Challenge

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Spectators: 11 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Peter Linkhorst started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 7 played minutes Ipplepen got a freekick which was hit by Shjae Al Dekhel. 8 minutes into the match, Thorbjörn Olerius notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Ipplepen's Ayman Al Naqi. Ayman Al Naqi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Fared Al Kandere came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Ipplepen fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Fared Al Kandere couldn't finish the play. After 15 played minutes Ipplepen got a freekick which was hit by Fared Al Kandere. In the 18th minute, Thorbjörn Olerius left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ManagerZone Crew fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Adrian Rosario hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ipplepen's Ayman Al Naqi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peter Linkhorst in the 30th minute of play. The supporters of ManagerZone Crew booed when Ipplepen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eshaq Taiban didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fared Al Kandere took the ball and in the 34 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 2-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fared Al Kandere in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Patrick Armstrong prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bader Al Zamel in the 41st minute of the match. If Robert Ununger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bader Al Zamel stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ipplepen's Fared Al Kandere got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Fared Al Kandere kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Adrian Våleman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Ayman Al Naqi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ayman Al Naqi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thorbjörn Olerius, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Ununger in the 63rd minute of play forced Ipplepen's goalkeeper Ayman Al Naqi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ipplepen's Ayman Al Naqi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Våleman in the 64th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Ipplepen's Shjae Al Dekhel got a free kick in the 67th minute. Thorbjörn Olerius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ayman Al Naqi having to interfere. After having played for 71 minutes, Fared Al Kandere managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ipplepen's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fared Al Kandere was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 77 minutes into the game, Qutada Al Motaire was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ipplepen's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ManagerZone Crew the free kick. A collision led to Ipplepen getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Qutada Al Motaire hit a great ball. Ipplepen's Ayman Al Naqi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peter Linkhorst in the 79th minute of play. 81 minutes into the match, Ipplepen's goal looked a bit too open when Adrian Våleman came free, but Ayman Al Naqi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Haider Al Khaled hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 84 minutes Ipplepen's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Adrian Våleman who took care of the corner kick. In the 85th minute Peter Linkhorst shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ayman Al Naqi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Shjae Al Dekhel charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Shjae Al Dekhel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of ManagerZone Crew booed when Ipplepen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Shjae Al Dekhel didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 88th minute, Thorbjörn Olerius ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ayman Al Naqi was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. After 92 minutes of play, ManagerZone Crew's Peter Linkhorst made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ayman Al Naqi was left in no man's land by his defense there!