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"Coach, why are you not putting me in the starting line-up?" Ahmed asked a little too pleadingly in the team meeting after training.
Coach Colin Miles, a former Starblaydi international, picked up a newspaper and flung it in the direction of his third-choice striker. The headline read:
Starblaydi Super-Sub Seals First AOCAF Point
Miles, who was standing in for World Cup Qualifying-occupied Manager Georges-Ringeaux, walked round the eighteen international footballers in the room. He opened up his laptop and connected up the projector. Usually used to display the Pro-Zone statistics for the squad, this time it displayed the latest news on the Starblaydi Football Association's website.
Ol-wairain the Super-Sub
Ahmed does it again from off the bench
With Chris Kabeya-MBaya taking an early knock and having to go off at the Jinal Cove Complex, Ahmed Ol-wairain came off the bench and scored his second in two games to help give Starblaydia their first AOCAF win and four points from two games. Though Nojika scored first with Jerrell Alson after co-captain Andrew Beat hit the post, Ol-wairain pulled one back with a lovely strike from around twelve yards. In the second half Guylain N'Dumbu-Nsungu secured the three points after heading the ball in from a corner.
With, strangely, two Panthers carrying a Captain's armband, Nojika's team broke up into three seperate parts of Defence, Midfield and Attack and Starblaydia capitalised..
"Coaching different parts of the team is a very North-American way of doing things," said Starblaydi Coach Colin Miles, "But we can see that this style of training can break down into its component parts under pressure. All we needed to do was divide and conquer as we played as one big team."
From this victory Starblaydia are now second in Group 2, behind 100%ers NEWI Cefn Druids, just ahead of 3-pointers Sarzonia and Nojika. Turori look to be rather badly placed in this group on results and expectations, flattened 4-1 by the Druids and beaten 2-1 by Nojika on the first match day. You would expect Turori to come back from this position, though Starblaydia will probably drop down a place or two as they have yet to play the three bigger teams in this six-team group.
Final Score:
Nojika 1 - 2 Starblaydia
(Alson 13) - (Ol-wairain 39, N'Dumbu-Nsungu 72)
Each player read the online report, some more quickly than others.
"You, Ahmed," Coach Miles began, "are our secret weapon. Nobody watches the Vilitan Declasse, nobody."
"I shold know, chief," chuckled second-choice Goalie Rene Griffiths, kept on at Eastal Lunar while Ol-wairain was released, "we get bugger-all TV money."
"Exactly." Miles agreed. "The less we play you, the less people can figure out your game, the better the chances are of you getting a goal. Guy and Chris are our starting pair, you are our super-sub. Boaz is our goalie, Rene is our reserve. Those are my orders from Mr. Georges-Ringeaux. I'll talk to him, Ok?"
"Yes, Coach. Thanks."
"Now, its the bleep test this afternoon..."
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Stars snap out of funk, 2-1
After a 13 match unbeaten streak, the Sarzonian national team was now facing a four match winless streak with three draws in World Cup qualifying and an ugly 2-0 loss to defending AOCAF champions NEWI Cefn Druids.
The Stars returned to their winning ways behind seven Troy Perkins saves and two goals from forward Brian Wilson and defeated the lower tiered Stralphi Dragons 2-1.
"It was very important to get the full three points and get a winning result," Coach Bryan Marshall said. "We hadn't been getting the late goals and Willsie took care of that for us. He's really become the team leader other than Bobby Convey."
"We just had to play a better brand of football," Wilson said. "We embarrassed ourselves against the Druids and we really had to make amends. Those guys [the Dragons] didn't make things easy for us; we really had to go after it. But we still got the result, that's the important thing."
Wilson gave the Stars a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute after Convey was fouled in the area with a well placed penalty kick that froze Dragons keeper Ral Terla. Wilson's second goal, after a brilliant cross from Convey in the 54th minute, seemed to give the Stars the game going away, but the Dragons resolutely applied pressure. They finally broke through in the 84th minute when forward Ral Celtis beat Perkins with a low shot to the left as midfielder Alina Pestera screened Perkins.
"That guy [forward Asar Leteno] fouled me in the box, but the referee never called it," Perkins groused after the match. Otherwise, we get a clean sheet. We'll still take this result, but we'd be even in goal differential if not for that non-call." |
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Lamoni loses to Crystilakere
Vilita (Nephi Times) -- The Lamoni Hawks found themselves unable to score against Crystilakere today. This was expected to be a tough match, but Crystilakere's offense seemingly blew away the Lamoni defense.
Crystilakere scored at 13 minutes, 21 minutes, and 39 minutes.
When asked about the loss, Coach Matthews had this to say:
"We were thinking that something like this might happen. We hoped that it wouldn't be this bad, but we are not done yet. We hope to make up the loss with wins against Krytenia and Xile. Our guys wanted a win here, but we can still make it to the finals without it."
Perhaps the most damaging blow to the Hawks came when Lamoni goalie Nakaaki suffered a torn ACL in the altercation with Crystilakere supporters in a Vilita bar. Reports are that he will not be able to recover in time to return to the tournament. Replacing him will be goalie Ivan Bubov.
Lamoni - 0 Crystilakere - 3 |
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Stars look to dull Blades
After a four match winless streak, the Sarzonian national team goes into its match against Starblaydia with wins in its last two matches, a hard fought win against Stralphi in the second match of the AOCAF tournament and a convincing win over New Cyprus in World Cup qualifying.
"This next match against Starblaydia will be critical for our chances of advancing in the AOCAF tournament," Coach Bryan Marshall said. "We're in a tough group and only four out of six sides advance to the quarterfinals. Clearly, we want to be one of those four teams."
The Stars pulled out a "gritty" win against Stralphi and expect Starblaydia to be no less of a challenge.
"None of these matches are going to be easy," midfielder and team captain Bobby Convey said. "Anyone who thinks this tournament is going to be easy is fooling himself."
A team source said that the comments from Nojika expecting an easy win over the Stars was "already on the bulletin board," in the locker room.
"That really [ticked] off a lot of guys on this team," one player who spoke on condition of anonymity said. "We're definitely going to play these matches with a chip on our shoulders."
"We've got to focus on playing the game," forward Brian Wilson said. "We can't worry about what people are going to say about us." |
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Not a game for nicknames
Sarzonia Stars play Starblaydia Blades?
Stars Vs Starblaydia?
Stars Vs Blades?
See what we mean?
"Starblaydia Star-Striker Stars in Five-Star Starlight win over Stars" is the headline no sane journalist wants, unless they're so pro-Starblaydi they need to be done for Soccer Hooliganism. Well, not necessarily for being a Hooligan, but for doing the appaling headlines and articles after the World Cup matches against Soccer Hooliganism.
So here's hoping for a match were every commentator uses the nation's actual names, doesnt get carried away with puns and the like and all in all, make sure Starblaydia kick some Baptism of Fire-winning ass.
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The Daily Druid
STRANGE TACTICS CONTINUE
Wayne Ottgunn-Irwin reeports on Turori 1 NEWI Cefn Druids 4
After omitting almost all Trevors from their opening AOCAF game against Sarzonia, the Druids followed up by playing a 5-0-5 formation in their second match, similar to those used in times when football was always played in black and white. Anyway, they lined up as follows:
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1. Garth
6. Lambealle 22. Hinton
3. Phillipson 21. Leicester 16. Griffiths
7. Posters 23. Law 12. Holmes
8. Belmore 13. Gessemschmitthaagen-Po
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The lack of a real Druid midfield confused the Turorians, with emphasis placed solely on defence or attack. Therefore, at least in this match, the defence were pretty solid, while the Druid attacking play was some of the best we've seen them do. With goals from Law, Holmes, Belmore and Gessemschmitthaagen-Po, Turori were blown away.
"No wonder," Joint Manager Simon Greaves said afterwards, "If they've got Conference players in their team, then they're not going to have much chance against the cream of the Druid Premier League." Even when it was pointed out that their club, Vilitan Exiles, had won the Conference with a record points total, Greaves was still adament. "We thrashed them, you can't argue with that. We're not just the best team in Atlantian Oceania right now, but we must be one of the best in the world."
Apologies to those in other nations, but the comments made by Simon Greaves are not those of The Daily Druid. We still think that the Druids suck, even though they don't nowadays. All comments made by Greaves are extreme in that way, which makes him a good partener for Trevor Kallins, who is much more, possibly too, cautious.
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Inside a lecture theatre of a top Starblaydi University, in a Biology class...
"Now, for Sensory Perception 101, here's the first goal, last night, against Sarzonia. Can we play that video, please?"
A scientific lackey plays the video on the big screen.
"Here we see our goal-scorer, Christian Kabeya-Mbaya, putting the ball past the Sarzonian goalkeeper, Troy Perkins, after around sixty minutes. A rudimentary anaylsis shows us that from his distance of around fourteen yards, and the speed of the ball in flight from Mister Kabeya-Mbaya's foot, the ball travels at around fifty miles per hour."
"Great first international goal for a thirty-one year-old three-tournament veteran, too." piped up a student.
"Indeed, young man. Now, we can see that reaction time is minimised by anticipation, but the 'keeper's muscles could not propel him in front of the ball travelling at that distance..."
Another scientific lecture, this time its Physics...
"Now, Ceri Salisbury has struck this ball, used in the Vilitan Leagues for the last year, perfectly from this free kick. He's hit it so that the spin provides both dip and curve. He's aimed it, initially, over the five-man wall. The spin has then taken over in-flight, swerving the ball to the left and down for it to sneak in under the bar an inside the post."
"For a Right-back that's pretty good, Professor."
"Indeed. And note an 80-minute old ball does not change its spatial characteristics from a new one, as Ceri has so nicely demonstrated."
Elsewhere in the same University, a football-mad Statistics Professor explains rudimentary table analysis by pointing to the current Group 2 table in the 2nd Atlantian Oceania Cup of Association Football...
"Now look, class, one last time." the professor said, bringing the the table and match schedule on his lap-top again, "Assuming the worst-case 0 points from 2 games scenario for us:"
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Matchday 4
Turori v. Sarzonia - ( Crossroads Stadium ) -
Nojika v. Stralphi - ( Council Stadium ) -
Matchday 5
Sarzonia v. Nojika - ( Jlinal Cove Complex ) -
Turori v. Starblaydia - ( Crossroads Stadium ) -
Group 2 Table:
-- W D L F::A GD Pts
NEWI Cefn Druids 3 0 0 9 2 7 9
Starblaydia 2 1 0 6 3 3 7
Turori 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
Nojika 1 0 2 4 6 -2 3
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Sarzonia 1 0 2 2 5 -3 3
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"Turori, Sarzonia and Nojika must all win 4 points from 2 matches to bump us down to 5th, this cannot happen as Sarzonia play Turori and Nojika. If they take 3 points off each other one can't qualify. Draws do them no favours either.
"For Sarzonia (on Matchday 4):
If Sarzonia Lose Vs Turori, Sarzonia can't qualify above Starblaydia, so Starblaydia are though.
If Sarzonia Draw Vs Turori, one or both of Sarzonia and Nojika can't qualify above Starblaydia, so Starblaydia are though.
If Sarzonia Win Vs Turori, Turori can't qualify above Starblaydia, so Starblaydia are though.
"For Turori (on Matchday 4):
If Turori Lose Vs Sarzonia, Turori can't qualify above Starblaydia, so Starblaydia are though.
If Turori Draw Vs Sarzonia, one or both of Sarzonia and Nojika can't qualify above Starblaydia, so Starblaydia are though.
If Turori Win Vs Sarzonia, Sarzonia can't qualify above Starblaydia, so Starblaydia are though.
"For Nojika (on Matchday 4):
If Nojika Lose Vs Stralphi, Nojika can't qualify above Starblaydia, so Starblaydia are though.
If Nokija Draw with Stralphi, Matchday 5 comes into play:
A Win Vs Sarzonia will mean Sarzonia can't qualify above Starblaydia, so Starblaydia are though.
A Draw Vs Sarzonia will mean Nojika can't qualify above Starblaydia, so Starblaydia are though.
A Loss Vs Sarzonia will mean Nojika can't qualify above Starblaydia, so Starblaydia are though.
If Nojika Win Vs Stralphi, one of Sarzonia and Nojika can't qualify above Starblaydia, so Starblaydia are though.
"So even if we're beaten 10-0 by NEWI and Turori, its impossbile for all three teams chasing us to qualify above us because they're all four points behind us and they can't all win four or more points each.
So one of the Eels, Stars and Dragons will fail to make it."
"So can we break out the kegs yet, Prof?" said one uncharacteristicly timid boozehound student,
"In what capacity?" said the Professor, looking over his spectacles, momentarily thrown by the question.
"In a... uh... celebratory capacity for Starblaydia making the next stage."
"Oh, my dear boy," said the Professor, a smile breaking out over his face, "you could have celebrated twice at the final whistle in the Sarzonia game. Once for the win and another for the..."
"BLADES RULLLLLE!" came the deafening yell from the student, taken up by many others in a two-tone chant.
"BLADES RULE! BLADES RULE! BLADES RULE! BLADES RULE!..."
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Lamoni Hawks win against Krytenia
Vilita (Nephi Times) -- With a shocking display of pure ferocity and determination, the Lamoni Hawks defeated Krytenia 3-2 today. All of Lamoni's goals were scored in the first half, with Martyn Hill scoring two minutes in, Matthew Chaney scoring 10 minutes in, and Joe Gilmore scoring 15 minutes into the game. Try as they might, Krytenia could not keep up; even with goals 20 minutes and 22 minutes into the game. The rest of the game turned into a defensive free for all, with Lamoni goalkeeper Ivan Bubov shutting down any Krytenian hopes for a victory. With this victory Lamoni moves to the number 4 spot in group one of AOCAF, and is in the unique position of having a 1-1-1 record.
When asked about the victory, Coach Matthews had this to say:
"I am very proud of everyone on the team today. We took our loss against Crystilakere like men, and bounced back to win. This win helps us in the standings, and we are also hoping for a win against Xile. If we can maintain this level of energy and determination, I don't think that anyone will be able to stop us."
In realted news, a statement was issued from the Lamoni Foreign Ministry that involves the assault of members of the Lamoni Hawks team in a bar in Vilita. The shockingly short statement reads like this: The Free Republic was shocked by the actions of Crystilakere citizens in provoking our national soccer team into a fight before their game against that country. We have full confidence that the offenders will recieve fair and just punishment for their actions under Crystilakere law. We recognize that not all Crystilakere citizens behave in such a manner.
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Blades cut Stars chances in two(-nil)
In the waning seconds of the Sarzonian national team's 2-0 loss to Starblaydia in the AOCAF tournament first round, Coach Bryan Marshall made a decision that was sure to rankle some players. At the very least, it may anger goalkeeper Troy Perkins.
Marshall announced after the match that veteran goalkeeper Kerry Tanner would make his second international start against Turori while Perkins would concentrate on the World Cup qualifying effort.
"I realize that the goals weren't Troy's fault," Marshall said. "I realize you have to give some credit to Starblaydia. But if making a change at goalkeeper awakens the team from its doldrums, that's what I'm going to do."
Perkins reportedly stormed into Marshall's office and the two spent "a good half hour screaming at each other," forward Anton Gregor said.
"I almost went in there with security. I thought things were going to get violent."
"That's just what happens when you have a competitive guy and Troy's very much a competitor," Marshall said. "No big deal. We said our peace and we're done."
"I was upset that I was getting pulled from the lineup," Perkins said. "I felt I earned my spot in the starting 11. Hopefully, I'll be able to earn it back."
Blades forward Christian Kabeya-Mbaya put his team ahead in the 60th minute with a one-time blast that beat Perkins. It was Kabeya-Mbaya's first international goal.
Defender Ceri Salisbury's 80th minute goal off a free kick following a Jeff Conley foul gave the Blades a two goal gap that forced Marshall to remove defender Mike Coyle and play a three forward formation. Even though the Stars generated more pressure, they couldn't dent the back of the net.
The Stars face the Turori Eels with their chances at qualifying hinging on getting at least four points in six matches. However, the Stars are going to try to play one match at a time.
"We have to think about getting three points in each of the next two matches but it starts with having to beat Turori," forward Brian Wilson said. "Getting shut out in two of three matches is not getting the job done." |
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Two Losses, but Team Still Upbeat
Xile 2:1 Pedriana
Pedriana 0:1 Crystilakere
TUROKI CITY, Vilita -- After successfully drawing with Lamoni their first time out, the Pedriana Llamas were next set to face Xile at National View Stadium in Morata Valley. The team really didn't know anything about Xile's strategy and were therefore somewhat unprepared for the match, though the manager did have the foresight to take caution and field a slightly more defensive 5-3-2, with Antonio Pasana as an extra defender and center midfielder Wilber Reihe on the bench. However, the Xilian offense was still too much for the Llamas to handle, as J.C. Steich let two goals by while Pedriana's only goal came from Dong Khanponaphan late in the first half.
Final score:
Xile 2 (Liason 22, Tolerancia 63)
Pedriana 1 (Khanponaphan 41)
Next up, though, was a somewhat more familiar opponent: Crystilakere. No, we hadn't played them before, but at least some of the players had seen footage of Crystilakere World Cup qualifying matches during training, so they had a little bit of an idea what was in store for them. The team went back to the traditional 4-4-2, though Matchday 1 goalscorer Sol Svedine played in place of Otha Jalkut, who had injured his leg during training and is expected to be out for about five days.
For most of the match, neither team was able to get very far past midfield, as both defenses proved too strong. Daron Kusner nearly gave a goal away in the 15th minute when he took down Crystil striker Christian Benedetti on the edge of the box. The referee adjudged the tackle to have taken place just outside and therefore awarded only a free kick to Crystilakere (and a yellow to Kusner). Carlo Romano was unable to convert it.
Pedriana never really got any sort of decent attack going, and it was only the Llamas' defense that kept them from being totally humiliated. It did finally crack in the 65th minute when Benedetti found a hole between Kusner and Chong Imbimbo on the back line and sent a shot flying past goalkeeper J.C. Steich for the only goal of the game. Crystilakere would hold onto their 1-0 all the way to full time.
Final score:
Pedriana 0
Crystilakere 1 (Benedetti 65)
Most experts have already written off the next match, which is against the Vilita Jungle Cats at National View Stadium. With Matchday 5 against Krytenia not particularly promising either, it seems likely that the Llamas will not make it past the first round. But according to defender Raleigh Humbard, "All this pessimism is most surely unfounded. Our team most assuredly has the capability to excel in this esteemed tournament, and we will not hesitate to put on quite a show indeed."
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Send In The A-Team
Vilita 3
Krytenia 1
Krytenia 2
Lamoni 3
Mark Ono speaks:
"Our second string expected to lose against Vilita, however the loss to Lamoni was UNACCEPTABLE. We simply did not come out to play in the first half, and by the time we got in the dressing room at half time, we found our hopes of qualifying hanging inside-out on a rusty hook. Yes, Ace [Acienko Rimmer] got a couple. Yes, we nearly snatched our first point. But our first team is going to the World Cup Finals, for crying out loud! Does this mean nothing to these people? Someone get me some teacups!!!"
With the Celestials qualified for the World Cup, their big names will arrive in Vilita to salvage something, ANYTHING, in the games against Crystilakere and Pedriana. Six points could be enough to qualify for the last eight, where by these showings, they will be obliterated by NEWI Cefn Druids.
Nwoko ::: UPDATE
John Nwoko was released from hospital today, where he has been sent home to recouperate(sp?). Nwoko had suffered severe internal bleeding, a fractured arm, and concussion, however his voicebox is beleived to be intact.
Krytenian fans paid tribute to the commentator against Lamoni, chanting "We're Going Home In A Flying Ambulance" after going 3-0 down. |
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Coach Matthews gathered the team in the large conference room of the hotel that the Lamoni national team was staying in.
"Okay guys," he said. "Watch this very carefully. This is a tape of Xile playing in their last game. See what they are doing here when they score? THAT is what we must gaurd against when we play them. Now, I know that Ivan is a good goalkeeper, but he's going to need some serious help to keep Xile from scoring. So, we are going to have two defensemen near our goal at all times to help Ivan. This will give us maximum flexibility, as well as keep the score down. Remember, we need to win against either Xile, or Vilita to get to the next round, and it will be easier to win against Xile than Vilita."
(the screen changes to the standings)
"Look at this. If we win against Xile, and Pedriana does not win twice, we WILL be in AT LEAST the 4th spot. It doesn't seem likely that Pedriana will win twice, but let's not take any chances. We NEED this win. Losing will be unacceptable. Okay guys, let's get out on the practice field." |
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Vilita smother Xilan surge
Yeaddin, Vilita - -The Vilita Jungle Cats rolled into the Owls National Stadium for the last time on the International stage to face off against Xile in an important AOCAF Group 1 fixture. a Xilan victory could have seen them top of the table, While the Jungle Cats were looking to avoid dropping out of the qualification zone by picking up 3 vital points in their AOCAF hopes. Owls National soon to be closed permantly in favor of Yeaddin Owls new home, the Lirai Asku Castle being completed for the Owls Season 4 campaign.
- - - - - - - Vilita brought the match to xile early, with Antonis Ratuva giving the hosts an early lead after some good work by Carmine Mbidzo, before Ratuva found himself free on the edge of the box for a short pass to be played to his patient foot. Xile would not be undone, however, fighting back through Kari Minoa just 5 minutes from half time, to send the match into the half on level terms. A half time substitution by the Jungle Cats saw Yeaddin Owls Calaesa Mitaroka on for Malovar Stokks, Mitraoka getting the final bow-out at the stadium where he made a name for himself. for the past 3 seasons. The match was fairly even and well spread out before Defender Esemar Aliana stepped up to a Mitaroka corner with 15 minutes to play to send the Jungle Cats spinning back up to second in the Group 1 table.
Vilita Jungle Cats (3-5-2) ::
[GK] Jimmy Kater, [D] Emarka Laniora, [D] Esemar Aliana, [D] David Leacock, [DM] Antonis Ratuva, [M] Marasent Sioane, [M] Tanner Nerni, [M] Malovar Stokks, [M] Sublé Tonic, [F] Carmine Mbidzo, [F] Hluali Mijatos
BENCH::
[F] Lorenzo Mumamba, [F] Jim Vella, [M] Calaesa Mitaroka, [M] Musa Nikiema, [U] Jaloey Afrikka, [D] Sibusiso Azaïez, [GK] Bryan 'Pop' Duiker
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Eels Obliterate Stralphi
Jlinal Cove Complex, Jlinal, Vilita - -The Turori Eels finally got on the AOCAF II raft with a 4-0 obliteration of newcomers Stralphi. The Dragons looked as if they may be a sleeper side in the opening two matches, but the Eels ended that myth impressively with their non-stop attack-a-thon that left the Dragons spitting in their own fire. Rikko Ambama netted two goals for the Eels in a first half flurry that saw 17 shots registered on target. On the opposite end, Turori keeper Trevor Ungata from NEWI Cefn Druids saw just 1 registered shot, a ball with the pace of a snail that Ungata collected easily and drilled immediately back upfield where Ambama latched on to score goal #2 for Turori.
- - - - - - - Then it was Cedniavella's Mika Sakatorra getting into the action, the 19 year old pouncing on a loose ball in the area 10 minutes into the second half to end all doubts about the outcome of the match. Tika Poloni worked well down the left handside having little trouble with the Stralphi Midfield, before an interesting substitution with 15 minutes to play. Mauritis Banda, Turori's 37 year old Baptism of Fire Cup hero was introduced for a final run out on the international stage, and there were no secrets passed when Makaus Likao was brought down in the area. Banda stepped up to cap off a memorable evening in the best way possible, slotting home Turori's 4th of the night to the delight of the Eels support. |
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Mané Handed First Start vs. Pedriana
Morata Valley, Vilita - -Impressive Makosile United Midfielder Teariki Mané has been named, for the first time, to the starting lineup for a Vilitan International side. Mané has been chosen in Central Midfield alongside Barcoenfuegos Marasent Sioane for the Jungle Cats AOCAF II matchday 4 clash with Pedriana. With The Jungle Cats already qualified for the quarter finals, coach Baron O'Toole arranged for a few of his u21 WC5 players without international experience to be brought into the AOCAF side. Mané will be joined by exciting Eastal Lunar striker Mauro Baraza. Baraza has found a place on the bench after seeing his side crowned Vilitan Declasse division Champions in season 3, earning them a ticket to the Vilitan Stellar for the first tim in club history. Another player who could make his Vilitan debut in the match is Colonial Sile's 29 year old Defensive Midfielder Nicoló Alicicco. Alicicco's inclusion comes at the request of Senior coach Helmut Vilkaus, worried that his side is short in the Defensive Midfield role, with only 21 year old Antonis Ratuva and 17 year old Lai Otieno, both named to the upcoming u21 WC5 roster, to fight for a spot on the Jungle Cats 23 man World Cup Finals Roster.
Travelling Squad for Pedriana (Starters, Subs)
Goalkeepers :: Bryan 'Pop' Duiker & Jimmy Kater
Defenders :: Jaloey Afrikka, Emarka Laniora, Esemar Aliana & Danilo Liguori
Midfielders :: Antonis Ratuva, Tanner Nerni, Teariki Mané, Marasent Sioane, Malovar Stokks, Sublé Tonic, Calaesa Mitaroka & Nicoló Alicicco
Forwards :: Serge DuPont, Carmine Mbidzo, Jan Christiansen & Mauro Baraza |
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