metolokos MZ Clube's goalkeeper Eurico Botelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute, Yan de Queiroz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emílio de Alcântara to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Metolokos MZ Clube's goalkeeper Eurico Botelho had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Peter Linkhorst. ManagerZone Crew's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Adrian Våleman in the 52nd minute. Eurico Botelho 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 53rd minute. Peter Linkhorst recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Thorbjörn Olerius scored 0-2 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eurico Botelho, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Ununger in the 63rd minute of play forced Metolokos MZ Clube's goalkeeper Eurico Botelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Peter Linkhorst who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 68thth minute tested the skills of Eurico Botelho when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Eurico Botelho didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Thorbjörn Olerius went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Adrian Våleman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind Metolokos MZ Clube's goalkeeper Eurico Botelho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Andreas Sjöstrand hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Adrian Våleman charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Adrian Våleman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 89 minutes into the game, Emílio de Alcântara cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Patrick Armstrong was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Robert Ununger received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Eurico Botelho came out and tried to block the shot, but Robert Ununger slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 92nd minute. The ManagerZone Crew players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.