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S.125 CL&SC Round of 16 (27/03/2015 13:05)

 

 

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No surprises in the CL Round of 16, at least on paper, as all Q favourties advanced to the Quarter Finals.

Match of the Round: Blest 3:1 LoD
Blest went early in front after King Leo scored a direct free-kick from 27 netres. The English tried to hit back but neither side made a chance for the rest of the first half. Blest doubled their lead 3 mintes into the second half thanks to LoD's Kaller T
ær own goal. The English were really in trouble and they made their first effort on goal about 10 minutes later but it was saved by keeper Emanuele Lepore. A minute later Arnold Claybrook finally broke the Norwegian defence and brought LoD back to the match. Unfortunatley, LoD's midfielder Harry Gerville picked a second yellow card 10 minutes later and Blest took control of the tie. Jamil Malek ended the story at 84' with Blest third. King Leo was awarded Man of the Match.


Other Round of 16 Results:

Darkness Endures 3:1 Manfredonia
VanHege scored twice and Coppens added one in a game where the Italian weren't really in it.

FC GPRO 0:1aet Munchen Carpet
After dull 90 minutes, subtitue John Toshack score the lead for the Welsh from the International league 3 minutes into extra time, and despite John Barnes was sent off with 8 minutes on the clock, Munchen Carpet held off to advance.

Minted FC 4:2 Indonesian Legends
Kevin Nisbet scored a hattrick in this celebration of goals. On the other side Lery scored twice from the penalty spot.

MIC 3:0 FC Vegan
The way of the brave Danes end here as they overplayed by the Romanians who opt to qualift to the final for the first time since S.77. James rodruigez were twice in target for the winners.

Giarra Djinns 3:0 LIBERTY FC
The scoreline does not reflet the match this time as it was much more closer and tougher on field. However a great performance from the Djinns' keeper, Parasyte, kept the Greek at bay. 3 different goal scorers for the winners.

AKNEO 5:2 High Society
A bad day at work for High Society's keeper Quickie as he let every shot in. 3 AKNEO players hit above 95 perofrmance in thi

Galacticos (Australia) 1:0 FC BOHD (Netherlands)
A tough match that was decided by a single goal. The motherload scored for the Australians on the 56th minutes and sent me to the QF.

 

The fixtures are getting tougher to predict as we step up to the top 8. However the most interesting is again involving Blest who face yet another English team Minted FC. Except that Minted is the team with best avg Q in ML, the English have won the Super Cup the same season Blest won the Champions League. Would Minted avenge LoD lose?

The rest of the QF fixtures is as follows:

Blest (Norway) - Minted FC (England)
Galacticos (Australia) - Giarra Djinns (England)
Darkness Endues (Belgium) - MIC (Romania)
AKNEO (Poland) - Munchen Carpet (International)


Surprise in the match of the round as former SC holders and one of the favourites were eliminated.

Match of the Round: Raus Finest 1:4aet (1:1FT) Invisible Sun
After a goalless half, the Indonesian took the lead right after the break with Toma Pemba's header after a mistake from Raus' keeper Tore Strand
. The Norwegian switched to attack mode and started putting more pressure on the Indonesian defence. They got the equaliser after 15 mintues thanks to Tristan Dijkstra strike. Both teams tried to force a winner but couldn't and the game went to extra time. Raus controlled the possesion but InvisibleMan scored from a quick attack to bring back the lead. The game ended right after the break as Raus' Morio Hirakawa was sent off for a second yellow after a foul inside the area. InvisibleMan converted the penalty and then scored again to complete his hattrick and win his side first ever win in the Knockouts. Invisible Sun's defender Sholako Sunday was awarded Man of the Match.

 


Other Round of 16 Results:

FC Inter Ardud 2:1 CHARLYALIKANTE
Javier Zanetti and Gernot Hofler's own goal sent the Romanians to the top 8 for the second season in a row. CHARLYALIKANTE are still looking for their first ever KO win.

AFC Dzhebel United 0:1 TRIFYLLI
A battle between a former CL Champion and a former SC Champion. It was almost elected as match of the round too. Dissapoitment in the end for the Bulgarian side as they must feel they played better. However in the end the only chance came from the Greek and Sone Aluko made sure it would count.

Las Leonas 2:4 Nemesis FC
Las Leonas are CL regulars and got the CL Finals many seasons ago, but they have a curse in SC and they never got past the Round of 16. This season was no different as 9 men Leonas were defeated. Alexis Sanchez scored a hattrick.

East Yorkshire FC 5:0 CheatAh
The defending Champions living the dream, and this dream is to win back to back. The English recorded their biggest KO win and another interesting stat: they are unbeatable in the International platform!

Sandmen (England) 1:2 NaftaDon Bourgas (Bulgaria)
A dramatic victory for the Bulgarians who trailed most of the match after Romelu Lukaku first half goal. But Henning Rahn and Radoslaw Bronowicki scored within 2 minutes in the final 8 minutes of the match to send their fans wildly celebrating. This is the first KO win for the Bulgarians who lost last season in this stage while the English unbeatable run has ended.

The Invincibles 0:2 KA Barcelona
Facing a team like KA Barcelona is always hard and exciting, and the Norwegians from the International League gave a nice fight but in the end the Hungarians were too good as they hope to win the last trophy they don't have.

Brad G Strikers 3:0 APACHE
A great win for the Americans, overwhelming the Greek. 

 

Unlike the CL, the QF draw for the Super Cup got some matches with clear favourites on paper. One match that doesn't is East Yorkshire vs Inter Ardud. Except that both are among the strongest teams in the QF, the two met in this exact stage a season ago. Last season it ended with a 1:0 victory for the English. Will it finish different this season?

The rest of the QF fixtures is as follows:

KA Barcelona (Hungary) - NaftaDon Bourgas (Bulgaria)
Nemesis FC (Romania) - Brad G Strikers (USA)
Invisible Sun (Indonesia) - TRIFYLLI (Greece)
East Yorkshire FC (England) - FC Inter Ardud (Romania)


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