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S.125 CL&SU Quarter Finals (30/03/2015 21:45)

 

 

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Big names dropped today as 3 former Champions were eliminated.

Match of the Round: Blest 3:0 Minted
Blest eliminated yet another English team by scoring 3 goals.
The English had an early chance to score when Mane Garrincha found the target after just 4 minutes but Emanuele Lepore was in place to kncok it to a corner. The Norwegians will get their first goal from their first chance exactly 15 minutes later as Ragner Lothbrok capitalized on a long ball and scored. Minted got a golden opportunity to equalise 4 minutes later when they got a controversial penalty but Marcus Rashford shot it to the stands. 1:0 at half-time. Blest doubled their lead early in the second half from the legs of Abdul-Shakur al-Nu'man who finished a great attack. The English couldn't get back to this one and Frank Bakkan wrapped it up at 77' after a huge mistake from keeper Victor Valdes.

Roggbif explained his team's success: "Even though Valdes is 4 stars it was a bit surprising that MInted chose an 18yr goalie in the QF of MLCL, maybe he knows he'll have a superstar in future seasons, I don't know..I think it was a little risky. Romours says that people is looking for Minted now..I think Rim Bob is having a special comfort for him..". And indeed Minted was not seen since the weekend. In the Semi-Finals Blest will meet surprising strong Australian side Galacticos: "They will be a tough one. Never played him so it will be interesting".


Other results:

Galacticos 3:2pso (2:2aet, 1:1FT) Giarra Djinns
A dramatic victory for the Australians in the first penalty shoot out of the season.
Empress Kaileena scored the lead for the English at the beginning of the second half and Anna Williams could have double the lead by scoring a penalty but she missed adn the Djinns were punished 2 minutes later with an equaliser from The Motherload. Keeper Parasyte kept them in game after saving a late penalty from Galacticos' The Thrill. Kaguya Ootsutsuki thought she scored the winner for the former Champs with a goal at the beginning of the second half of extra time but The Thrill equalised dramatically 3 minutes from time. With no winner after 5 penalties Dope Calypso and Ling Xiaoyu shot for their teams, the Australian converted for his team but the sub Northern-Irish dissapointed and the last English team in CL was eliminated before the Semi-Finals.
"Fair play to Galacticos, haven't have had the best 2 seasons against the Aussies. A bit surprised by how my midfield failed. I thought it was one of my strengths going into the match. Congrats to him on the win and hpefully he can go onto the finals." said Advent. The Giarra Djinns' added that he is aiming to win the CL in the next seasons.

Darkness Endures 0:3 MIC
The game was ended after 9 minutes when Lozano was sent off for a dangerous foul on Aiden McGeady who was forced to leave the field. The subtitue Calin Gullit replaced him well as he scored twice to book for the Romanians the SF ticket.

AKNEO 4:2 Munchen Carpet
No excuses here, despite a great fight and coming twice from behind the Welsh were outplayed. (And not a comment for the IsraelvsWales match :P )


Super Semi Finals await us as Blest who look to qaulify and win the final, meet surprsing Galacticos who want to qaulify for their first final and keept the trophy in Australia. In the other fixture we have an east European derby with Polish AKNEO, who won the cup at S.112, play against Romanian MIC who played in their last final almost 50 seasons ago!


East Yorkshie's back to back dream continues as they advanced to the Semis along with power house KA Barcelona.

Match of the Round: East Yorkshire FC 6:1 FC Inter Ardud
In a rematch of last seasons' QF, the Romanians tried to avenge and eliminate the holders.
Dejan Stankovic tried to set the tone after just 2 minutes but Eldin Jakupovic saved the English, the last English side in International competitions. However E.Yorkshire quickly took control of the game and went in front as Andrew Robertson scored from the corner spot. The Romanian defence struggled to handle the quick attacks from the English and a good performance from the keeper kept them at bay but they picked card on the way. This results in a red card for Javier Zanetti at the 36 minute. The English didn't find the net however for the rest of the half and Nikica Jelavic even missed a penalty. They did scored twice at the beginnig of the second half as Jelavic ammended his mistake and Abel Hernandez tripled the lead. Just after that goal Cristian Chivu also recieved a second yellow, leaving Inter Ardud with only 9 players. To, Huddlestone scored twice and subtitue Sone Aluko added one while Adriano scored a late consolation goal.

Rest of the Results:

Invisible Sun 1:3 TRIFYLLI
The Indonesians opted for a second KO success but the Greek came from behind as they try to win again like they did 3 seasons ago.

KA Barcelona 2:0 NaftaDon Bourgas
A brave performance from the Bulgarians but with it is hard to win playing 10 player most of the match.

Nemesis FC 1:0 Brad G Strikers
A surprising win for Nemesis but more a dissapointing lose for the Americans who controlled the match. In fact Nemesis didn't have a single shot on target and it was Tim Tebow's own goal who sent the Romanians to the Semis.
"It was pure luck. Brad has a better squad and he chose the right tactic. Semi-Final? I will try to win of course" said an extatic alin. The losing manager, bgilbert, said: "That was a very frustrating loss. I dominated the game, and it's very rare to lose a game when your opponent doesn't even get a shot on goal! I frequently go out in the knocouts rounds this way - either incredibly bad luck or penalties shootouts and it's getting old..".

The most interesing Semi Final is ahead of us as current holder E.Yorkshire face former Champions TRIFYLLI for a battle toe the end. Another East European derby over here as KA Barcelona face Nemsis FC. The Romanians will play for the first time against their ex-defender who now play for KAB.

 

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