Challenge

Monsterz Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Anıl Özkut started the match with the kick off. The Digital Monsterz FC fans' excitement grew in the 4th match minute when Digital Monsterz FC's Leandro Heidemann looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 7th minute Peter Linkhorst shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isak Jacobsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to ManagerZone Crew getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Andreas Sjöstrand hit a great ball. In the 9th minute, Leandro Heidemann reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Patrick Armstrong. The goal made the score 2-0. Leandro Heidemann sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 14 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 Leandro Heidemann. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save ManagerZone Crew from getting a goal against them. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by ManagerZone Crew's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Birger Spetz was slow to take the kick. During this time Digital Monsterz FC's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Christer Nyberg heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. If Leandro Heidemann had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Andreas Sjöstrand hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leandro Heidemann in the 35th minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, Adrian Våleman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Isak Jacobsson. Digital Monsterz FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adrian Våleman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. After a rather tough play, ManagerZone Crew's Marcus Majewski got a free kick in the 43rd minute. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jesper Ljung in the 44th minute of play. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leandro Heidemann in the 48th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-1 at half-time.

After 54 minutes, Marcus Majewski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ManagerZone Crew and the Digital Monsterz FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ManagerZone Crew's Marcus Majewski got a free kick in the 54th minute. Isak Jacobsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Linkhorst in the 56th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leandro Heidemann in the 60th minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leandro Heidemann took the ball and in the 61 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 6-1. In the 68th minute Leandro Heidemann 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. Digital Monsterz FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Birger Spetz in the 69th minute. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anıl Özkut in the 72nd minute of play. After 72 minutes of play, Digital Monsterz FC's Anıl Özkut made it 7-1 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! Leandro Heidemann blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Patrick Armstrong having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leandro Heidemann in the 75th minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the game, Leandro Heidemann cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 9-1. Patrick Armstrong was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 89 minutes into the match, Digital Monsterz FC's Leandro Heidemann sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Patrick Armstrong narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some careless play in the ManagerZone Crew defense, Leandro Heidemann kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Patrick Armstrong. The ManagerZone Crew fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Patrick Armstrong should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Leandro Heidemann's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patrick Armstrong was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leandro Heidemann, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Digital Monsterz FC were awarded a corner in the 95th minute after ManagerZone Crew's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Birger Spetz took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Birger Spetz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Patrick Armstrong quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save.