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Spectators: 10 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Crocus FC Elblag's Ignacy Banach 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. Teobald Sikola blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Patrick Armstrong having to make a save. Tiago Çağar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Patrick Armstrong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignacy Banach in the 13th minute of play. After having played for 16 minutes, Adrian Våleman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ManagerZone Crew's supporters crossed their fingers, but Adrian Våleman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ignacy Banach fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick Armstrong having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ignacy Banach in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Patrick Armstrong saved ManagerZone Crew from getting behind. Crocus FC Elblag's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tiago Çağar in the 28th minute. After taking down the ball on Crocus FC Elblag's corner Milosz Gendolla fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Patrick Armstrong quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Milosz Gendolla in the 31st minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute, Ulryk Bondel 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. Andreas Spante's late challenge caught a Crocus FC Elblag'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 36 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 Teobald Sikola in the 39th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Teobald Sikola's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patrick Armstrong was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. Thorbjörn Olerius kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Andreas Spante was shown his second yellow card after 44 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in 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 Milosz Gendolla in the 47th minute of play. In the 48th minute of the match Crocus FC Elblag got a corner. ManagerZone Crew's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tiago Çağar ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Peter Linkhorst to strike the kick off in the second half. ManagerZone Crew's Thorbjörn Olerius got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Teobald Sikola could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Patrick Armstrong made a huge save. Crocus FC Elblag's Feliks Fleischer was substituted for Ulryk Bondel. 62 minutes had been played when some careless play by ManagerZone Crew's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tiago Çağar was slow to take the kick. During this time Crocus FC Elblag's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Crocus FC Elblag's Ignacy Banach to a score. 0-1 in the 62nd minute. Adrian Våleman blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jiang Zhen Qiang having to make a save. Thorbjörn Olerius's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jiang Zhen Qiang read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 71st minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Adrian Rosario hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiago Çağar in the 81st minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Ignacy Banach managed to get in a good position for a shot. Crocus FC Elblag's supporters rose to their feet, but Ignacy Banach was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Patrick Armstrong breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Teobald Mruk kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. In the 87th minute Teobald Sikola 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. Crocus FC Elblag's Jiang Zhen Qiang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thorbjörn Olerius in the 91st minute of play. Patrick Armstrong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teobald Sikola, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Crocus FC Elblag walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.