Challenge

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Spectators: 10 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Jacoca's Emil Jurăscu 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. The referee felt a red card was in order, 3 minutes into the game, when Andreas Sjöstrand put in a rough tackle. After 3 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ManagerZone Crew! In the 5th minute, Emil Jurăscu made a precise shot to the right of Patrick Armstrong. ManagerZone Crew's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After 7 played minutes ManagerZone Crew got a freekick which was hit by Marcus Majewski. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renatinho Vides in the 14th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emil Jurăscu in the 15th minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Renatinho Vides in the 19th minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Emil Jurăscu notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong. Patrick Armstrong was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 34th match minute, ManagerZone Crew was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anderson Schulle to maneuver through the defense. If Wojciech Nienajadlo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dé Leão made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Peter Linkhorst sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emil Jurăscu in the 39th 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 was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Peter Linkhorst was the one to do the kick off. When Anderson Schulle fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ManagerZone Crew's protests and gave Anderson Schulle a yellow card for diving instead. Bo Lindberg'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. Bo Lindberg helped the player get up and apologised. Thorbjörn Olerius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dé Leão having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Andreas Spante managed to get in a good position for a shot. ManagerZone Crew's supporters rose to their feet, but Andreas Spante was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dé Leão breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Robert Ununger charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Robert Ununger the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 68th match minute, ManagerZone Crew was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robert Ununger to maneuver through the defense. After 75 minutes, Thorbjörn Olerius made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. Jacoca's Dé Leão tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Emil Jurăscu'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 82nd match minute, Jacoca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Renatinho Vides to maneuver through the defense. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wojciech Nienajadlo in the 85th minute of play. Dé Leão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrian Våleman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcus Majewski kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Vitório Nascimento hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. The Jacoca 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.