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After an intense first round, the second round gives us more exitement (updates will be wriiten in gold):

Group A:
Los Cruzados - Comtek 5:0
Parma AC - The Red Warriors 5:0
Halifax City - Las Leonas 0:3
Phoenix Baia Mare - Black and White Dreamer 0:4

The Game: Halifax vs Leonas, Dewolf Park
With Baia Mare and Comtek sitting behind, the two underdogs meet to decide who will battle with Cruzados and BWD for the top 2. Both teams in good form and equally matched. This match will test each manager's tactics.
Leonas' dream continues. Halifax were the better team at the first half but good perfomance of Leonas keeper, Bob van Rijn, kept the scores levelled. To the second half Leons returned stronger and went in front after 5 minutes thanks to Charlie Braunstone's header. Halifax were trying to force on an equaliser but they were caught on a quick counter-attack and Michael Myers doubled Leonas lead. The second goal broke Halifax players' hearts and they didn't tried to get back to the match. On the contrary, Harvey Barton scored a third for the Argentinians Champions to make the final score. Myers won the MoM award.

Other matches: BWD wiped off ten men Baia Mare, Nguyễn Tri Đội scored all 4 goals. Cruzados did the same with 10 men comtek, with 5 different goalscorers. Comtek did try to hit back several times but Alain Faye was inspired for and kept on clean net. Parma got all 3 points against uninterested Red Warriors.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	BWD	9	9
(=)	2	Los Cruzados	7	6
(+)	3	Las Leonas	6	3
(+)	4	Parma	5	5
(-)	5	Halifax	3	-2
(-)	6	Baia Mare	2	-4
(=)	7	Red Warriros	1	-7
(=)	8	Comtek	0	-10

 

Group B:
All Spurs - Beachlife 1:4
FC Brescia - P1cass0 3:0
Craiova-Maxima - The Evil Looking Clowns 2:2
Royal FC - Levski Bulgaria 3:6

The Game: Royal vs Levski, Huntsman Stadium
Simply a cunch match. Both teams started with a lose and another lose now will probably send the losers start thinking about the league. 3 points here are essential for both.
This game provided us a 9 goals thriller. Adam Penning scored the first goal for the host after only 1 minute. But Theo Walcott equalised for the visitors at the 14 minute and completed the comeback 9 minutes later. Walcott doubled the lead at the 31 minute with a hattrick but Thonas Haux pulled one back before Half-Time. Royal made the comeback 10 minutes into the second half thanks to Senad Bajević own goal. Eternal Small Dragon subbed his keeper but it didn't help as Joe Velazquez brought back the lead for Levski and Koravit Yodthongdee doubled the lead 8 minutes later. Walcott finished the match with 4 goals and Haux, despite the lose, won the MoM award.

"Good win for me, but it's based mostly on that Royal was wrong with his starting 11 once again in his campaign this season" (Zlostar1111, Levski Bulgaria's manager)

Other matches: Cairova were held to a 2-2 draw with TELC and dropped to 4th on the expense of Levski who iproved to 3rd. Beachlife and Brescia remianed at the top with easy wins.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Beachlife	9	7
(=)	2	Brescia	7	8
(+)	3	Levski	6	3
(-)	4	Craiova	4	3
(-)	5	Royal	3	-3
(=)	6	TELC	2	-3
(=)	7	All Spurs	1	-7
(=)	8	P1cass0	1	-8

 

Group C:

The Busby Babes - KA Barcelona 1:3
Kavalacio FC - PS-NanGo 5:0
Dinamo Zaragoza - Northcountry Timberwolves 0:1
Rene1293 - Aslansaray 4:0

The Game: Zaragoza vs Timberwolves, Romareda 
The Canadian Champions are in good form but if they are willing to challenge the leaders, they need to get past the dissapointing spaniards first.
OVY tgv decided to give up on the CL and concentrate on the league so he put Zaragoza's second team against Timberwolves. Despite it, Zaragoza were better throughout all the match and were unlucky to lose by a single goal of Karim Deschamps whice was the Canadians only shot on target! Timberwovles however, must be happy with the win which keeps them on the race with a tough fixture against Barcelona tomorrow. Zaragoza's defender Sebastian Coates awarded MoM.  

"Some tepid performance from some of my players meant that I was lucky to sneak a win. I'll take luck though!" (Flirtybee, Northcountry Tiberwolves' manager)

Other matches: Kavalcio drew Barcelona for first place after the 5:0 win over NanGo, Barcelona won "only" 1:3 in Sweden as they lost their GD advantage.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Barcelona	9	10
(+)	1	Kavalacio	9	10
(=)	3	Timberwolves	9	6
(+)	4	Rene1293	3	0
(=)	5	Busby	3	-3
(-)	6	NanGo	3	-5
(-)	7	Zaragoza	0	-5
(=)	8	Aslansaray	0	-13

 

Group D:

A Portuguesa de Desportos - FC Future Ghosts 0:6
Krazy Kickers - Hotspurs FC 2:4
FC GPRO - Ghostriders  1:6
FC Boom - Royal Arsenal FC 0:4

The Game: GPRO vs Ghostriders, GPRO's stadium
A first test for the Germans. After winning both games against smaller teams, GPRO faces the mighty Norweigian Champs. It might be too hard to beat but if they can pull a surprise, they are capable of advancing.
No mercy as Ghostriders cruised for victory. Brattbakk scored after 1 minute of play and Neymar da Silva doubled the lead two minutes later. GPRO tried to hit back to the match with some fine attacks but they gave away a penalty at the 11 minute and Brattbakk made it 0:3. The rest of the half was evenly matched but no goals were scored. At the 52 minute GPRO gave away another penalty and Brattbakk completed his hattrick. GPRO couldn't answer them and were punished again, this time with a red card to Aivaras Rimas which left the host in 10 men. Rigimussen used the numerous advantage to score the fifth but was sent off a minute later after recieving a second yellow card. GPRO finally pulled one back 9 minutes from time with Marc Janko scoring but Ørjan Berg assured that the GD will be 5. Skammelsrud of Ghostriders awarded MoM in a match that 3 different players hit 99.

"I wasn't expecting much, but this just wasn't my game and the score is too high. First half was actually quite close according to the match stats despite me being 0:4 down already. Just everything went wrong for me" (alex85, FC GPRO's manager)

"In this match I saved some players for the league match, letting the usually bench players show that they can do when starting a match. Worked well and gave me some great display in this match. Can't complain with 3:0 after 12 minutes" (Mr Krokkert, Ghostriders' manager)

Other matches: Royal Arsenal improves to second after an easy victory in Belgium against Boom, first points to Future Ghosts as they won decisively in Brazil and Hotspurs are still alive with a comfortable win in Malaysia against Krazy Kickers. 

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(+)	1	Ghostriders	9	11
(+)	2	Royal Arsenal	9	7
(-)	3	GPRO	6	3
(+)	4	Hotspurs	6	3
(+)	5	Future Ghosts	3	3
(-)	6	Krazy Kickers	3	0
(=)	7	Boom	0	-9
(=)	8	Desportos	0	-18

 

Group E:
Grobari 1970 - Zi Huha 1:4
Amethyst - Gr8 Angelz 2:0
Lyngby BK - Giarra Djinns 0:11
More Beer FC - Club Sportivo Sergipe 5:0

The Game: Amethyst vs Gr8 Angelz, KLC Stadium
Clash for first place. After that match only one (or none) team will stay perfect. Judging by Q, the Norwegians have the upper hand but the Americans showed great perfomance on their wins and their GD is better than Angelz by 5. The winner of this match will put a step into the KOs.
Maybe the most surprising result of the round. Nothing interesting happend in the first half as only one chance was maid ant it was off target. Both teams started making chances in the second half with the Americans playing a bit better but their shot went mostly off target. But at the 64 minute the Norwegians "helped" them by giving away a  penalty which was scored by Eleftherios Kolovetsios. Gr8 Angelz were close to equalise on the 71 minute but Yosyp Boyko doubled Amethyst's lead just a minute later to break their spirits. A good perfomance by Amethyst keeper Mr. Tentacle helped the Americans to keep on a clean net and win the match despite Angelz were better in rating. Steinar Larsson, Amethyst midfielder won the MoM award.

"I am glad that the team won the game with a clean sheet against one of the toughest teams in this group, Gr8 Angelz are a very good side. Good performance from our keeper too. There are a few more tough games but we are confident to qualify in this group" (Zhong, Amethyst's manager)

Other Matches: Zi Huha are back on track with a second win and probably eliminating poor Grobari. More Beer and Giarra Djunns achieved as expected easy wins.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Amethyst	9	12
(+)	2	Giarra	7	13
(+)	2	More Beer	7	13
(+)	4	Zi Huha	6	6
(-)	5	Gr8 Angelz	6	3
(=)	6	Grobari	0	-7
(=)	7	Sergipe	0	-13
(=)	8	Lyngby	0	-27

 

Group F:
ITB FC - Antartis 1:5
Connemara United - Kamu FC 5:0
Black Pearl - Sauda 0:3
Imparaveis FC - Avengers FC 0:1

The Game: Connemara vs Kamu, Brionglóid Chonnamara
The most important match for the Germans. With only 4 teams in the race, the winner in that match is probably assured of a place in the next stage. The Irish Champions are clear favourite but no one can predict the results of the simulator..
Furious in Kamu's camp against the referee as he gave two yellow cards to Leonartdo Aretino after 12 minutes and the Germans had to play the rest 78 minutes with 10 players. Kamu gave away a penalty a minute later and Christopher Ward converted it in. Tevez made it 2:0 7 minutes later and Marius Constantin and Hafsteinn Ingisson made 4:0 before Half-Time. The second half was more of the same but this time Abdul-Hadi al-Basri saved all of the shots except one - Ingisson's second who made it 5:0. Kamu did have some nice attacks afterwards but a very good performance by keeper Tobias Styles kept the difference on 5. Ingisson won the MoM award.

"Expected a tough match, however I think I had the upper hand even before the red card. Glad that it came as is definitely made the task easier. Still a lot of hard work ahead in the upcoming matches" (csiremar, Connemara United's manager)

Other matches: Sauda got their expected 3 points from the match against Black Pearl 2nd team but ITB is probably out of the race after the defeat to Antartis 2nd squad. Kamu will have another chance to reach the Round of 16 if they can beat Sauda tomorrow by a sufficient GD.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Sauda	9	17
(+)	2	Connemara	9	8
(-)	3	Kamu	6	4
(+)	4	Antartis	6	-5
(-)	5	ITB	3	0
(=)	6	Avengers	3	-6
(+)	7	Imparaveis	0	-8
(-)	8	Black Pearl	0	-10

 

Group G:
Dilligaf United - FratiFrancescani 0:3
DansendHert - CzarneKoszule 0:1
Klaebs Kings - Dune FC 1:2
Seventh Heaven - Atletico Trini 1:2

The Game: DansendHert vs Koszule, OR2KEY
The importance of this game is very high. With 5 points gap from fifth place, the three leaders will probably fight themselves for the two tickets to the Round of 16. The Belgian Champions and League Cup holders want to advance for the first time, on the other side the Poles wish to restore its former glory.
It seems that experience do help in these matches as Koszule are still perfect after this tough fixture. Redman scored the only goal in this game after 6 minutes of play from an amazing free-kick from 32 metres which caught DansendHert's keeper off guard and went in. The rest of the match was rather boring except a great save by Judge Dredd in the last minutes which kept his team in the lead. DansendHert's defender Kohler tried his best to avert the Poles attack and awarded MoM.

"It's definitely sure some players spent too much time in the pub last night. Normally I don't mention any names, but after such a performance Maradona and Grobbelaar should be ashamed to be playing with a modelprof like Kohler" (dansendhert, DansendHert's manager)

Other matches: Klaebs were surprised with a home lose to Dune. The Australians lost their place to Trini wo barely won in Singapore. FF try to save their campaing with a well-deserved win away against Dilligaf.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Koszule	9	5
(+)	2	Trini	7	3
(-)	3	Klaebs	6	2
(-)	4	DansendHert	6	2
(=)	5	FF	4	2
(+)	6	Dune	3	-3
(+)	7	Seventh Heaven	0	-5
(-)	8	Dilligaf	0	-6

 

Group H:
Triple OGs - Steaua1971 Dragasani 0:4
Northern Lights - FC Ruwenda 3:2
Tropancho - Melres DC 0:2
Viitorul Dragasani - Not Exactly A Bot 0:4

Steua1971 is back on the race after an easy win in the Netherlands which put them in 3rd place, NEAB kept on its first place with an amazing win in France,  NL improved to 2nd on the expense of the Dutch after a close win over Ruwenda, Melres looks for a surprise too after a win in Bulgaria.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	NEAB	9	11
(+)	2	NL	7	2
(+)	3	Steaua1971	6	6
(+)	4	Melres	6	-1
(-)	5	OGs	4	-1
(-)	6	Viitorul	3	-2
(+)	7	Ruwenda	0	-7
(-)	8	Tropancho	0	-8

 

 

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