Challenge

City Palace Stadium
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Julian Efraim took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Patrick Armstrong to make any attempt to save it. In the 7th minute Julian Efraim 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. 7 minutes in the game, Julian Efraim dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. After 11 minutes, Anderson Schulle mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ManagerZone Crew and the Cardiff City FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Cardiff City FC booed when ManagerZone Crew was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anderson Schulle didn't get a good kick on the ball. Robert Ununger struck a weak shot in the 15th minute. Xencio Millan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ManagerZone Crew. Anderson Schulle kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. A collision led to Cardiff City FC getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Laureano Jusepe hit a great ball. Cardiff City FC's Xencio Millan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thorbjörn Olerius in the 21st minute of play. Robert Ununger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Xencio Millan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cardiff City FC made a substitution. Baltasar Bertin replaced Primitivo Ciano. Adrian Våleman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Julian Efraim got free with Patrick Armstrong in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Efraim in the 43rd minute of play. A collision led to Cardiff City FC getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Augusto Santio hit a great ball. After having played for 47 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Julian Efraim was the one to do the kick off. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Efraim in the 53rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Efraim in the 55th minute of play forced ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 56 minutes of play, Cardiff City FC's Nunez Larra made it 3-0 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! Julian Efraim took the ball and in the 59 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 4-0. Peter Linkhorst fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xencio Millan having to interfere. Xencio Millan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Peter Linkhorst in the 65th minute. 71 minutes into the match, Julian Efraim notched a goal, 5-0, 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 77th minute, Julian Efraim ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patrick Armstrong was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Julian Efraim struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. Patrick Armstrong didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cardiff City FC. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Efraim in the 84th minute of the match. Patrick Armstrong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julian Efraim, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. After 88 minutes ManagerZone Crew's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Everardo Joey who took care of the corner kick. Julian Efraim was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 89th match minute, ManagerZone Crew was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andreas Sjöstrand to maneuver through the defense. 96 minutes into the match, Julian Efraim had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Patrick Armstrong. ManagerZone Crew's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Julian Efraim was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Cardiff City FC had won after a very even match.