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Match of the Round

Round 4: Indonesian Legends 0:1 Valhalla Warriors, MBOLANX Arena
A battle for a top place. A game between two very good teams ended with a minimal win for the Scots who will spend the weeked at second position.

The hosts were the first to find the target at 21 as Nabila shot free-kick from 21 metres was saved by the visitors keeper. Valhalla went into the lead 4 minutes from half-time during a corner when Sandra made a bad run to the ball and John Vanaheim scored with a perfect header.
The Legends had a golden opportunity to equalise at 70, Dian got around all of the opposition defence passed to Pevita but Heimdall saved to keep his team's lead. Heimdall was the hero again ten minutes later. Valhalla pressured to double the lead but were denied by Sandra but still won the game.

Man of the Match: Purgatori (Valhalla Warriors) - Rating: 91

"It should've been a draw. His goalkeeper made the difference" (Allesandro Agnelli, Legends' manager) 

"After being robbed by the free kick team stat in the round 1, this was a must win match for me and thankfully switching Nita out early in the game helped solidify the defence against a strong attack" (John V, Valhalla's manager)

 

 

Group Summaries

Group A: Connemara United and BYM Fc scored 3 goals each to take easy wins to stay at the top 2. Brescia surprised with a 1:2 win over fancied side Giarra Djinns who are now 4pts behind the three leaders with 10pts. AZZURI and OGs stand 6 and 7pts behind, SNSD and Toripolliisit eliminated.

Group B: Goals Galore were held to a surprising draw with River City but remain first. PoolEver recorded a remarkable win 5:2 over Manfredonia and climbed to 2nd. Dinamo Zaragoza are back to the race after scoring 7 goals to PS-NanGo's boys. Comtek and Amethyst farewelled with a draw that kept both teams in the race. All to play here as just 1pt differ between places 1-3 and 4-6.

Group C: Hentridge suufered a first lose to Melissokomoi 1:2, Kavalacio edged Royal Arsenal to tie Hentridge and Melissokomoi with 9 pts. The Greek lead, the Dutch second and the other Greek third.

Group D: AKNEO and SFVP keep on their perfect record. Although AKNEO did it more in style scoring 8 goals. Dorostol surprised with a win against pretty hard Beachlife Youth Team. Tafferlstickes defeated Grobari to equalise with Dorostol. Bruges and Beachlife have slimy chances to advance sitting 9pts behind, Grobai and APD have zero chances and zero points.

Group E: KA Barcelona ended Leonas' strike with a great 4:2 win featuring a 4-goal from Eric Cantona. The Hungarians take first place while the Argentinians are down to second. Champion FC had a chance to catch up with Leonas but stalemated with Sauda and sits third. Thr rest of the table: Mucu Seini, Dinamo Red, The Red Warriors, Sauda and SportAcademy.

Group F: Kamu FC pulled a shock with a 0:1 win over mighty CzarneKoszule to stay unbeatable in the top of Group F. The Poles are down just to second thanks to OG who held Timberwolves to a draw. Mineru Baia Mare and DansendHert are back on the race after easy wins.

Group G: Klaebs Kings survive minutes of scare but manager to win 1:2 at Werder Bremen and keep the first place. As mentioned above Valhalla are second place tied with the Kings. 2pts behind are FC Real Manager and Brad G strikers. The Americans failed to defeat Galatasaray and lost important 2pts. Indonesian Legends still have a theritical chance to advance but a lot of work ahead of them.

Group H:  Oak Rangers defeated Parma to stay perfect, behind them another unbeatable side Ricfig who made an impressive win against Cruzados. The Swedes are down to 3rd, 3pts behind their rivals. SPFC are now 4pts behind after the dissapointing lose to ICPU.

 

 

Team of the Round

                                                 Éric Cantona         Menashe Harmatz 
                                               (KA Barcelona)          (Melissokomoi)

 

 

                          Henry Ie          Johnny Morley          Crystal Maiden(2)      Abbudin al-Duri         
                  (SPFC Pachecoorp)     (PoolEver)              (Las Leonas)            (Oak Rangers)

                                                               Martin Hamilton
                                                                (Champion FC)

 Note: Players that played as or against a youth team are not eligible to enter the Team of the Round.
            The number in brackets indicate the number of time this player entered the Team of the Round, if it's bigger than 1.

 

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Match of the Round

Round 3: BYM FC 1:0 Giarra Djinns, BYMs Stadium
The Vietnamese newbies recorded one of their best victories ever against 2 times Super-Cup and Champions League former Champions Giarra coached by famous Advent.

The match however, didn't live to the expectations. A few chances were made and we needed to wait 70 minutes for the first shot on target. BYM broke the deadlock 6 minutes from time thanks to a huge mistake by the Romanian keeper of the English, who failed to pick the ball out of the air and Arturo Coronado scored the winner.

Man of the Match: Harald Hegstad (BYM FC) - 1 Assist, Rating: 95

"" (BYMs, BYM FC's manager)

"" (Advent, Giarra's manager)

 

 

Group Summaries

Group A: Connemara won easily against Toripolliisit and claimed first place after Brescia failed to win against SNSD which leaves the Italian at second place. BYM's win against Giarra put them in 3rd position but tied on points with the top 2. Giarra suffered their first lose and down to 4th, 1pt behind the leading 3. AZZURI won against OGs and now 5th. Closing the table: SNSD, OGs and Toripollisit.

Group B: Goals Galore swiped PS-NanGo youth team and climbed to first place thanks to Manfredonia lose to defending Champions Dinamo Zaragoza. The Italian are down to second. Amethyst won a tight match against PoolEver and equalised the top 2 on points. Comtek remained 4th after a draw against River City. At the bottom we have: PoolEver, Dinamo Zaragoza, River City and PS-NanGo.

Group C: Hentridge are first with 3 wins out of 3 after their last win against Real Antoñico. Band of Brothers caught up with the leaders after winning against Kavalacio. Melissokomoi also won to make it a three-way tie for second place. Royal Arsenal defeated Bosphorus in the last match. Bottom of the Group: GPRO, Royal Arsenal, Bosphorus, Real Antoñico.

Group D: AKNEO and SFVP had hard time but both team survived with a 2:1 win to remain perfect at the top. Dorostol is down to 3rd after the lose to AKNEO, leading over Taffelstickers, who outclassed Beachlife's youth team, only by Goal Difference. Bottom of the Group: Bruges Blues, Beachlife, Grobari 1970 and APD.

Group E: Las Leonas recorded one of their biggest victories by winning against Sauda, and they are still first. KA Barcelona are also perfect after a win against Dinamo Red who down th 4th. Champion FC at third after they defeated SportAcademy. Bottom of the Group: FC Mucu Seini, The Red Warriors, Sauda and SportAcademy.

Group F: CzarneKoszule won against their closest rivals (by Q) FC Mineru Baia Mare to stay perfect at 1st place, the Romanians are down to fourth. Northcountry Timberwolves and Kamu FC are still chasing the Poles though after wins against JK United and Operative Greenkeepers respectively. Completing the table: DansendHert, OG, JK and Arslanlar.

Group G: Former leaders Brad G Strikers lost their first match, defeated 0:3 by Australians Klaebs Kings who claimed first place instead. Indonesian Legends defeated Spartans and are at second place, leading only by number of goals over Valhalla Warriors who won against Galatasaray AS. We have a 4-way tie for first with only 3 goal difference between the leaders and 4th placed Brad G Strikers. Bottom 4: FC Real Manager, Werder Bremen Walle, Galatasaray AS and Spartans.

 

 

Team of the Round

                                             Tarum Dawkins           Marian Bîcu 
                                           (Royal Arsenal FC)     (Melissokomoi)

              Jane Foster            Nguyễn Việt Nam        Marc Berthold          Đỗ Ngọc Đôn
      (AZZURI-Valchedram)       (Tôi Yêu SFVP)      (Valhalla Warriors)     (Tôi Yêu SFVP)

              Liang Ruoxi                   Albacar               Crystal Maiden        Hüseyin Büyük         
              (SNSD FC)           (Real Antoñico CF)         (Las Leonas)      (Connemara United)

                                                         Cristian Balgradean
                                                              (Las Leonas)

 

 

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 Let the games begin!

  

Match of the Round

Round 1: Tôi Yêu SFVP 1:0 Beachlife, Rainbow Stadium
An interesting game between the S.91 SU holder and the S.109 CL holder ending with a minimal win for the Vietnamese but a lot of moral for the next rounds.

Beachlife started better with SpLaSh hitting the post after 5 minutes and later recieved a penalty which was missed by Hayley Williams. SFVP got back into the match but no goals were scored at ther first half.
The teams exchanged attacks in the second half but it was Nguyen Viet Nam who scored 5 minutes from time to give a win for the hosts.

"" (A T M, SFVP's manager)

"" (Beachlifeuk, Beachlife's manager)

Round 2: Sauda 0:3 KA Barcelona, Nye Sauda Stadion
Q was not a factor here as the experienced Hungarian manager taught his Norwegian companion a lesson of football (sorry my Canadian fellwos) as KAB won 0:3.

Edward Digby scored a brace after just 11 minutes to bring KAB a comfortable lead, Jordi Rios scored at 17 to make it a one-way road. Sauda couldv'e pulled one back as they recieved a penalty at 29 but Dennis Bergkamp shot it out of the stadium. On the other side Éric Cantona missed a golden opportunity to make a 4-goals lead.
From 3 minutes into the second half Sauda were playing in 10 men after Sol Cambell was sent off by second yellow. However, KAB were not trying to find the net and game finished 0:3.

"they had 3 chances and scored 3 goals.." (Deus87, Sauda's manager)

"This season I have more old players, and my sooperstar attackers are good. That can explain the good results or simply the simulator likes me this season" (Klucsesz, KAB's manager)

 

 

 

Notable Teams

BYM FC, the Vietnamese champions, are the 7th strongest team by avg Q. However, this is their first time in the CL and they made their first win yesterday winning 2:0 against Triple OGs.

PoolEver finished second last season in the Hungarian league and qualified for the first time to the CL. They were dissapointed when they saw their first is against the holders Dinamo Zaragoza but they pulled the biggest upset yet winning a historic 0:1.

Speaking of Dinamo Zaragoza, the holders lost both openning matches as they sit in the bottom of the group. I can't check it but it seems to me like the worst openning for a defending champions.

Still in Group B, and more patriotic, River City achieved their first point in the CL.

Another newcomer is Hentridge FC, the Dutch runner-up. They openned their Group C games with a nice win over Royal Arsenal FC 2:1 and sit second after winning the second round match too. The same we can say about Dorostol, the Bulgarian Champions.

Full list of newcomers: BYM FC (Vietnam), AZZURI-Valchedram (Bulgaria), PoolEver (Hungary), Hentridge FC (Netherlands), Bosphorus (Turkey), Dorostol (Bulgaria), Taffelstickers (Norway), Arslanlar FC (Turkey)

 

 

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 The First DJ Blog Cup is now being organized!

 

 DJ Blog Champions' Cup planned to be a 32 participants cup consisting all of ML S.109 League Champions minus 1. It will be held on the first weekend of S.110. Exact day and hour to be anounced midweek.

Invitations to the 23 known Champions have already been sent and are waiting to be confirmed.

If a team declines the invitation or doesn't reply, invitations to the 1st and/or 2nd Runner-Up or League Cup holders will be sent by Wednesday Night.

Stay tuned!

Confirmed: Arab, Australia, Baltic, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, USA, Vietnam

Shown Interest: Malaysia

Due to my participation in a youth cup, and hosting Canada Cup the time for the cup is limited for Sat 0:00 or Sun 12:00.

Voting messages have been sent to 22 confirmed Champions and 6 yet to confirm Runner-Ups. 5 more votes will get after the cup match tonight.

(Note that if I don't recieve your vote untill Wednesday Night it will considered Abstained)

Voting Results:

Sat 0:00     -  12 votes

Sun 12:00  -  7 votes

Abstain      -  7 votes

26 teams confirmed participation on the upcoming cup held on Sat 0:00. Invitations with link and password have been sent to the participants. However, we have at least 5 spots open for everyone to join, so if interested send me a message!

Open Slots: 6 

 

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 Ladies and Gentlemen we have our Finalists!

  

                                             

             Champion     0:2    Real Manager         

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Match Report: Real Manager wins its first SU title and brings the Romanian League a ML title after 6 seasons without one. This is the fourth SU title for a Romanian team.

Real went into the lead after 19 minutes after Vincent Kompany dribbled off the whole Australian defence, left the ball to Lionel Messi who put the ball into the net. Champion looked for an equaliser But Petr Čech was able to save Bill Davies shot. 0:1 at Half-time/

Real almost doubled the lead with the start of the second half but Martin Hamilton saved Messi's shot. At the 69 minute Davies had another good chance to equalise but Čech again saved it. The Australians were punished for that 3 minutes later as David Silva beautifly curled the ball from a 34 metres free-kick into the net and made it 0:2 for the Romanians. Minute 78 and Davies again was left alone against Čech but the great keeper was able to save again. That really frustrated the Australian who couldn't find the target. This sent the Real players into celebrating gestures.

Man of the Match:  Lionel Messi (FC Real Manager) - 1 goal, Rating: 91.

Comments: "Well done to FC Real Manager. We just couldn't get the goals on the board. It's a disappointing result for my team but we've had a fantastic season and happy to make it to the final" (Bullie, Champion FC's manager)

"" (Alex22thebest, FC Real Manager's manager) 

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 Ladies and Gentlemen we have a Winner!

 

 

                                             

  Zi Huha  2:3pso(0:0)  Beachlife

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Match Report: It is official: The English League is the most successful league these days in ML! Beachlife secures in penalties the fourth CL title in a row for an English team .

Beachlife started stronger but didn't take the chances and Zi Huha got into the match. Both teams exchanged attacks but couldn't make a shot. The best chance came at the 37 minute with Mircea Pascovici cutting the English defence and making a shot on target but Charlotte Jackson pushed it to a corner. In the resulting corner (well at the third corner after the first two were cleared to another corner) Melo was taken down by Bridget Regan but Miu Lê missed the penalty. 0:0 at Halftime. 

The second half was pretty eventless until the 77 minute as Radamel Falcao had a great shot but Jackson again saved the English. That's was the only chance in the half. 0:0 after 90 minutes.

Zi Huha continued the good performance and started the Extra Time better with Melo recieving a free-kick from Alvin Elliot but Jackson is in top form and saved Beachlife again. She was in place againt a minute later to stop Travis Dunlap who cut all of the English defence. She kept it 0:0 after 105 minutes.

Beachlife was not in the game except Jackson and she came to the rescue again at the 114 minute, saving Jaturon Temeeyavej's 30 metres free-kick. 0:0 after 120 minutes.

Penalties: Beachlife starts.
Rachel Riley scores 1:0, Radamel Falcao shoots wide! 1:0
Amora the Enchantress shoots to the corner 2:0!, Alvin Elliot hits the goalie! 2:0
Rachel McAdams shots wide! 2:0, Melo scores 2:1!
Amanda Peet scores 3:1! Tom Huddlestone shoots good but it hit the goalie and picked up! Beachlife is the winner!
Bane shot wide and Temeeyavej scored a consolation goal. But the Enlgish celebration have started a minute ago!

Man of the Match:  Charlotte Jackson (Beachlife) - Rating: 99.

Comments: "" (Đỗ Thị Hạnh, Zi Huha's manager)

"It was a very tough Final like I knew it would be because his performances in the CL so far have been xcellent. I had a good idea how he was going to play and tried a few different things in the game but I had trouble breaking his solid defence down. Luckily for me my GK was amazing and I managed to win the penalty shoot out. Unlucky Zi Huha but congratulations for making it to the Final" (Beachlifeuk, Beachlife's manager)

 

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 The Grand Final! Who will be the Champion of the SU of S.109?

 

 

                                             

             Champion              Real Manager         

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Champion: Champion FC was established at S.64 in the Aussie league, and made it to the top division as soon as S.77. However, Bullie and his team won the league only once at S.106. They also have 2 League Cups won at seasons 104 and 107. Last season Champion finished third.

Champion FC are having a wonderful season so far. They lead with 74pts, 7pts more than 2nd place Klaebs Kings, and hadn't lost yet a single league match. In the League Cup they made it to the Semi Finals after an impressive win over More Beer FC. In the SU the Australians played in Group 2 and finished first with 19pts and not a single lose. They defeated Manfredonia and edged Tôi Yêu SFVP on penalties to make it to the Semis and eliminated Csengele on ET.

Key Players: 27yr Norwegian Midfielder Jale Takle (10 games: 82avg, 3 goals),
                       31yr English Striker Bill Davies (9 games: 76avg, 7 goals),
                       29yr Nigerian Forward Sone Aluko (8 games: 71avg, 5 goals),
                       29yr Australian Striker Cameron Riddle (6 games: 73avg, 3 goals).

Real Manager: The club was established at S.46 in the Romanian league but made it to the top division after almost 40 seasons at S.80. Real Manager have never won the league and their highest place was 3rd in S.104 and S.106. They do however won the League Cup once at S.106. The club made it to the Semis in S.107 but lost there and hope to qualify for a first final ever. Last season they finished 4th.

With the rebuilding of Black Pearl the race for the Romanian league Title was supposed to be tight, until surprising Dreambox Dragasani openned a 6pts lead over 2nd place Real Manager and it looks like their first title is secured. In the League Cup, Real Manager faced the CL participant Steaua1971 Dragasani and eliminated them to reach the Final Four. The Romanians were drawn to Group 4 and finished second, 1pt behind SFVP. They edged Ku Nhi and Krokeide in the KOs after a 90 minutes 7-goals thriller against the first, and 120 minutes 6-goal thriller against the second. Against AKNEO it wasn't a thriller but a win is a win and they made it to the Final.

Key Players: 27yr French Defender Raphaël Varane (10 games: 69avg),
                       32yr Spanish Midfielder David Silva (10 games: 80avg, 4 goals)
                       30yr German Midfielder Mario Götze (10 games: 94avg),
                       30yr Argentine Striker Lionel Messi (10 games: 82avg, 11 goals).

Previous meetings: They met once in the CL Quarter-Finals two seasons ago and the Romanians won. Real Manager hold a better record on player cup and friendlies too - 6 wins against 3 loses, 2 draws.

 

The Final will be played on Round 27 at 12:30 System Time. Follow all the action right here on DJ Blog!

 

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 The Grand Final! Who will be the Champion of the CL for S.109?

 

 

                                             

  Zi Huha                 Beachlife

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Zi Huha: The club was established at Season 64 and moved to the Vietamese league a season later. He won the League 5 times and the League Cup 6 times, last at S.106 for both. Qualified to the CL from 2nd place in the league.

Zi huha is currently (after 26 rounds) second in the league 3 points behind the leader, and just made it to the Semis in the League Cup. They played in Group 5 and finished 2nd with 16pts and survived some tight matches on his way to the Semis, they surprised all by defeating Ghostriders.

Key Players: 36yr Thai Midfielder Jaturon Temeeyavej (10 games: 76avg, 4 goals),
                       24yr Swedish Attacker Radamel Falcao (10 games: 72avg, 8 goals),
                       29yr Vietnamese Forward Miu Lê (9 games: 70avg, 5 goals).

Beachlife: The club joined at S.83 into the English league and made it to the first division also after 15 seasons. The club won just one title - the League last season.

Beachlife is currently 3rd with 56pts, 5pts behind leaders LoD but they made it to the Semi-Finals of the League Cup there they'll play Hotspurs. They played in Group 2 and finished 1st with 18pts. Their opponents in the Knock-Outs didn't trouble them toomuch and they hope to continue the Enlgish dominance in the CL Finals. In the Semi-Final they eliminated Kavalacio thanks to an 89 minute goal.

Key Players: 30yr Belgian Midfielder Amanda Peet (5 games: 94avg),
                       25yr Finnish Midfielder Wreck It Ralph (7 games: 81avg),
                       26yr Indian Forward Rachel Riley (6 games: 72avg, 5 goals),
                       24yr Irish Striker Rachel McAdams (8 games: 80avg, 7 goals).

Previous meetings: 

 

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 Ladies and Gentlemen we have our Finalists!

 

 

                                             

   Csengele  2:3(aet) Champion  

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Match Report: The Hungarians were much better judging by performance and rating but to win you need to score goals and the Australians made much more scoring chances and hope to be the third Australian team who win the SU.

Csengele took control of the match right from the start and took the lead after 20 minute thanks to Mario Balotelli's header following a free-kick, but Champion equalised from nothing. Michael Essien delivered a corner into the net at the 28 minute to set the half-time results at 1:1.

The second half started with a lot of pressure from the Australians and they could've got infront at the 63 minute when they recieved a penalty kick. Sone Aluko shot well but the keeper made a nice save and kept the scored leveled. No time to rest though as Aluko and Alex Barre tested him twice in 5 minutes just to be denied. Gabriel continued his top form with a great long ball who ended after a fine pass at Cesar Romero feet and the later brought back the lead for the Hungarians. Champion were shocked of the sudden goal and couldn't reproduce the chances they made earlier but again like the first equaliser Essien scored from the corner flag and made it even 7 minutes from the 90 minutes mark. A

Really? 2 goals from a corner? What is happening with the simulator?

Encouraged by the late and surprising equaliser Champion started the Extra Time with a lot of pressure and went in front after 9 minutes thanks to Sone Aluko. He broke the off-side trap and finished it in. Herman Houben had a chance to equalise at the 108 minute but his direct free-kick from 25 metres was saved by the keeper and Aluko almost made it 2:4 with recreation of his earlier goal but Gabriel saved this one, not helping Csengele's cause though. Champion celebrate an interesting victory and look forward to the final

Man of the Match:  Sone Aluko (Champion FC) - 1 goal, Rating: 99.

Comments: "I am very disappointed because I never saw that the coner kicker score goals, moreover twice and my gk is 99 so it's foolish" (Gurdics, Csengele GG FC's manager)

"Credit to Csengele, they were the superior team in the first half by far. My team started off quite slow but good enough to stay in the gane. We were much better in the second half though. Some poor preformers were replaced with players off the bench and I think it decided the game in the end with the MoM award going to my striker who came on after 60 mins. Two goals direct from the corner were quite surprising and Gurdics probably has the right to feel hard done by, but we're happy to be in the Final and we'll go in with a lot of confidence" (Bullie, Champion FC's manager)

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             AKNEO             Real Manager        

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Match Report: Real Manager down 10 men AKNEO though the Poles were better even with a player less.

The first chance was of the Romanian in the 8 minute but Raphaël Varane shot was saved. AKNEO had a bizarre afterwards as at the 23 minute Faton Hyseni shot a 34 metres free-kick to the crossbar. Then, Teo Zagorakis could've scored after a magnificent ball from Etienne Capoue but he shot wide. Then it was Real Manager's turn to attack and Lionel Messi almost made it after getting to David Alaba's long ball but Sucipto Jati kept them at bay. 0:0 at half-time.

11 minutes into the second half and AKNEO recieved the hit, a red card to Liam Cooper for the foul, Real Manager didn't wate time and Vincent Kompany score a direct free-kick from 25 metres. 3 minutes later Kompany cut the defence, passed to Rrobin van Persie and the later with a perfect shot madee it 2:0. One minute later AKNEO almost hit back but Farhad Asghari shot was saved by Petr Čech. AKNEO did pulled one out 5 minutes later with Etienne Capoue scoring with a header after a corner. Another 5 minutes passed and Wishmaster had 2 opportunities to equalise - the first was saved, the second went wide. From here on the Romanians focused on defence and the Poles couldn't make the difference and it ended 1:2 and celebrations in Romania.

Man of the Match:   Etienne Capoue (AKNEO) - 1 goal, Rating: 99.

Comments: "Red card made that game. Looking at my previous games against strong teams I should be happy that I did not recieve 2 or 3 red cards" (HektorArte ,AKNEO's manager)

"" (Alex22thebest, FC Real Manager's manager)

 

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 Ladies and Gentlemen we have our Finalists!

 

 

                                             

   Zi Huha       3:1   Ghostriders

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Match Report: Zi Huha shock the Norwegian champion and probably the whole community of ML with an excellent victory and a plce in this season's Final.

The Viatnemese started strong and after just 1 minute went in front. Jaturon Temeeyavej's free-kick from 23 metres was barely saved by the keeper O.B.Rise who pushed it to a corner. But Reginiussen fouled Miu Lê inside the penalty area and Lê himself scored a perfect penalty. Just 6 minutes passed and Zi Huha double their lead as Zi 1 delivered a free-kick to Lê and the later scored with a perfect header. Ghostriders pulled one back tough a couple of minutes later after Dorsin took down by Mircea Pascovic and Neymar da Silva scored from the white dot. It didn't last long though as Zi Huha, again from a free-kick, scored the third at the 14 minute. It was Temeeyavej who curled in from 21 metres. 4 goals after 15 minutes - amazing! Ghostriders had another chance to hit back before half-time but missed the target - 3:1.

The second half started with a scoring chance for Mr Krokkert but he shot off target and then Dorsin tripped Melo inside the Norwegian box and Zi Huha recievec a second penalty. But Lê missed that one and missed the opportuninty to extend even further the gap.Ghostriders were controlling the field but couldn't get to a scoring chance mainly because of good defensive play by the Zi Huha. The final whistle sounds and it's Zi Huha fans who are in ecstasy. 

Man of the Match:  Supermann Strand (Ghostriders) - Rating: 88.

Comments: "" (Đỗ Thị Hạnh, Zi Huha's manager)

"Game over in a few minutes, isn't what I hoped for. But can't do anything else than congratulate and wish him luck in the Final" (Mr Krokkert, Ghostriders' manager)

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Kavalacio     0:1      Beachlife

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Match Report: Kavalacio couldn't end the English dominance and we have another final featuring an English team - the 7th out of the last 10 finals.

Kavalcio were with the first chance after 6 minutes with José Luis Miranda hitting the crossbar with a header and Someone clearing the rebound. It went even closer at the 18 minute as Giorgio Petrucci pulled an amazing save from Charlotte Jackson. Beachlife replied with a close chance as Someone hit the keeper with a header and Rachel Riley shot the rebound but the linesman decided she was off-side. Both team had a share of possession but none could convert it to a scoring chance. 0:0 at half-time.

All of the second half was a battle for the ball and not a single shot was made until the 89 minute: Amanda Peet passed the ball Rachel McAdams who doubtly broke the off-side trap and with a perfect shot downed the Greek and sent the English fans celebrating. Luis Salvador almost equalised in the 90 minute but Jackson saved it and completed the dramatic victory.

Man of the Match:  Alfio Suardi (Kavalacio FC) - Rating: 96.

Comments: "It was a difficult match as I expected. I was unlucky to have a shot to the crossbar in the first minutes and although I have stopped the attackers of the opposite team with caughting them offside I lost from a good attacker shot who broke my offside because of my tired defenders. I wish the best to Beachlife in the Final" (Bill the Italo, Kavalacio FC's manager)

"" (Beachlifeuk, Beachlife's manager)

 

The Final will be played on Round 27 at 12:00 System Time. Follow all the action right here on DJ Blog!

 

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 Final Four! Only 3 matches remain! Who will make it to the Grand Final?

 

 

                                             

   Csengele               Champion  

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Csengele: The club was established at S.51 and played in the International league, and moved to the Hungarian league 2 season after its introduction at S.53. He played in the first division for the first time at S.85. Gurdics won the double with club at S.107 and last season finished 4th with them thus securing a SU spot.

Csengele placed 3rd in the Hungarian league (after 22 rounds) with 53pts only 2pts behind Lajhar tevek. Last night, the club secured a Round of 16 spot in the local League Cup. In the SU, Csengele were drawn into Group 8 which they finished first over Toripolliisit only by 1GD. They outclassed Dazzas Reds in the Round of 16 and faced Toripolliisit in the QF and won again easily.

Key Players: 27yr Jamaican Defender Mattia De Sciglio (9 games: 69avg, 1 goal),
                       32yr Romanian Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger (9 games: 87avg, 2 goals),
                       36yr Belgian Midfielder Herman Houben (9 games: 87avg, 1 goal),
                       28yr Spanish Striker Mario Balotelli (9 games: 80avg, 8 goals),
                       27yr Norwegian Forward Hachim Mastour (9 games: 79avg, 9 goals).

Champion: Champion FC was established at S.64 in the Aussie league, and made it to the top division as soon as S.77. However, Bullie and his team won the league only once at S.106. They also have 2 League Cups won at seasons 104 and 107. Last season Champion finished third.

Champion FC are having a wonderful season so far. They lead with 62pts, 5pts more than 2nd place Klaebs Kings, and hadn't lost yet a single league match. In the League Cup they made it to the Round of 16 after and easy win over Club A Go Go. In the SU the Australians played in Group 2 and finished first with 19pts and not a single lose. They defeated Manfredonia and edged Tôi Yêu SFVP on penalties to make it to the Semis.

Key Players: 27yr Norwegian Midfielder Jale Takle (9 games: 83avg, 3 goals),
                       31yr English Striker Bill Davies (8 games: 79avg, 7 goals),
                       29yr Australian Striker Cameron Riddle (6 games: 73avg, 3 goals).

Previous meetings: The teams met once in a previous SU Group Stage match and it ended in a draw.

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             AKNEO             Real Manager        

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AKNEO: AKNEO established at S.49 in the Polish League, and made it to the first division at S.79 and relegated only once since then. The club's trophy room includes 7 league plates (won every season between S.101 and S.107 excluding S.104) and 6 League Cups (the last won last season). Last season AKNEO finished 3rd which was their worst placement since S.100 4th place.

In the league AKNEO is not in the race for the title as they sit 14pts behind the leaders BWD and most probably they will fight over their SU spot. In the League Cup they hope to defend their title and started well by netting 9 goals on their way to the Round of 16. In this year's SU Group Stage, they started with a lose to Group 2 winners Champion but than won every match to finish in 2nd place. They hard time beating Band of Brother in the 1/8, and easy time defeating Emperor of Thorns in the 1/4 on their way to the Semis. 

Key Players: 30yr Moroccan Midfielder Boulos al-Naysaburi (9 games: 88avg, 1 goal),
                       29yr Greek Midfielder Teo Zagorakis (9 games: 89avg, 5 goals),
                       26yr Iranian Striker Farhad Asghari (7 games: 71avg, 6 goals),
                       26yr Albanian Forward Faton Hyseni (8 games: 82avg, 6 goals).

Real Manager: The club was established at S.46 in the Romanian league but made it to the top division after almost 40 seasons at S.80. Real Manager have never won the league and their highest place was 3rd in S.104 and S.106. They do however won the League Cup once at S.106. The club made it to the Semis in S.107 but lost there and hope to qualify for a first final ever. Last season they finished 4th.

With the rebuilding of Black Pearl the race for the Romanian league Title was supposed to be tight, until surprising Dreambox Dragasani openned an 8pt lead over 2nd place Real Manager and it looks like their first title is secured. In the League Cup, Real Manager faced the CL participant Baia Mare and eliminated them to reach the top 16. The Romanians were drawn to Group 4 and finished second, 1pt behind SFVP. They edged Ku Nhi and Krokeide in the KOs after a 90 minutes 7-goals thriller against the first, and 120 minutes 6-goal thriller against the second. Will their game against AKNEO also be a thriller?

Key Players: 32yr Spanish Midfielder David Silva (9 games: 80avg, 3 goals)
                       30yr German Midfielder Mario Götze (9 games: 95avg),
                       30yr Argentine Striker Lionel Messi (9 games: 84avg, 11 goals).

Previous meetings: This is the first meeting ever between the two teams both formal and informal matches.

 

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 Final Four! Only 3 matches remain! Who will make it to the Grand Final?

 

 

                                             

   Zi Huha               Ghostriders

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Zi Huha: The club was established at Season 64 and moved to the Vietamese league a season later. He won the League 5 times and the League Cup 6 times, last at S.106 for both. Qualified to the CL from 2nd place in the league.

Zi huha is currently (after 21 rounds) second in the league 3 points behind the leader, and just made it to the Round of 16 in the League Cup. They played in Group 5 and finished 2nd with 16pts and survived some tight matches on his way to the Semis.

Key Players: 36yr Thai Midfielder Jaturon Temeeyavej (9 games: 75avg, 3 goals),
                       24yr Swedish Attacker Radamel Falcao (9 games: 74avg, 8 goals).

Ghostriders: The club was established way back at S.47 in the Norwegian league but made it to the first division just at S.87 and finished 2nd on his debut. In the trophy room you'll find 4 League plates and one League Cup. Ghostriders is the Norwegian champion for the last 2 seasons.

Ghostriders lost on the last round to Blest and now sits at 4th place, 4pts behind the leaders and 1pt behind a CL spot. He did too made it to the Round of 16 in the cup. They topped Group 4 finishing with 18pts, cruised past KAB and managed to snatch a win against Klaebs Kings.

Key Players: 27yr Dutch Defender Bratseth (7 games: 75avg),
                       29yr Norwegian Midfielder Skammelsrud (8 games: 88avg, 1 goal),
                       28yr Norwegian Midfielder Mr Krokkert (8 games: 84avg, 5 goals),
                       31yr Brazilian Striker Neymar da Silva (6 games: 83avg, 6 goals).

Previous meetings: This is the first formal meeting between the two teams. They did play two friendlies with Ghostriders winning one and drawing the other.

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Kavalacio                Beachlife

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Kavalacio: The club have been established at S.70 on the Greek league and made it to the first division after 15 seasons. The club is with a humble trophy room contains 1 League Cup won on S.97, and 1 League plate won last season. The club made it last season to the Super-Cup Final and seeks to make it to a second consecutive Final.

Kavalacio is in a tigh race for the Greek title, currently 2nd with 53 points, just 3 behind APACHE. The club made it to the Round of 16. In the Group Stage he finished 1st with 19 points out of 21 and cruised through the KOs.

Key Players: 30yr German Defender Asis Nasseri (9 games: 69avg, 2 goals),
                       28yr Italian Midfielder Giorgio Petrucci (9 games: 90avg, 4 goals),
                       27yr Italian Midfielder Adriano Romano (9 games: 86avg, 2 goals),
                       29yr Romanian Forward Petryk (8 games: 73avg, 8 goals).

Beachlife: The club joined at S.83 into the English league and made it to the first division also after 15 seasons. The club won just one title - the League last season.

Beachlife is currently 3rd woth 46pts, 2pts behind leaders Hotspurs. They played in Group 2 and finished 1st with 18pts. Their opponents in the Knock-Outs didn't trouble them toomuch and they hope to continue the Enlgish dominance in the CL Finals.

Key Players: 30yr Belgian Midfielder Amanda Peet (4 games: 93avg),
                       25yr Finnish Midfielder Wreck It Ralph (6 games: 86avg),
                       26yr Indian Forward Rachel Riley (5 games: 78avg, 5 goals),
                       24yr Irish Striker Rachel McAdams (7 games: 81avg, 6 goals).

Previous meetings: This is the first meeting between the two on International field. They did played against each other in player-cups which Kavalacio won all the games.

 

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 Just 3 Rounds to Go! Who Will make it to the Semis?

 

 

                                             

       Kings        0:2     Ghostriders 

Match Report: Kings bow out dissapointed as they were eliminated by Ghostriders despite controlling the match.

The Kings started better with some good chances in the first half but their best was at the 39 minute when Snow White hit the crossbar and later Rat King Rational shot was saved by O.B.Rise. 0:0 at half-time.

Another good chance for the Australians came at the 58 minute as Rise was called to save Beowulf direct free-kick from 33 metres. Kings continued to control the match and almost went in front at the 79 minute but Attribute Fairy's header hit the post and went out. Against the gameplay, Ghostriders went in front 6 minutes from time: Neymar da Silva broke the off-side trap and shot in a shocking goal. Stunned from the late lead, the Kings conceded again 2 minutes later again by Neymar who scored from the corner and closed the match.

Man of the Match:  Neymar da Silva (Ghostriders) - 2 goals, Rating: 94

Comments: "Very disappointed to lose after dominating the match. But you have to score to win and we were unable to convert our chances. Well done Mr K." (Klaebs, Klabes' Kings manager)

"I wouldn't be surprised if Klaebs is very very dissapointed after this game. I felt that my team was outplayed all the way until the last 20 minutes. I managed to get some good substitues in the 60min who raised the performance in the team. Also an event at 75min seem to have changed the game of play and made me some good chances that got me the 2 goals. I'm very happy to be in the Semi-Finals no question about that. At last I want to thank Klaebs for the match, he's a very good manager that has achieved a lot since he began his ML career. I wish him good luck with the rest of the season and hope to see him in MLCL again next season" (Mr Krokkert, Ghostriders' manager)

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Kavalacio      4:0         NEAB  

Match Report: Fantastic performance by the Greek champions who cruised into the Semis.

The first chance came after 19 minutes. Luis Salvador delivered a free-kick to Adriano Romano and the later shot well but Rogerio Ceni was in place to save the Turks. The goal came however after 7 minutes by Daviti Murgulia who headed in Su Hongzhi's free-kick. 1:0 at half-time.

Hongzhi almost made it 2:0 at the 58 minute but his shot was saved by the keeper. 4 minutes later it was 2:0 thanks to Adriano Romano. Kavalacio recieved a gift at the 74 minute - a free-kick from 19 metres which Giorgio Petrucci curled in. 3 minutes later it was game over as Petryk scored the fourth with a header.

Man of the Match: Daviti Murgulia (Kavalacio FC) - 1 goal, Rating: 99

Comments: "It was a perfect game. 72avg performance in quarter finals was great. My wingers made a great work and my defenders didn't let the attackers of the other team to make a lot of shooting. Now it's 50-50 against the respectfull team of beachlife. We will see.." (Bill The Italo, Kavalacio's manager)

"My opponent was better than me and he won the game easily. I can say good luck to him for next rounds. We might make a re-match with next season" (NotBot, Not Exactly A Bot's manager)

 

QF will be played on Round 21 at 12:00 System Time. Follow all the action right here on DJ Blog!

 

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 The Knockout is On! Who Will survive?

 

 

                                            

 BWD         1:0        Levski

Match Report: BWD started better as Ilija Topličanin's shot hit the crossbar after 10 minutes. Levski replied with a dangerous corner two minutes later but Krag Hack's shot was saved by Gianluigi Aretino. At the 27 minute another great chance for BWD with Nguyễn Tri Đội breaking the off-side trap but the crossbar came to the aid of the Bulgarians once again. Levski again replied with a dangerous stationay position, but Perttu Haatainen's free-kick was saved by Aertino. 0:0 at Half-Time.

The second half was rather slow and both team fought for possession but 6 minutes from time BWD finally made the break through: Jimmy Carter delivered a free-kick to Jerry Young who wans't covered good enough by Senad Bajević, and sent the Poles Fans celebrating.

Man of the Match: Jimmy Carter (BWD) - 1 assist, Rating: 85

Comments: "It was a good match for both team, I think Levski was a little better but simulator chose me as a winner" (Mateusz Jankowski, Black and White Dreamers' manager)

"First of all I want to congratulate Mateusz Jankowski on the win and wish him good luck. About the match, I struggled once again, in this season MLCL campaign been only with 2 attackers in my squad. For the 3rd time in 8 matches I missed to score and was punished for that. None of my attackers had a good performance and I didn't substitute. BWD starting attackers also didn't have a good day, but his attacker who came from the bench decided the game. So my primal task is to fine one more stricker and try again next season" (Zlostar1111, Levski Bulgaria's manager)

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Beachlife       3:1       Cruzados

Match Report: After a slow start Beachlife made its first chance at the 20 minute during Airkraft free-kick. Bridget Regan recived it and crossed to Bodie but its header was saved by the keeper. At the 27 minute Kamen Zhelyazkov was sent off for a second ugly challenge, recieved a yellow just ten minutes earlier. The Swedes are down to ten men, and Beachlife took immediate advantage of it as Rachel McAdams scored Amanda Peet's free-kcik with a good header. 1:0 to the English at Half-Time.

The former champions started the second half well with Felisberto Nunes sneaking into the area but his shot was nicely saved by the keeper. Ten minutes later, Alexandru Chipciu almost equalised as he showed amazing dribbling skills and got past all of the English defence but Charlotte Jackson made a save once again. Beachlife pressued and looked for the second and Rachel Riley doubled the lead at the 76 minute. It was game ove 4 minute from time as Nunes scored an own goal and made it 3:0 for the winners. He fixed it a bit with an amazing goal from a 34 metres free-kick and almost scoring a second  moments before the final whistle.

Man of the Match: Alexandru Chipciu (Cruzados) - Rating: 99

Comments: "I was pretty rubbish that game but hopefully I will be better for the next game" (Beachlifeuk, Beachlife's manager)

"Well, it's pretty obvious that someone paid my Bulgarian defender to embarrass himself. Two yellow cards before the first third of the match is a bit suspicious. But otherwise my team played ok and to be honest we created nore chances, so I'm sure we would have advanced if the match was played 11 vs 11. And of course I want to congratulate Beachlife and wish them fuurther luck in their QF match" (elajo, Los Cruzados' manager)

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Kavalacio     3:0       Hotspurs

Match Report: The match opened with an early goal for the Greek after a nasty tackle by Juan Castro who awarded him a yellow card. Asis Nasseri delivered the free-kick to Petryk who was left alone and didn't make any mistakes and put Kavalacio into the lead. Hotspurs replied with a good corner that was saved by the keeper but it was Kavalacio who doubled their lead at the 10 minute with a great header by Kateb al-Barbari following José Luis Miranda's corner. Both team had another shot on target before half-time but in both cases the keepers made the save. Half-Time: 2:0 Kavalacio.

The second half almost started like the first as Kavalacio looked for third but the keeper was able to handle it but could not prevent them again two minutes later with Petryk scoring his second with a header after Giorgio Petrucci's corner. From now on, Kavalacio focused on defending their comfortable lead and Hotspurs didn't manage to make a single chance in the second half.

Man of the Match: Giorgio Petrucci (Kavalacio) - 1 assist, Rating: 95

Comments: "I think it was an easy win because the other team had a gk with only 96GK. My attackers have 98SH so without a red card for me the match was 80% win for me and 20% for hotspurs" (Bill The Italo, Kavalacio's manager)

"My players let me down and put a slack performance in. I was expecting to edge that game but instead I'm left with a team that's nearly fully fit because nobody put a shift in. I wish everyone good luck in the next round" (Spudgreg, Hotspurs FC's manager)

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The Group Stage is over with a little drama and a lof of sadness to us in the Canadian League:

Group A:

BWD and Los Cruzados have alreday secured their places in the Round of 16 yesterday so today was all about the placement. BWD kept their 1st place after a big win over Halifax who finished in an impressive 4th place. Cruzados wiped off Baia Mare with a 3:0 but stil finished 2nd. This is the first time ever that the BWD made it to KOs.

"My group wasn't very hard, I had only one match with Los Cruzados, which I wasn't sure. My next opponent Levski has a great team, he also won the Super Cup last season so for 100% he is favourite of this match, but I will try to make a surprise and eliminate him." (Mateusz Jankowski, Black and White Dreamers' manager)

"Well, first when I watched the draw I thought that it would be a tough race between four teams. But then Comtek and Phoenix Baia Mare lost a lot of points early in the groups stage and it was obvious that my team and Black and White Dreamers would advance.
For me it doesn't matter which team I get in the KO stage, since almost all team now have similar Q and team stats higher than me. Unfortunately my team have lost some important team stats the past days, but hopefuly we can give Beachlife a tough match. A big confusing to face a team with that name when you travel to England, but he's in the top of one of the toughest league so I guess he's doing something right. I will do my best to break the English dominance and I remember very well the last time a team from another country won.." (elajo, Los Cruzados' manager)

Final Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	BWD	19	16
(=)	2	Los Cruzados	17	15
(+)	3	Parma	11	6
(-)	4	Halifax	10	-3
(=)	5	Baia Mare	8	0
(=)	6	Las Leonas	7	-4
(=)	7	Red Warriors	3	-14
(=)	8	Comtek	2	-16

 

Group B:

Beachlife secured a KO berth yesterday and today they secured top place after a win over bottom side P1cass0. Brescia neeed to win and they defeated TELC 0:6, but they also needed help from Craiova. However the Americans lost to Levski who advanced from 2nd place.

"" (Beachlifeuk, Beachlife's manager)

"" (Zlostar1111, Levski Bugaria's manager)

Final Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Beachlife	18	11
(=)	2	Levski	16	10
(=)	3	Brescia	14	15
(=)	4	Craiova	10	7
(=)	5	TELC	8	-8
(+)	6	All Spurs	7	-7
(-)	7	Royal	6	-9
(=)	8	P1cass0	1	-19

 

Group C:

KA Barcelona squeezed through and they have to thank both Kavalacio and Timberwolves for that. Timberwolves were held to a dramatic draw yesterday against Rene1293 and today they were defeated by the Greeke to finish 3rd. A great results for the Canadaian Champs. but dissapointing as they needed just 2 points from their last 2 games to advance. Kavalacio finished 1st without a single lose and made it to the Round of 16 for the first time, with Barcelona 2nd.

"" (Bill The Italo, Kavalacio FC's manager)

"It was more difficult to fight for advance as it wasn't only up to me! Now my destiny is in my hands. We got the hardest possible opponent. But my team is not weak. I think the Norwegian was not happy for getiing my team either" (Klucsesz, KA Barcelona's manager)

Final Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Kavalacio	19	22
(+)	2	Barcelona	16	12
(-)	3	Timberwolves	16	5
(=)	4	Busby	9	-2
(+)	5	Rene1293	7	-1
(-)	6	Zaragoza	6	-5
(+)	7	Aslansaray	6	-16
(-)	8	NanGo	3	-15

 

Group D:

Ghostriders, who made it yesterday to the Round of 16, booked the fixture against Barcelona after a comfortable win against Royal Arsenal. Hotspurs needed only a draw against GPRO to advance and that's exactly what they got. This is the first time Hotspurs made it through.

"It became a close raceto advance to the KO stage but made it and very happy about that. It should not been so close, but lost against Future Ghosts because of resting some players, which was a mistake. My team isn't preforming so good this season as the last due to a loss of a lot of teamstats, so it will be a hell of a fight against KA Barcelona. Hopefuly I can find some good tactics to counter for that and win against klucsesz and reach the QF" (Mr Krokkert, Ghostriders' manager)

"After losing to Ghostriders I was worried and knew I couldn't afford to lose another game. Luckily enough I won the next 5 games and got myself in a good position. The knockouts shouuld be interesting and I'm sure nobody will be a pushover" (Spudgreg, Hotspurs FC's manager)

Final Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Ghostriders	18	16
(=)	2	Hotspurs	16	14
(=)	3	GPRO	14	6
(+)	4	Future Ghosts	13	13
(-)	5	Royal Arsenal	12	8
(=)	6	Krazy Kickers	4	-9
(+)	7	Boom	3	-19
(-)	8	Desportos	1	-29

 

Group E:

Giarra, who were surly through, needed just one point to secure 1st place but they got all 3 against Gr8 Angelz. Zi Huha's players held their nerves and outclassed Lyngby all the way to the Round of 16 and they seek a first win in the knockouts. Amethyst defeated More Beer but it was not enough.

"Finally through after a year absence from the knock outs. For the final game I was pondering which team to put out as I had a tough league game coming up next and didn't want to lose morale. In the end decided to field a relatively strong team that would would try and get me a result. Luckily Gr8 Angelz fielded a weaker team so was an easy win in the end. Will be taking 1 game at a time and looking to try and win the competition" (Advent, Giarra Djinns' manager)

"" (Đỗ Thị Hạnh, Zi Huah's manager)

Final Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Giarra	19	28
(=)	2	Zi Huha	16	16
(+)	3	Amethyst	15	12
(-)	4	More Beer	12	15
(=)	5	Gr8 Angelz	10	1
(=)	6	Grobari	6	-9
(=)	7	Sergipe	3	-19
(=)	8	Lyngby	0	-47

 

Group F:

No surprised at all. Sauda finished 1st and Connemara 2nd. This is the first time in the Round of 16 for both teams.

"I was surprised that it went throught so easly, but when Black Pearl and Antartis didn't send their best out there I was pretty confident that I most likely to finish at top 2. Zi Huha will be a good and close match, hopefuly I can beat him and on to the next round, but my team haven't preformed as I would have hoped for this season so it's gonna be close" (Deus87, Sauda's manager)

"I have admired advent for many seasons and his league form for the past 20 or so seasons shows how strong and great manager he is. This will be a very difficult match for me. We have met three times in the past, lost in all formal matches but won one player cup match though. His team is young and is very strong especially around the midfield area. I just hope that is a tight entertaining match and that my team will not be booed off the pitch" (csiremar, Connemara United's manager)

Final Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Sauda	19	30
(=)	2	Connemara	19	21
(+)	3	Antartis	12	-13
(-)	4	Kamu	9	1
(-)	5	ITB	9	-2
(+)	6	Black Pearl	9	-5
(-)	7	Avengers	6	-8
(=)	8	Imparaveis	0	-24

 

Group G:

Koszule made it to another Second Stage after finishing 1st in one of the toughest groups this season. The Kings did just enough to finish 2nd and grab the second ticket.

"" (my1900, CzarneKoszule's manager)

"The Group Stage was very tough with no easy matches with a few close shaves. Next opponents will be tough having won their goup, They have shown they are very capable and we will not take the match lightly" (Klaebs, Klaebs Kings' manager)

Final Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Koszule	18	10
(=)	2	Kings	16	5
(=)	3	Dune	13	2
(+)	4	DansendHert	11	1
(-)	5	Trini	10	4
(=)	6	FF	8	2
(=)	7	Seventh Heaven	4	-2
(=)	8	Dilligaf	0	-22

 

Group H:

Steaua1971 and NEAB didn't work hard to confirm their KO berth. This is a great achievment for the Romanians debutants finishing 1st beating the Turks by GD only.

"" (s manager)

"Group Stage was decent as there were good teams. However, half of them didn't care the CL & played with second teams. Well, it's good reaching KO stage. My goal is doing as much as I can do. If I am very lucky, I might win the CL" (NotBot, Not Exactly A Bot's manager)

Final Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Steaua1971	18	19
(=)	2	NEAB	18	16
(=)	3	NL	16	8
(=)	4	OGs	13	2
(=)	5	Melres	7	-12
(=)	6	Viitorul	5	-7
(=)	7	Ruwenda	3	-12
(=)	8	Tropancho	1	-14

 

Round of 16:

These are the fixtures for the Round of 16:

Black and White Dreamers - Levski Bulgaria
Beachlife - Los Cruzados
Kavalacio FC - Hotspurs FC
Ghostriders - KA Barcelona
Giarra Djinns - Connemara United
Sauda - Zi Huha
CzarneKoszule - Not Exactly A Bot
Steaua1971 Dragasani - Klaebs Kings

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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 - The Red Warriors 6:2
Comtek - Las Leonas 1:1
Parna AC - Black and White Dreamer 1:2
Halifax City - Phoenix Baia Mare 1:0

The Game: Parma vs BWD, Ennio Taridi 
BWD could make a seirous step into the next stage if they win in Serbia, Parma on the other hand have already pulled a surprise with a draw against Cruzados and hope to do even better against the Poles.
A close match but BWD win again while Parma gets the compliments. Teo Tudorach scored the lead for the Poles after 18 minutes curving beautifuly a free-kick from 24 metres and Nguyễn Tri Đội could have doubled the lead at the 33 minute when BWD recieved a penalty but he missed it. BWD continued to be the better team in the second half but then Parma equalised almost out of nothin as Optimus Prime shot a perfect shot into the net. Neither team made a chance until the 82 minute when Jerry Young, with a good header, subdued Parma keeper and secured the win. Despite the lose, RZA of Parma won the MoM award.

"Good game, stronger than my team but he scored at 82 minute for victory. he was luck" (GraveDigga, Parma AC's manager)

Other Matches: Las Leonas were held to a draw against Comtek and are 3 points behind Cruzados who easily defeated Red Warriors. Halifax ended Baia Mare's hopes with a well earned win.

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	BWD	12	10
(=)	2	Los Cruzados	10	10
(=)	3	Las Leonas	7	3
(+)	4	Halifax	6	-1
(-)	5	Parma	5	4
(=)	6	Baia Mare	2	-5
(+)	7	Comtek	1	-10
(-)	8	Red Warriors	1	-11

 

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

The Game: Brescia vs Levski, Stadio do Dragao
With beachlife looks unstoppable, both teams want to extend their lead on the chasing pack. After losing points on round 2, and tough fixturs ahead, Brescia needs a win here.
A game with only 1 shot on target, that's what these teams gave us today. Brescia was a little and can be dissapointed with the loss of 2 important points. 2 Brescia players hit 99 though, one of them Dario Bissoli awarded MoM. Brescia remains second though but they still have some tough fixtures ahead.

"A good result against a very good team. Too bad we have not taken advantage of the unique opportunity of the match" (Sir Alberto, FC Brescia's manager)

"Boring draw. I could make a big step to 1/8, but I missed this great chance" (Zlostar1111, Levski Bulgaria's manager)

Other matches: Beachlife remain perfect and now are 4 points ahead of second place Brescia. Royal cut the gap from second to 2 after a nice win away against Craiova who suffered their first lose. 

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Beachlife	12	9
(=)	2	Brescia	8	8
(=)	3	Levski	7	3
(+)	4	Royal	6	-1
(-)	5	Craiova	4	1
(+)	6	All Spurs	4	-5
(-)	7	TELC	2	-5
(=)	8	P1cass0	1	-10

 

Group C:
The Busby Babes - PS-NanGo 2:0
KA Barcelona - Northcountry Timberwolves 1:2
Kavalacio FC - Aslansaray 5:0
Dinamo Zaragoza - Rene1293 3:0

The Game: Barcelona vs Timberwolves, KA Barcelona's stadium
The Canadian Champions face their toughest fixture. For season they tried to put their impact on the CL and they know that if they can get a point in this match they can advance to the next stage.
Amazing win by the Canadians, Barcelona is shocked! Timberwovles started stronger with a goal by Karim Deschamps after 19 minutes. Timberwolves continued to press but Barcelona equalised from their sole attack - Myung-Bo Yuen was the goalscorer. Timberwolves kept on attacking but Barcelona keeper, Dag Gjestad, kept the scores leveled at  half time. It was Barcelona who started better the second half but they were denied by Timberwolves' keeper Pat Jennings. The match has been decided at the 78 minute when the equaliser Yuen scored an own goal and sent the Canadians to celebrate a historic win. Dixies Shiels won the MoM award. Timberwolves will go into the weekend witha good morale and high hopes of a first ever Round of 17 berth.

"Crikey, how did that happen? Lady Luck is still helping me with an own goal, but the Canadian League is getting itself slowly but surely on the map (they are some of the best tacticians and nicest guys anywhere). Three more tough games to go though" (Flirtybee, Northcountry Timberwolves' manager)

Other mathces: Kavalacio didn't make any mistakes against aslansaray and kept on first place. 

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Kavalacio	12	15
(+)	2	Timberwolves	12	7
(-)	3	Barcelona	9	9
(+)	4	Busby	6	-1
(+)	5	Zaragoza	3	-2
(-)	6	Rene1293	3	-3
(-)	7	NanGo	3	-7
(=)	8	Aslansaray	0	-18

 

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

The Game: Royal Arsenal vs Hotspurs, Emirates Stadium
Hotspurs hope to continue their momentum against yet undefeated Royal Arsenal. After enjoying easy fixtures the Indians face their first challenge of the campaign.
Hotspurs denied Royal Arsenal to get their campaing on the right track. Hotspurs started stronger and was rewardedon the 13 minute as Tobias Carter scored with a nice header. Instead of pursuing another goal, both teams slowed their game until the 56 minute when Carter doubled the score. The hosts came alive after that and headed back to the match 3 minutes later with James Wake scoring with a header to give some hope. Both defences held on and the match was closed 7 minutes from time when Gedion Zelalem of Royal Arsenal was dismissed with a second yellow. Tobias Carter awarded MoM. This was the hosts' first lose, but they remain secod entering the weekend.

"I knew they were a superior side than mine, so I tried doing some tactical changes which nearly paid off. The red card didn't help my cause but my team gave a good fight and maintained their hold on the 2nd spot despite the lose. Overall the team performance were the same. So am happy that we are holding up against the big boys! The next two games will be very important as winning them will go a long way to help me keep in the running. The last match though will be decider and it will be against the best team in our group right now" (Haidermota PLC, Royal Arsenal FC's manager)

"I knew that match would almost decide wether I was going through or going out so I studies his tactics and realised he hasn't changed then once this season which made the game a bit more comfortable than I expected" (Spudgreg, Hotspurs FC's manager)

Other matches: Ghostriders extended their lead to 3 points after an easy win in Belgium. GPRO drew Future Ghosts in a crazy 8 goals rally, and dropped to fourth.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Ghostriders	12	13
(=)	2	Royal Arsenal	9	6
(+)	3	Hotspurs	9	4
(-)	4	GPRO	7	3
(=)	5	Future Ghosts	4	3
(=)	6	Krazy Kickers	4	0
(+)	7	Desportos	1	-18
(-)	8	Boom	0	-11

 

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

The Game: Amethyst vs Giarra, KLC Stadium
Battle for first place. Though it's only halfway it can make a gret impact on the outcome of the group. Amethyst is having a dream of a season in CL so far and after 3 round is the only perfect team in Group E. Giarra on the other hand is better on Quality so it's only tactics to decide the winner here.
Giarra beats Amethys and move into second place, behind More Beer only on GD. There was no question which team was better in the first half and Giarra were 0:2 ahead thanks to Arturia Penfragon header at the 16 minute and Ulquiorra Cifer second 8 minutes later. Amethys did hit back though at the 61 minute thanks to Ramon Augenthaler dribbling skills. He cut the defence and left the ball to Yosyp Boyko who had no problems scoring. But the hosts never threatened the English lead and the second yellow card that Steinar Larsson got 5 minutes from time didn't help either. Pendragon and Cifer both hit 99 but the earlier won the MoM award.

"Obviously it is a disappointing result. We did not play well. Luckily there are still three games left. We know that if we win the next game, we will have good chance" (Zhong, Amethyst's manager)

Other matches: More Beer outclassed Grobari to stay undefeated and move to first place before the weekend. A second lose to Gr8 Angelz, a defeat actually to Zi Huha. This had probably ended the Norwegians campaing while we didn't hear the last word from the Vietnamese. 4 teams are just null or one point within each other. 

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(+)	1	More Beer	10	18
(=)	2	Giarra	10	14
(-)	3	Amethyst	9	11
(=)	4	Zi Huha	9	9
(=)	5	Gr8 Angelz	6	0
(+)	6	Sergipe	3	-12
(-)	7	Grobari	0	-12
(=)	8	Lyngby	0	-28

 

Group F:  (Sorry about the mistake in the matches earlier)
Black Pearl - Imparaveis FC 2:0
Connemara United - Antartis 4:0
Kamu FC - Sauda 1:4
ITB - Avengerts FC 3:0

The Game: Kamu vs Sauda, Die Fabrik
The last chance for the Germans. If they want to advance they have to deafeat the Norwegians who were deadly so far in the attack. A win for Sauda and they most probably in the Round of 16.
Well It is almost sure now that Connemara and Sauda will advance as they have deafeated their toughest opponents. Sauda lost Ian Wright to an injury right after 11 minutes and Theo Walcott came off the bench to replace him. It didn't matter though as Dennis Bergkamp gave the Norwegians the lead after a one-sided half. The second half was more of the same as Bergkamp scored another one and Walcott scored a brace after Leonard Buga tried to get Kamu back to the match. Mesut Özil who assisted 2, won the MoM award.

"Manager Kamu has been temporarily suspended because of oversleeping the CL-match. The training squad couldn't stand a chance against our opponents. If we go on with Kamu as manager will see the next few matches" (Kamu FC's president)

Other matches: Connemara cruised past Antartis second team and will face Sauda in a battle for first place on Monday.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Sauda	12	20
(=)	2	Connemara	12	12
(+)	3	ITB	6	3
(-)	4	Kamu	6	1
(-)	5	Antartis	6	-9
(+)	6	Black Pearl	3	-8
(-)	7	Avengers	3	-9
(-)	8	Imparaveis	0	-10

 

Group G:
Klaebs Kings - Seventh Heaven 2:1
Dilligaf United - CzarneKoszule 0:4
FratiFrancescani - Dune FC 1:2
DansendHert - Atletico Trini 1:0

The Game: DansendHert vs Trini, OR2KEY
Another test for Atletico while DansendHert want to bounce back on track. Group G is maybe the most interesting group of all with no clear favourite to advance (except maybe Koszule). Add a surprising team like Trini and you get a group that each match is a crunch match. I bet the gamblers here are confused too.
Though it is not shown by the rating, that was a close match! Maradona scored the winner 5 minutes into the second half. Gullit, who assisted the winning goal, won the MoM award. Dissapointment in Trini who lost their first match and dropped to fourth on the expense of DansendHert who improved to third.

"Great performance of my players. We overclassed our opponent today. This result must give us a boost to beat Klaebs Kings on Monday and open the door for qualification" (dansendhert, DansendHert's manager)

Other matches: Klaebs barely won against Seventh Heaven to improve to second, but they're ahead of the Belgiums only by number of goals. Dune is also still in the race after a win against FF. Koszule kept its first place.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Koszule	12	9
(+)	2	Klaebs	9	3
(+)	3	DansendHert	9	3
(-)	4	Trini	7	2
(+)	5	Dune	6	-2
(-)	6	FF	4	1
(=)	7	Seventh Heaven	0	-6
(=)	8	Dilligaf	0	-10

 

Group H:
Triple OGs - FC Ruwenda 2:1
Steaua1971 Dragasani - Melres DC 5:0
Northern Lights - Not Exactly A Bot 5:0
Tropancho - Viitorul Dragasani 1:1

The Games: NL vs NEAB, Aurora Borealis Stadium & Steaua1971 vs Melres, Santiago Bernabeu
After a round without a report, group H welcomes us back with two interesting matches! It's the first against the second and third against fourth. NEAB is perfect and showing brilliant performance so far, NL is undefeated too but their matches were much closer. 
Melres gets another chance to get close to the top with a challenge against Steaua1971.
NotBot must be furious with Altair al-Wasiti. After getting a yellow card 3 minutes into the match, he fouled inside the penalty area and was sent off, leaving NEAB no chance against an opponent of such class. Pericle Avram scored a hattrick (two of them in penalties) and Ron Hue scored a brace to put NL in first place.
Melres for some reason didn't play with its first lineup. Steaua1971 said thanks and won 5:0 and improved to second place.

"Congrats to my opponent, she deserved the win. After early red card, I couldn't resist too long with 2 defenders, which was also my tactical mistake" (NotBot, Not Exactly A Bot's manager)

Other matches: OGs kept alive with a win against Ruwenda. Viitorul is probably out after a draw against Tropancho.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(+)	1	NL	10	7
(+)	2	Steaua1971	9	11
(-)	3	NEAB	9	6
(+)	4	OGs	7	0
(-)	5	Melres	6	-6
(=)	6	Viitorul	4	-2
(+)	7	Tropancho	1	-8
(-)	8	Ruwenda	0	-8

 

 

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

Group A:
Los Cruzados - Parma AC 1:1
Halifax City - Comtek 3:1
Phoenix Baia Mare - The Red Warriors 1:1
Black and White Dreamer - Las Leonas 2:0

The Game: BWD vs Leonas, Stadio delle Alpi
After defeating Comtek, the Poles host the Argentinians Champions for a clash between the best winners of the first round. BWD is undoubtly the favourite to seal all 3 points.

Leonas started better but than BWD took control of the match and fairly won. Jimmy Carter and Ilija Topličanin scored for the winners and Carter has also won the MoM award.

Other matches: Parma pulled another surprise by holding Cuzados to draw in Sweden thus leaving BWD the only perfect team in this group. Another bad result for Baia Mare who were hold to a home draw against ten men Red Warriors. Amazing result for Halifax who defeated Comtek 3-1 and jumped into third. This is not the season Becksergejs will want to remembe.

Standings:

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

 

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

The Game: Craiova vs Beachlife, Ion Oblemenco Stadion
No rest for Beachlife. After defeating Levski, the English Champions now face another hard task. The Americans are in a great form and won all of their matches (according to round 3).

What a game! Both teams are equally matched and gave us an entertaining and exiting game!
After a boring first half, Craiova went into the lead 5 minutes after the break thanks to Florin Cioroianu's header. Beachlifeuk changed his team's formation and subbed two players and it made the change as his team put a lot of pressure on the Americans and equalised at the 70 minute during a corner - airkraft score the header. Beachlifeuk was forced to make another change two minutes later as Rachel Riley was injured and Bulkhead replaced her. It was worth it cause 4 minutes from time Bulkhead scored and completed the English comeback. Craiova almost equalised at the final minute but Nicolae Tilihoi's header hit the post. Aurică Beldeanu was awarded MoM.

Other matches: Brescia was amazed and lost points in Thailand with only a draw against All Spurs. Thus making Beachlife the only perfect team in this group after 2 rounds. Leski got back on track with a decisive win against ten men TELC. Royal also got first win after defeating uninterested P1cass0 who played with their 2nd team. 

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(+)	1	Beachlife	6	4
(-)	2	Brescia	4	5
(-)	3	Craiova	3	3
(+)	4	Royal	3	0
(+)	5	Levski	3	0
(-)	6	TELC	1	-3
(=)	7	All Spurs	1	-4
(-)	8	P1cass0	1	-5

 

Group C:

Aslansaray - Northcountry Timberwolves 0:3
rene1293 - PS-NanGo 0:2
Dinamo Zaragoza - KA Barcelona 1:3
The Busby Babes - Kavalacio FC 1:4

The Game: Zaragoza vs Barcelona, Romareda
The Spanish Champions need points after the lose to Busby, however it's hard to see them getting it against the might Hungaria who are contenders to win the CL.

KA Barcelona continues to roar. It was a one sided match until the 71 minute - Christophe Kinet, Nguyễn Viết Hiển and Edward Digby made it a comfortabled lead for the Hungarians. But then Diego Maradona was injured and Klucsesz used all its subs so Barcelona were left in 10 players and Zaragoza took control of the rest of the match and pulled one back at the final minute - Jonny Banister the goalscorer. Awesome JT from Barcelona awarded MoM.

"It was an important match and a decisive win if we ant to achieve something. The tactics were good and my team showed a really good game, if my team keeps playing good like this we can beat anyone! Over the past seasons we showed that we are a well based and capable of winning the Champions League" (Klucsesz, KA Barcelona's manager)

Other Matches: Kavalacio outclassed Busby coming from behind to win in Sweden, Timberwolves also perfect after a decisve win in Turkey against Aslansaray. First points to NanGo who won in Lebanon.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Barcelona	6	8
(=)	2	Kavalacio	6	5
(+)	3	Timberwolves	6	5
(+)	4	NanGo	3	0
(-)	5	Busby	3	-1
(=)	6	Zaragoza	0	-4
(-)	6	rene1293	0	-4
(=)	8	Aslansaray	0	-9

 

Group D:

Krazy Kickers - Royal Arsenal FC 1:3
FC Boom - FC GPRO 0:1
A Portuguesa de Desportos - Ghostriders 0:5
FC Future Ghosts - Hotspurs FC 0:2

The Game: Future Ghosts vs Hotspurs, Future Ghosts' Stadium
Both teams need a win in order to catch up with the leader but only one team can get it (or they'll draw). Unlike Hotspurs who is struggling in the league too, Future Ghosts haven't lost a league match yet.

Hotspurs get first points on Ghosts' expense. After a half with not events, the visitors got a penlaty right from the brake but Mauro Navarro shot it on the goalie. He ammended his mistakes 15 minutes later when he assisted Tobias Carter who brought the lead to the English. The Americans put some pressure but could not score and Carter assured his team's win with a second goal 5 minutes from time. Hotspurs finished the match with 10 men after Basian Walter recieved a second yellow card but it didn't matter to the result which left the host 6 points from the leaders.

"Sure am glad I won that one. It's a big step towards going through" (Spudgreg, Hotspurs FC's manager)

Other Mathes: 3 Teans sit on the top with a perfect record. Ghostriders didn't work hard to defeat Desportos in Brazil, neither Royal Arsenal who defeated Krazy Kickers in Malaysia. GPRO had to work a bit harder but still won in Belgium.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	GPRO	6	8
(+)	2	Ghostriders	6	6
(+)	3	Royal Arsenal	6	3
(-)	4	Krazy Kickers	3	2
(=)	5	Hotspurs	3	1
(=)	6	Future Ghosts	0	-3
(=)	7	Boom	0	-5
(=)	8	Desportos	0	-12

 

Group E:
Amethyst - Lyngby BK 8:0
Grobari 1970 - Gr8 Angelz 1:3
More Beer FC - Giarra Djinns 0:0
Club Sportive Sergipe - Zi Huha 0:5

The Game: More Beer vs Giarra, More Beer Stadium
Giarra hopes to continue their form from yesterday and forget the troubles at the home league when they visit the Austarlians. More Beer lost earlier their first game of the season and they'll hope to stop that strike right there.

Both teams gave us a boring game, not what expected from them and dissapoitment for the fans. Giarra were better most of the match but couldn't make an attack. The games finished with 1 shot on traget to each of them. Gilgamesh Archer of Giarra won the MoM award.

"Very defensive game but happy with a point to keep us in it during our first CL Campaign" (D Butts, More Beer FC's manager)

"The players performed well but did not create enough chances. Will be going through the match to see where the chances were squandered and try to improve on it. Perhaps the loss of 2 key team stats this morning was also a contributing factor" (Advent, Giarra Djinns' manager)

Other Matches: Gr8 Angelz remains perfect after a nice win in Serbia, Amethyst didn't work hard to defeat uninterested Lyngby and Zi Huha got first points after an easy win in Brazil against Sergipe.

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(+)	1	Amethyst	6	10
(=)	2	Gr8 Angelz	6	5
(-)	3	More Beer	4	8
(-)	4	Giarra	4	2
(+)	5	Zi  Huha	3	3
(-)	6	Grobari	0	-4
(=)	7	Sergipe	0	-8
(=)	8	Lyngby	0	-16

 

Group F:
Avengers FC - Sauda 1:4
Connemara United - ITB FC 2:1
Black Pearl - Kamu FC 0:5
Imparaveis FC - Antartis 0:2

The Games: Black Pearl vs Kamu, Black Pearl Stadium
A test for the Germans. Cyrus is rebuilding its so Black Pearl are playing with their 2nd team. However it is still a good team and if Kamu are willing to challenge for one of the top 2 spots they need to win this one.

Not much a surprise as the Germans cruised for victory. Even though Black Pearl palyed with their 2nd team, between the sticks stood Cyrus' first keeper who gave a horrible perfomance. The result was set after only 24 minutes with Gerardo Fajardo scoring a hattrick and Nobuya Kawabata and Havinho adding to the tally. Kamu couldn't score after that but they recorded the an important win.

Other matches: Sauda got easily past Avengers in Turkey while Connemara had to work hard to down ITB at home soil. It seems that Imparaveis and Avengers are also playing with their 2nd squad, making it only 4 teams to fight for 2 tickets.

"It was a very surprising result. Never imagined to beat Black Pearl, one of the strongest teams ever. I took it as a nice Christmas surprise" (Kamu, Kamu FC's manager)

Standings:

	Place	Team	Pts	GD
(=)	1	Sauda	6	14
(+)	2	Kamu	6	9
(+)	3	Connemara	6	3
(-)	4	ITB	3	4
(+)	5	Antartis	3	-9
(=)	6	Avengers	0	-7
(-)	7	Black Pearl	0	-7
(=)	7	Imparaveis	0	-7

 

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

The Game: Klaebs vs FF, The Kingdome
The might Australian Champions meet S.107 Finalists. The kings are in a great form and won every match until now. The Italians may not be strong as the Australians but they still can pull a surprise.

A great match that was, a lot of chances were created by both teams and at the end the better team won by a whisker. Both teams started well with great attacks that finished at the goalies' hands. But it was Klaebs who went into the lead by 9 minutes scored by Snow White after a great move ny Ali Baba.  FF got the equaliser 3 minutes later - Alessandro Cosmi scored with a header. But it didn't last long as Dobby brought back the lead immediately. Both keepers were on form afterwards and kept on clean nets. A victory for the Australian Champs at the end of the most entertaining match of the round.

"Well having a match in the everning of Christmas Day is always interesting. The team performed well which could be put down to some health servings of Turkey and Pudding. The first 15 minutes were fast and exciting with 3 quick goals. With Snow White continuing to demonstrate a love for the big cup games by once again scoring and Dobby showing his class. The rest of the game was a torrid affair with both teams struggling to convert" (Klaebs, Klaebs Kings' manager)

Other matchs: 10 men Dilligaf gave a great fight but at the end lost to the Belgians from a late goal. Koszule were not troubled by Seventh Heaven and got all 3 points. Dune put another bad perfomance and lost to Trini in Spain to remain with null points.

Standings:

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

 

Group H:
Triple OGs - Northern Lights 1:1
Tropancho - Steaua1971 Dragasani 1:4
Viitorul Dragasani - FC Ruwenda 4:1
Not Exactly A Bot - Melres DC 8:2

The Game: OGs vs NL, Gangstas Stadium
With Steaua lost their first match, NL have a good chance to finish top of the group. OGs will try to get another win and boost their chacnes of advancing.

Equal match, a fair draw though OGs had more chacnes than NL. The Dutch were on control on the first match and went into the lead at the 36 minute thanks to Adrian Nuñez header. NL replied with pressure at the second half but Iván Veres stopped them from equalising. OGs could've doubled their lead at the 73 minute as they recieved a penalty but Nuñez shot it on the keeper. NL finally got the equaliser at the 80 minute - Fani Salisbury curled a free-kick from 20 metres into the net to finish the match leveled.

Other matches: Steaua1971 and Viitorul got their first win by both winning 4-1 against their respective opponents. NEAB is the only perfect team in this group after an amazing 8-2 win over Melres.

Standings:

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

 

 

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