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The Fourth Round...

sitiawan | 9.05.08

Round 4 of the Alltid Visitors Cup ends with League A (stats) witnessing a Dutch downfall, top-rated side IBN now the last-standing Dutch side with other three compaitrats kicking the dust. IBN themselves had to struggle to beat 1.FC Giżycko, winning by penalties after earlier finishing the match with a 2-2 scoreline. Among the casualties were last-seasons quarter-finalist Kluivert & Co, beaten and ‘stun’ned 1-2 by Strunz Troopen F.C. of Columbia, an unlikely ending for the club who defeated top-rated team Terriers United the round before.

Traditional big-winners E.J.F.C. of the United States again scored big this round with a 9-1 victory over FC KANDUKAJ, and should face some competition next week against Austria Cancún, a weakened team this season with several departures but were still able to beat their Round 4 opponents 6-0. Last seasons finalist Northampton Town Gooners won their match against fran team of Spain 4-0 for a match against gosław jedłownik next round.

In League B (stats), the Top Four – Landsmeer Lions, Normaliai, Grex Talionis, Swetsnet all made through Round 5. Landsmeer Lions had the easiest victory of all – a walkover match conceded by Finnish side Fc Ohrapirtelö. That was just one of the seven walkovers which had struck League B in this round of the cup, meaning only 78.1% of matches were played compared to League A’s 87.5%. It is also interesting to note how much success Lithuanian clubs are having in League B. There were only 7 of them in the beginning of League B and 3 of them are still in for Round 5, with FK Simoniu giria clashing with the highly rated Normaliai next Wednesday in their match in Kenya. Another amusing feature observed in League B is the number of 4-1 victories this round – five of them in total (Volkhov vs. FC Aero Wings, Playboy Rabbits vs. SV Vasse, Clu Atletico Platense vs. Raptor, Yehuda Lions vs. Parramatta Power, SGBTA-2 vs. dor’s cannons). This number is only beaten by the 5-0 scores (eight of them, including the seven walkovers).

While many had predicted IBN will have no trouble taking the League A crown, League B is still reasonably open to competition. Round 6 should see a mouth-watering clash between top teams Landsmeer Lions and Normaliai, provided nothing goes wrong for them. If Landsmeer Lions gets past that round, there would be a potential chance for an all-Dutch final with Swetsnet, the only realistic same-country final in the AVC this time. Nothing is always certain and as seen in last year’s ASC, any team could win their way into the final with hard work coupled with umm.. some good luck. And IBN weakness in midfield as demonstrated in Wednesday’s match leaves the degree of their prowess open to question. As always the saying goes: ‘the ball is round’. How’s it going to row this time? Stay tune to the Alltid Visitors Cup IV!

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Supporters Cup III Round Three

Klein_Sigaar | 8.05.08

Sixteen teams battled to get into the quarter finals and four dutch teams got out on top. Like last year Dr Fred’s Purple Tentacles and Roger’s Ramjets, are going for the title. With 49 goals, more then 6 goals per match, this was a very productive round.

The match between SC Tornado and Major Solutions was a bit surprising. The manager of SC Tornado left his strikers at home and came up with a 5-5-0 formation. With a little less midfield and no chance (by the ratings) at the attack Major Solutions managed to score twice. The rough match ended with two players sent off and a 1-2 win for Major Solutions.

Dr Fred’s Purple Tentacles (let’s mention him twice) just managed to pull a win out of the match against Almus 1977. Just after half time Almus scored the equalizer but the defenders of the Tentacles secured the winning in the last 10 minutes.

Although the result of 2-5 wouldn’t suggest the close match between FC Tunnelma en FC Treptow, the ratings where. With a 2-0 lead after half an hour by Valerio Toth the teams got a cup of soup with 2-1 at half time. In the second half Jindřich Provazník scored twice for Tunnelma. Also John Reveillon scored two minutes before he was kicked out of the match.

Servette de Bain, that Frenchman who kicked out both cuporganizers, also won over Italian team Beppe’s Dely. Servette secured his place in the next round after 26 minutes.

Will DBA Vooruit kick some ass in the next round? Is Roger’s Ramjets able to get to the semi-finals again? We will see next week.

And I am proud to say that all matches are already arranged! Great work!

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Supporters Cup III Second Round

RebelClown | 1.05.08

This round all eyes where fixed on the Jawis Memorial Arena where the match between the two best teams of the first round was played. Dutch team Niflheims Vikinger confirmed his favorite status with a clear 6-2 win over Arran Drunken Guys, who actually fielded a somewhat disappointing team. Roger’s Ramjets grabbed the second spot on the ratings table with a no-sweat win over Barceloneta FC. If Real SC or FHK Lucky Seski don’t stop them they are set for a fourth round showdown.

Other teams to note are Servette de Bain who scored this round’s biggest win, 8-1 over RebEleven. One wonders if eliminating both orgainzers from the cup is a good strategy… ;)

Favre04 and Major Solutions played a spectacular match, going into extra time after reaching a 3-3 draw at full time. Bünyamin Ertem scored the liberating golden goal for the latter team to make his Major Solutions (IX.1064) the lowest playing team still in the cup.

Finnish Zenwish and Portuguese MigFer1 also needed the overtime, but they didn’t manage to score any goals in 90 minutes. In the end it was the Finns who came out as winners, and they will face a tough job in their next match. They will face DBA Vooruit, obe of four Dutch teams still competing.

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The third round...

Friesland1990 | 1.05.08

Hi, and welcome at the third round of the alltid visitors cup. This round a lot of great matches were played. And even a few matches were completely fairplay, no injuries or red and yellow cards.

Terriers United, the team who was ranked as the number one of the A cup. Kluivert & Co has won the match against them with 5-1. Kluivert & Co is a giantkiller because the have also eliminated last years number 1.

Somebody needs to be the first to have a flip a coin decision. Kengarags from Latvia played against FC Santa Justa from Serbia. The match ended in a 1-1 draw, so a coin made the decision which team is going to the next round. The luckiest team was FC Santa Justa.

Three teams made a 9-0 win in this round, they are Landsmeer Lions from Holland, Mihnea’s 11 from Romania, and Grex Talionis from Finland. Let’s see if they can score the same amount of goals in the next round.

The most exciting match was the match between TiyatroSK from Turkey against fc pici from Romania. In the last 5 minutes of the match there were 3 goals, in the end there was a victory for the team from Turkey after a sudden-death goal.

We hope that the next round all matches will be played. That’s why I say goodbye and goodluck for all the teams who are left in the fourth round.

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