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Falcons make it to BoF Final!
Aquils advance at an all-AO affair
In a match that will go down in history as one of the greatest, the Aquiliana Falcons defeated their close regional rivals, the Flexsys Cefn Druids, in an extra-time BoF semifinal. Continuing on the Atlantian Oceania theme, the Falcons will play the Fury of Eystrck in Vilita's Tivali Ring Stadium tomorrow.
"Im extremely pleased with our performance tonight," said Coach Ed after the game. "I think everyone knows that this could be one of the most evenly matched finals of any tournament ever."
The game started off very evenly matched, with both teams playing excellent defense. Tackling was abundant and passes were being intercepted by both teams. 3 Druid shots in a row were blocked by Aquil defenders. Finally, a hurried clearance attempt by Ancora went over the end line, giving the Druids a corner. Just before the kick, Myffanwy stormed up the pitch at top speed, unmarked, and found a hole in the defense. He just got enough of the ball to deflect it past a sprawling Marmoreus.
The Druids continued their assault, trying to wear down the defense, until late in the half, Girillo was beginning to get worn out by the constant attacking and switching of fields, along with having to defend against this for the second day in a row. As a result, he wasn't able to properly defend Andrews, who put the ball in the net and his team up 2-0 at the break.
No one's quite sure what happened in that locker room. All that anyone can say is that when they came out, Roriges was in the game, Girillo was out, and the Falcons were playnig like never before. Slowly, the tides began to turn.
Then, 20 minutes into the half, Cuniculus used his breakaway speed to receive a pass from Haesit and break the Druids' offside trap, with no one able to catch him. It was quite a simple matter scoring the goal.
But the team was running out of time. Minute after minute, chance after chance, passed without a great opportunity. Until Tomus Flögel decided he was tired of trying to set up his teammates, and took matters into his own hands. Flögel switched into the center mid position, moving a tired Acriter Carbasus out to the left. He managed to receive a pass from Haesit in the box, and split not only the defenders, but also Eifans, for the game-tying goal.
With neither team able to make any progress, the game went to extra time, and a closely fought battle it was. Both teams were fiercer than ever, knowing this was their last chance to get into the final game. Then, Richards was beaten down the left side by Ungulis, who had subbed in for the exhausted Carbasus. Richards had no choice but to foul Ungulis, just outside the box, to prevent a sure goal. However, that sure goal came when Flögel went up to take the free kick, bending it easily around the wall and into the bottom left corner of the goal. A few minutes later, Haesit broke throught the defense to grab the insurance goal. Neither team was able to make any other attempts on goal, and the Falcons celebrated their 4-2 victory, placing them in the final game.
Final Score:
Flexsys Cefn Druids 2 - 4 Aquiliana
(Myffanwy 23, Andrews 41) - (Cuniculus 74, Flögel 87, 98, Haesit 103)
Aquiliana Leading Scorers:
Auguratius 4
Cuniculus 3
Flögel 3
Cornix 1
Flagrantia 1
Præfrigidi 1
Haesit 1
Everybody Loves:
LM Tomus Flögel
This post has been edited by Aquiliana on Aug 25 2004, 01:02 PM |
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