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======================================================= FFN Presents... K I N G S - O F - E U R O P E Week Two ======================================================= Hola and welcome to week two of Kings Of Europe! Last week we saw Glasgow Horde take the top spot in the league thanks to their 4-3 win over London Lions! This week they'll be facing Rome Legionaires and some words have been exchanged between the two teams and their supporters! That should be an interesting match! Other key matches to watch for, Number Two team Majestic Madrid taking on Last place team FC FC Vārcolac Bucharest, and many will be watching that one to see if the officiating will be as controversial as Madrid's game last week against Dublin Wild Hunt. Dublin will be in a key match up as they face off against London Lions in London! So many exciting match ups, let's get to them and see how results pan out! ======================================================= Paris Parrots [France] (Home) vs Amsterdam Admirals [Netherlands] (Away) ======================================================= The fans were out on this overcast day in Paris to see their home team, Paris Parrots, take on visitors from the Netherlands, Amsterdam Admirals. Much cheese and wine was about, lots of kissing in the crowd as well. Where they hear for the game or just out on a date? Who knows what the original intentions where but early on the Parrots gave the home crowd something else to be excited about! 22 Year old Brazilian, Josue Melo, who has a younger brother, Julio Melo, playing for Berlin, took advantage of some lazy defending early on by the Admirals by slipping through practically unnoticed and fire off a shot past Admirals GK Ibrahim Elia! 07:51 Goal by Josue Melo [Paris Parrots] Paris Parrots 1 - 0 Amsterdam Admirals The Paris crowd erupted with cheers and songs and lots of kissing and making out! The most amorous crowd in KOE? Possibly! The Admirals looked STUNNED and seemed to openly being saying with disbelief, "Paris scored against us?!" But, as hard as it is to believe, it was true! Paris had drawn first blood against the Dutch club that had scored 3 goals the week before in a draw against Rome Legionaires! As the Admirals tried to shake off the shock at being scored on by Paris, the Parrots tried to slow the game down and just pass the ball between each other with not much effort to push for another goal! The game seemed to slow down to a boring pace and not alot happened the rest of the first half. Not on the field anyways, in the stands Parrots' fans seemed content to make out and drink wine and eat cheese. It was becoming a pleasant day for them indeed! But as the 2nd half began Amsterdam seemed to be awake, FINALLY, and seemed ready to ruin the day for the amorous Paris crowd! Admirals midfield Dirk Schaars won the ball away from the Parrots and made a pass to an unmarked Jan Babel, also an Amsterdam midfielder, and Babel made the Parrots pay for not marking him as he shot off a ROCKET that flew by Parrots' GK Loic Govou, who seemed to not even be paying attention! 49:28 Goal by Jan Babel [Amsterdam Admirals] Paris Parrots 1 - 1 Amsterdam Admirals The Paris crowd BOOED.. then went back to their cheese and wine! The Parrots looked dismayed, DEFEATED even! They apparently thought they could just pass the ball back and forth and play a friendly until the time ran out but the reality was Amsterdam was on the move with their attack and Babel returned the favor for Schaars by passing him a shot when Schaars was unmarked and Schaars punished Paris even more for their defeated attitude! 56:29 Goal by Dirk Schaars [Amsterdam Admirals] Paris Parrots 1 - 2 Amsterdam Admirals If only the Paris crowd wasn't too involved with making out and enjoying the overcast weather! The Admirals celebrated and then Babel and Schaars set upon the defeated Parrots once more with Babel sending a slick pass to Schaars who slipped by some slow Parrots defenders and shot the ball towards Govou.. Who was paying no attention! 59:15 Goal by Dirk Schaars [Amsterdam Admirals] Paris Parrots 1 - 3 Amsterdam Admirals Paris apparently didn't come to play which is unfortunate because Amsterdam was now up 3 to 1 over the home team! The Admirals then decided to give the Parrots a dose of their own medicine and slowed the pace of the game down and ate up time by just passing the ball back and forth! The Parrots seemed befuddled with how to counter this! The Admirals seemed to take it easy, reserving their energy for next week apparently! This game went from hot start, slow crawl, hot explosion of goals and now once again back to a slow crawl. The crowd didn't care as they made out and drank wine all the same! But late in the 2nd half Brazilian Josue Melo tried to steal the ball and make a run towards Admirals goal! Admirals defender Stijn Timmer stole the ball away from Melo... But Melo FELL to the ground, grabbing his leg in pain and yes.. It was in the area and yes... THE REFEREE POINTED TO THE SPOT! The Paris crowd now came ALIVE! "PENALTY PENALTY PENALTY" they chanted from the stands, wine glasses being held up high! Admirals defenders protested saying that Timmer got no where near Melo but the referee upheld his decision and Melo went for the one on one against Elia.. and he won it! 82:48 Goal by Josue Melo [Paris Parrots] Paris Parrots 2 - 3 Amsterdam Admirals Two goals by the young Brazilian forward! But replays have seemed to pan out that Timmer made NO contact with Melo at all, much less his leg! Thus.. DIVE! Melo surely dived to draw the penalty! Amsterdam regained possession and now pressed their offense against Parrots, trying to close out the game with one more goal to make a two goal comfort margin. Admirals forward Nigel Marcellis was slipping past Parrots defender Cedri Vieira when Vieira grabbed Marcellis by his shirt and yanked him to the ground! Marcellis tumbled to the ground and then Vieira paused a moment then grabbed his leg and fell to the ground rolling around as if HE had been attacked! Players on both teams began appealing for some action from the referee and he doled out action.. A YELLOW CARD.. the FIRST Yellow Card of the season.. And to... PARROTS' DEFENDER VIEIRA! Vieira jumped up protesting, apparently not hurt after all since he never got hit in the first place, but the card stood! Stoppage time ran out and that was it! The Parrots had scored twice but will most likely be remembered for some atrocious behavior on their way to being defeated by the Amsterdam Admirals. The crowd didn't seem to mind too much as they sang some songs and gave another toast before heading out of the stadium to make sweet Paris love most likely! Final Score: Paris Parrots 2 - 3 Amsterdam Admirals ======================================================= Moscow Red Bears [Russia] (Home) vs Berlin Brewers [Germany] (Away) ======================================================= Last week in Romania Moscow Red Bears invaded Bucharest and defeated "The Werewolves"! This week Moscow was being invaded by the Berlin Brewers and their supporters! A good number of Brewers supporters made the trip to Moscow to show support for their team who didn't give them much to cheer about last week in a 0-0 tie against Paris Parrots. What a difference a week makes! The Brewers came out with pace and took control of the game taking many shots at Moscow's goal. Julio Melo, 19 year old Brazilian and the younger brother of Parrots player Josue Melo, snuck through Moscow's defense much like his brother did in the Parrots-Admirals game and Melo made a fool of Red Bears GK Vasili Gabulov but his parents proud as both sons score this week! 12:00 Goal by Julio Melo [Berlin Brewers] Moscow Red Bears 0 - 1 Berlin Brewers The home crowd seemed very subdued by this early development and many cold angry glares were cast in the direction of Red Bears' GK Gabulov who many thought would have another clean sheet this week! But no, the Brazilian forward Melo had found the opening and made Gabulov look vulnerable! Berlin pressed their attack while Moscow tried to hold them off with defense but Brewers midfielder Andreas Schafer cut through Red Bear's defenders, shot the ball towards Forward Gianluigi Grosso who passed to forward Christian Metzelder who snuck it past the leaping Gabulov, yet made to look a fool yet again! 33:20 Goal by Christian Metzelder [Berlin Brewers] Moscow Red Bears 0 - 2 Berlin Brewers Moscow was decidedly unhappy and let their team know it with cold silence! But the Brewer fans who made the trip let rip with a roar of approval at the fight and life their team was showing in Moscow! The Red Bears managed to hold off a blistering attack by Berlin to end the 1st half. At the start of the 2nd half Moscow came out determined to change the tide of this match and took control of the game and made pushes towards scoring but Berlin's defense managed to prevent Moscow from making good on any of their tries. And the home crowd again let their team have it with cold.. Cold silence! Berlin looked to deepen the relations between home crowd and club as Berlin regained possession and forward Melo took a shot at the goal only for it to take deflection which gave a corner kick to Berlin! Forward Christian Metzelder took the corner kick, the ball crossed and Brewers forward Gross, from Italy, headed the ball past an UTTERLY defeated Red Bears GK Gabulov! 71:32 Goal by Gianluigi Grosso [Berlin Brewers] Moscow Red Bears 0 - 3 Berlin Brewers Oh how cold, how very very cold the silence and glares were directed at the home team! But how warm and rousing where the cheers by the supporters of Berlin who made the trip to invade Moscow and cheer on their team who had given them not much to cheer about a week before! Brewers were very joyous, perhaps too much as they lazily let Red Bears forward Dmitri Zhirkov run away with the ball and and send a Russian MISSILE past Berlin GK Heiko Hitzlsperger! 74:19 Goal by Dmitri Zhirkov [Moscow Red Bears] Moscow Red Bears 1 - 3 Berlin Brewers Now the cold hard silence turned to THUNDERING CHEERS! The Red Bears had come alive and with 15 minutes to go they could still pull off a miracle come back! The crowd now chanted and sang and cheered the Red Bears on and the Red Bears responded, seemingly come alive, making pushes towars Berlin's goal but the Brewers' defenders held strong! And as time ran down the singing and chants got quieter until as stoppage time ran out Moscow had once again become cold glaring silence for their team! The only noise really was the outburst of joy from the Berlin supporters who made a long trip to Moscow and were rewarded with their teams first victory of the season! Final Score: Moscow Red Bears 1 - 3 Berlin Brewers ======================================================= Majestic Madrid [Spain] (Home) vs FC Vārcolac Bucharest [Romania] (Away) ======================================================= Beautiful clear skies greeted the packed stadium in Madrid full of Spanish flags waving, Majestic Madrid jerseys everywhere, and some of the loudest and most enthusiastic singing thus far in KOE! Amidst this large faithful crowd were a group of bizarre individuals support "The Werewolves" FC Vārcolac Bucharest but the crowd seemed friendly enough towards the supporters of the visiting team as Madrid has made a push to have the friendliest of supporters to offset some of the other crowds gaining press in KOE.. And maybe to counter all the controversey and criticism leveled Madrid's way after the officiating of the game last week against Dublin Wild Hunt in Ireland! The Madrid crowd didn't have to wait long for answers as to the quality of their club as Midfielder Sergio Alonso passed the ball to 18 year old Forward Antonito Balsa who evaded Bucharest defenders Bogdan Iorga and Andrei Cantemir then came across Bucharest star defender Radu Sirato, but instead of taking Sirato on Balsa was merely acting as a distraction for Alonso had run ahead after passing the ball to Balsa and Blasa shot the ball unexpectedly to his left where Alonso was waiting to boot the ball past Bucharest GK Haralamb Otescu! 14:25 Goal by Sergio Alonso [Majestic Madrid] Majestic Madrid 1 - 0 FC Vārcolac Bucharest The crowd ERUPTED with cheers and celebration! The Werewolves looked angry that they had fallen for the ruse and missed the set-up that was going down. They sure didn't miss anything for the rest of the 1st half! Madrid kept pushing their offense but Bucharest's defense and midfield stepped up their defending and star defender Radu Sirato stayed on Balsa relentlessly and didn't allow the 18 year old any chance to begin his runs towards goal. Madrid kept pushing but they couldn't pierce the defense as the 1st half ended. At the start of the 2nd half Bucharest seemed more focused, now content that they could contain the scoring of Madrid, they began to go on the offensive and they found Madrid's defense lacking! Bucharest midfielder Octavian Pann broke through the Madrid defense and shot the ball to fellow midfielder Luca Antonescu who proved that one on one Madrid GK Carlos Nadal was no match! 55:10 Goal by Luca Antonescu [FC Vārcolac Bucharest] Majestic Madrid 1 - 1 FC Vārcolac Bucharest Equalized and now the small group of strange Bucharest supporters cheered as hard as they could while the Madrid fans looked concerned but not defeated! But two minutes later their concern turned to DESPAIR as Bucharest forward Marius Bibesco evaded Majestic defender Andres Navarro and Xavi Lopez and then put the ball past Nadal! 57:11 Goal by Marius Bibesco [FC Vārcolac Bucharest] Majestic Madrid 1 - 2 FC Vārcolac Bucharest The rag tag group of wierdo supporters for the Werewolves were in rapturous joy! They were leading over Majestic Madrid in Madrid's home stadium! The home crowd seemed in shock! Deflated! The Werewolves though were Howling with celebration! Maybe it really had all been the help of poor officiating that gave Madrid their 2-0 win over Dublin last week! Or maybe it was players like 18 year old Antonito Balsa who began to make attempts at the goal but Bucharest star defender Sirato was all over Balsa! But Balsa wasn't alone, Madrid midfielder Joris Sneijder, from the Netherlands, led fellow midfielders Alonso and Fernando Ramos to try and break through Bucharest defenders which gave enough distraction for Balsa to run through the holes and pop the ball up and over Bucharest GK Otescu and into the net! 62:00 Goal by Antonito Balsa [Majestic Madrid] Majestic Madrid 2 - 2 FC Vārcolac Bucharest The crowd was now ALIVE! On their feet cheering like crazy and singing "OLAY OLAY OLAY OLAY"!! The rag tag group of Bucharest supporters looked annoyed at the singing Madrid crowd but they began to cheer on their team! 28 minutes left in the 2nd half, anything could very well happen! Both teams began to scrap for possession! Neither team seemed ready to relent any more ground than relented already! But Madrid was making better of their opportunities! Brazilian forward Edinho took a shot at goal that got deflection and thus set up a corner kick. Madrid midfielder Ramos took the corner kick but Madrid forward Gonzalo Canuto headed the ball right into Bucharest defender Iorga who deflected it off the field for another corner kick for Madrid! Balsa took the corner kick this time and the ball curled towards goal but Bucharest GK Otescu managed to catch it and keep it out of the net! Valiant efforts by the Madrid team but time was running out and a draw was looking likely! Bucharest tried a late run at Madrid's goal but Madrid defender Grzegorz Dudka of Poland stole the ball away and passed it to 18 year old Balsa who made a sprint down the field! He ran past Bucharest defenders Iorga and Cantemir but Radu Sirato was now in Balsa's way! Balsa's solution? He shot the ball past Sirato in between Sirato's legs, with a dash side stepped around Sirato and before Sirato could spin around and catch up to him Balsa shot off a ROCKET towards Otescu.. BUT OTESCU KNOCKED THE BALL AWAY!! But... HE KNOCKED IT TOWARDS BALSA WHO HEADED THE BALL BACK TOWARDS AND PAST OTESCU! 87:36 Goal by Antonito Balsa [Majestic Madrid] Majestic Madrid 3 - 2 FC Vārcolac Bucharest Surely if Madrid has a favorite 18 year old wonder kid it is Antonito Balsa! The crowd was on it's feet jumping up and down celebrating with a mad delirious joy! Bucharest tried to scramble but Madrid kept the ball away and forward Edinho actually took another shot at Otescu that took deflection and set up ANOTHER corner kick for Madrid! The crowd was ELECTRIC! Would Madrid put Bucharest away with a two goal lead? Sergio Alonso took the corner kick but Bucharest star defender Sirato kicked it away! The defenders held on but that also meant the score held on which meant.. MADRID HAD WON THEIR FIRST GAME AT HOME! The crowd was alive with celebration! Confetti fell, flags waved, songs were being sung, and Majestic Madrid were celebrating giving laps around the stadium to huge ovations from the crowd! 18 year old forward Balsa took off his jersey and offered it to Bucharest forward Sirato who took off his jersey and the two swapped jerseys and embraced warmly to a BIG ovation! Sirato promised Balsa with a smile he'd shut him out completely the next time and Balsa nodded his head with a smile! The rag tag group of Bucharest supporters looked gutted for a while after the match but then began to cheer for their team once more! Better luck has to find them soon! Final Score: Majestic Madrid 3 - 2 FC Vārcolac Bucharest ======================================================= London Lions [England] (Home) vs Dublin Wild Hunt [Ireland] (Away) ======================================================= Gray overcast skies was the weather in London as the Lions host Dublin Wild Hunt from Ireland! The home crowd in London was very loud and supportive for the Lions, singing anthems in their honor before the match. Dublin had a decent amount of supporters there as well though and they sang songs hoping the officials had glasses for this match! The sting of the controversial officiating of the previous week still quite fresh in their minds! The 1st half saw the home team take control and Hugh Beckham, star midfielder, took a shot at goal.. but it caught deflection which meant a corner kick! The crowd cheered as Beckham took the corner kick and it curled towards goal.. Only for Dublin GK Cristian Torres to catch it! Now the Wild Hunt went on the offensive and began pressing their attack on Lions' goal but the Lions defense stood their ground and were able to rebuke any threats from the visitors! The Lions regained possession and began pushing their offense yet again and another shot by Beckham once more drew deflection and led to another corner kick! Beckham took the corner yet again and curled it towards goal, yet again, but also yet again, Dublin GK Torres was there to catch it! Does Torres have Beckham's number today? It would remain to be seen but Dublin's Four Forward offensive were ready to test Lions GK Ledley Barry and see if they had his number! They pushed towards goal and Javier Rojas evaded Lions Defender Raul Arbeola, passed the ball to fellow forward Ennis O'Reilly who then side stepped Lions defender Darren Carrick, then he passed the ball to forward Ardan Kennedy who popped the ball up and over Lions defender Emile Cole and Wild Hunt forward Bradan Walsh was there to recieve the ball and BLAST it past Lions GK Barry! 30:52 Goal by Bradan Walsh [Dublin Wild Hunt] London Lions 0 - 1 Dublin Wild Hunt The Dublin fans were in celebration! And why not? What a display of teamwork by the four forwards of the Wild Hunt! The London fans seemed deflated and then they began cheering on their team again, as it was just the 1st half and there was plenty of time for a difference to be made! The Lions tried to recover and scramble but the Dublin defense and midfield managed to hold them off as the 1st half came to a close! At the start of the 2nd half the Lions came out full of fire and pressed the Dublin defense hard! A shot at goal by Lions forward Hugo Carvalho took deflection and the third Lions corner kick was in play! Beckham once again took the corner kick and it curled towards goal.. but Wild Hunt GK Torres was yet again Beckham's foil and caught the corner kick! Would Lions star midfielder get one on Torres?! The Wild Hunt took control before that could be answered and pressed the Lions defense but the midfield pulled in to help and they staved off the four forward attack! That was all well and good but time was beginning to slip away and there was 10 minutes left in regulation time and the visitors from Dublin were leading! The London crowd began singing songs about Dublin needing four forwards because they didn't have one talented enough on his own to make do, and yes they fit all of that into a very catchy soccer anthem song, perhaps the most musically and lyrically talented of all the KOE crowds so far! But the songs won't make a difference points wise if London falls in defeat for a 2nd week in a row! But Lions werent' finished yet! Lions defender Carrick stripped the ball from the Wild Hunt, passed it to midfielder Hugh Beckham while forward Steven Lescott sprinted down the field! Beckham took the ball down the field then lifted his leg to take a long range ROCKET... Only for Torres to flinch and jump towards that direction... Which was a mistake because Beckham FAKED and then took a long range PASS towards Lescott who now had Wild Hunt GK Torres out of position and PUT THE BALL IN THE NET! 81:18 Goal by Steven Lescott [London Lions] London Lions 1 - 1 Dublin Wild Hunt The songs were now joyous and full of hope! A song rang out now from the home crowd that went... "When you're in London, the mighty London, the Lions score the goals"!!! Catchy use of a catchy song!! It was all equalized now and with less than ten minutes left time was still there for the game to go either way! But now is when both teams dug in their heels and defended like crazy! Neither team was able to penetrate the other's defenses and regulation time ran out and both teams left with a point! Slight disappointement from both teams supporters but some celebration as well as last week both teams had no points, this week they had at least ONE point each and London now had 4 goals which would go a long way in helping out in the rankings! Both teams shook hands and the crowd cheered! Fine football all the way around! Final Score: London Lions 1 - 1 Dublin Wild Hunt ======================================================= Rome Legionaires [Italy] (Home) vs Glasgow Horde [Scotland] (Away] ======================================================= Beautiful blue skies were the setting for one of the more anticipated match ups of the early portion of the Kings Of Europe season! Rome was beautiful and a great setting for a much anticipated futbol match and apparently for a throwdown between Rome Ultras and Glasgow Hooligans! It was reported that before the match there was much brawling and fighting in the streets of Rome between supporters of Rome Legionaires and Glasgow Horde! Authorities were SHOCKED that no one was stabbed but apparently the brawls did not get that out of hand. At least not yet! The crowd was singing and full of energy ready to support their home team! There was a contigent of fans for Glasgow there as well and they looked scary, rough and tough much like the players they support! And the "hooligans" got much to cheer about early on in the match when Horde Midfielder Gilbert Majors stripped the ball from job endangered Rome defender Alberto Rossi and shot the ball past Riccardo Motta Rome's GK! 02:32 Goal by Gilbert Majors [Glasgow Horde] Rome Legionaires 0 - 1 Glasgow Horde The home crowd looked TICKED that their team had conceded a goal right from the start of the game! The "hooligans" though ROARED with their scary guttural sounding crowd approval! Some of the Rome Ultras hurled insults and bottles towards the area with Horde supporters but the Horde suporters hurled insults and bottles back! Definitely an EXPLOSIVE situation building up in the crowd during this match! Things were getting heated on the field too as both sides were starting to play rougher and rougher with harder challenges for possession. It all boiled over when Horde defender Ian Douglass gave a hard shove with his shoulder to Legionaires midfielder Matteo De Rossi and De Rossi tumbled to the ground crying out in pain and began rolling around holding himself in various places with a grimace of pain on his face! Douglass rolled his eyes and screamed at De Rossi to quit "acting" and get up. The referee walked over and pulled out... A YELLOW CARD on Douglass! The 2nd yellow card in KOE's season! Horde players came over protesting including Horde GK William MacCloud. MacCloud LOUDLY protested the referee's decision, the referee upheld his call though. MacCloud continued to protest when Legionaires defender, the job endangered, Alberto Rossi got in MacCloud's face about the protests. Oh, that was NOT the thing to do! MacCloud reared back and FLOORED Rossi with a punch! The large GK just LEVELED Rossi with that punch and both teams and their benches sprinted onto the field and an ALL OUT BRAWL WAS THREATENING TO ERUPT! Somehow the referees kept the sides from breaking out into an all out brawl but not before MacCloud got his punishment... A STRAIGHT RED CARD! The Rome crowd BURST INTO JOYOUS CELEBRATION! The "Hooligans" BURST INTO ANGRY OUTBURTS OF RAGE! MacCloud got a red card meaning he was out for the rest of this game and would miss next week's game as well! Horde coach Shamus MacTaggart was on the field now JUMPING in the referee's face! This was again threatening to erupt into warfare! The referee warned MacTaggart to get back off the field and to calm down. MacTaggart went back to the bench but was loudly protesting! Eric Miller, Hordes Goal Keeper substitute, came on for MacCloud who headed to the dressing room due the stipulations of the red card. The "hooligans" were ready to scrap now! They looked ready to fight with the Ultras but the Ultras seemed to take JOY in tormenting the Hooligans with taunts about their GK being off the field! On the field Matteo De Rossi, the Rome Midfielder who seemed so in pain from the rough check by Ian Douglass seemed fine and was running around as if nothing had ever happened. He seemed joyful if anything! Defender Alberto Rossi had a black eye but also a smile on his face! Heck, the whole Legionaires team seemed to have a new confidence about them and now they set upon the Glasgow Defense! The Horde's defense was holding up but Eric Miller, MacCloud's substitute, would get his first test when Rome midfielder Fabio Pepe took advantage of an opening and shot a Long Range ROCKET.. That UTTERLY Defeated Miller! 26:46 Goal by Fabio Pepe [Rome Legionaires] Rome Legionaires 1 - 1 Glasgow Horde Rome was ALIVE with joy and celebration now! They had equalized with the top team of the league and the Horde seemed to be scrambling as if everything was now in complete disarray! The Hooligans screamed with RAGE at the equalization while the Ultras taunted them even HARDER now! And they would have more to taunt about because apparently when it rains it floods in Rome as just under a minute later Rome forward Giorgio Zambrotta caught a Glasgow defense in disarray, evaded defenders Eric Majors and James McShane easily as they seemed to be stunned at the goings ons in the game, and Zambrotta put the ball EASILY past GK Sub Eric Miller! 27:35 Goal by Girogio Zambrotta [Rome Legionaires] Rome Legionaires 2 - 1 Glasgow Horde Woe are the Hooligans as now the Ultras danced and taunted and sang songs insulting the Ultras who could do nothing but sit there STUNNED at what was going on in the field! And misery and woe wasn't through with the Horde yet! The flood wasn't over at all, no indeed, for Legionaire forward Javier Bergessio from Argentina found Horde's defense in the same shape of utter disarray and easily slipped past and he also found Miller to be a POOR SUBSTITUTE INDEED! 28:36 Goal by Javier Bergessio [Rome Legionaires] Rome Legionaires 3 - 1 Glasgow Horde THREE GOALS! THREE MINUTES! One has to imagine Glasgow will never forget the "Three Minutes In Rome" and nor will Rome! The crowd was alive with song and dance and jubilation! The Ultras were now openly laughing and mocking the Hooligans who just HOWLED in rage and contempt! The Horde defense snapped out of their dilemma and held off a charging Rome offense at least through the end of the 1st half! But before we get to the 2nd half, you had to know that there would be trouble during half-time! And what a sight of trouble there was! Rome police STORMED the stands where the Horde supporters were and began ARRESTING HOOLIGANS BY THE DOZENS! Hooligans tried to brawl with the Rome Police which led to even MORE arrests! This was a spectacle of the WORST kind and many where wondering why were the Horde supporters being arrested?! The answer we would find out.. FOR STEALING TICKETS TO THE GAME! A large chunk of the Hooligans had stolen their tickets to get into the game and then when the Police began their arrests the brawls started which pretty much wiped out the rest of the Hooligans from the stands with more arrests for fighting back! The Ultras were IN VICTORIOUS JUBILATION THE WHOLE TIME! One has to be DEATHLY afraid for how the return match will go in Glasgow later on in the season! The 2nd half started, with some delay due to the spectacle of Hooligan arrests, and the game decidedly slowed down. Officials had words for both sides during half time about the animosity on the field. Everyone now seemed more cautious and this benefitted Rome who held onto possession and slowed the game down to a crawl! Glasgow tried to get back into it towards the end of the 2nd half but it was as if they were just going through the motions! When stoppage time ran out it was all over! Rome Legionaires had not only defeated Glasgow Horde but in the process got their star GK MacCloud booted with a red card and knocked Glasgow off the top spot in the rankings which now would go to Madrid! Rome would go from a tie at 4th place to a tie at 2nd! The Ultras celebrated joyously, The Hooligans were no doubt causing trouble in Rome Jail cells, and on the field The Glasgow Horde looked angry and cheated! No doubt controversey will surely erupt over the officiating of this game! Coach MacTaggart looked like he wanted to get into a fistfight with Rome coach Enzo Pozzo who was celebrating and dancing around with the players as if they had just won a major trophy! How things did not erupt into a post-game brawl of some sort, as the players decidedly did not shake hands or well wishes from both sides, had more to do with the police who were out in full gear in case both sides wanted a go at each other! But peace sort of won out and a shocking match of utter chaos once again surrounded the Glasgow Horde! Two weeks in and things were heating up to boiling points already in KOE! Rome victorious, Glasgow angry and perhaps cheated! Final Score: Rome Legionaires 3 - 1 Glasgow Horde ======================================================= The Standings After Week Two Play in KOE: [W=win, D=draw, L=loss, G=goals, P=points] 01-Majestic Madrid W:2 D:0 L:0 G:5 P:6 02-Amsterdam Admirals W:1 D:1 L:0 G:6 P:4 02-Rome Legionaires W:1 D:1 L:0 G:6 P:4 03-Berlin Brewers W:1 D:1 L:0 G:3 P:4 04-Glasgow Horde W:1 D:0 L:1 G:5 P:3 05-Moscow Red Bears W:1 D:0 L:1 G:2 P:3 06-London Lions W:0 D:1 L:1 G:4 P:1 07-Paris Parrots W:0 D:1 L:1 G:2 P:1 08-Dublin Wild Hunt W:0 D:1 L:1 G:1 P:1 09-FC Vārcolac Bucharest W:0 D:0 L:2 G:2 P:0 ======================================================= Top Goal Scorers After Week Two Play in KOE: 01-Dirk Schaars [Amsterdam Admirals] G:03 01-Antonito Balsa [Majestic Madrid] G:03 01-Giorgio Zambrotta [Rome Legionaires] G:03 02-Gilbert Majors [Glasgow Horde] G:02 02-Hugh Beckham [London Lions] G:02 02-Joseu Melo [Paris Parrots] G:02 03-Maarten van Bommel [Amsterdam Admirals] G:01 03-Edson Ooijer [Amsterdam Admirals] G:01 03-Jan Babel [Amsterdam Admirals] G:01 03-Julio Melo [Berlin Brewers] G:01 03-Christian Metzelder [Berlin Brewers] G:01 03-Gianluigi Grosso [Berlin Brewers] G:01 03-Luca Antonescu [FC Vārcolac Bucharest] G:01 03-Marius Bibesco [FC Vārcolac Bucharest] G:01 03-Bradan Walsh [Dublin Wild Hunt] G:01 03-Alain Stewart [Glasgow Horde] G:01 03-Liam Fletcher [Glasgow Horde] G:01 03-Andrew Jacobs [Glasgow Horde] G:01 03-Stewart Terry [London Lions] G:01 03-Stephen Lescott [London Lions] G:01 03-Sergio Alonso [Majestic Madrid] G:01 03-Joris Sneijder [Majestic Madrid] G:01 03-Roman Saenko [Moscow Red Bears] G:01 03-Dmitri Zhirkkov [Moscow Red Bears] G:01 03-Joey Morretti [Rome Legionaires] G:01 03-Fabio Pepe [Rome Leionaires] G:01 03-Javier Bergessio [Rome Legionaires] G:01 ======================================================= Next Week's Games: Amsterdam Admirals host Moscow Red Bears Berlin Brewers host Majestic Madrid FC Vārcolac Bucharest host London Lions Dublin Wild Hunt host Glasgow Horde Paris Parrots host Rome Legionaires ======================================================= What a wild week of action! Next week should prove to be more of the same with pretty much every match having potential big ramifications over the standings early on in the season! Thanks for reading, come back for more next time! Adios - 'Dro ======================================================= ©2009 FFN |
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