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[Buffs Mad]

We start this report on Day 7 with a catch up on yesterday evening's Cup game. With Buffs having been held to a 1-1 draw at home they had to score. From the off the Buffs went hard and fast but were leaving themselves open. End to end stuff but nothing convincing in front of goal for either side. Several warnings and a yellow had already been flashed by the ref when Buffs' Lintang Paraibabo was scythed down on the far touch line. The stretcher was immediately on. Shuffle the deck.

The second half began like the first ended, fast and furious, full of guts n graft but very little guile. (It was like Rambo but without the well crafted dialogue.) It seemed like a stalemate but Buffs kept stepping up the pressure with a header past the post and a deflection off the right back. The hosts threw themselves in front of everything and continued to threaten on the break. Buffs Mad signalled kamikaze mode for the last 10 mins. The Buffs threw everything at them, including the kitchen sink - but even that hit the bar.

And to sum up the day, on 89 minutes > deflection > clearance > breakaway > goal! 1-0 to the home side and it was game over, cup finished and time for the inquest to start.

But back to the league and with Buffs in 3rd after defeat to the leaders they really needed a tonic. The medical team had worked wonders on Paraibabo and it paid off - 2 goals and 1 assist was the perfect antidote to last nights malaise. Buffs ran out 4-0 winners but still shot-shy Jordan Gibson couldn't get in on the goals. In a remarkable turn of events however the top 2 teams shared a 4-4 gut wringing encounter. Buffs remain in 3rd but with just 3pts between the teams. In quality terms, a mere 1.5 ave Q separates 5 of the top 6 teams so this league will be fought not only out on the pitch and in the dug-out but also in the boardrooms. The Scouts will be busy (and by the looks of some of the squads they already have been).

No let up for the Buffs tho - CL action beckoned. Buffs came out the traps fast with a goal in 3 mins for Paraibabo but were rocked on their heels when DMC, Patrick Pittracher was red carded for a professional foul in the box and the penalty was slotted home. One minute there's a light at the end of the tunnel, the next there is the horn of a train. Buffs Mad, fuelled by a growing sense of injustice signalled the charge. Did it work? 8 goals later we had our answer with a 9-1 triumph. Even Gibson managed to score....just once tho. So 5 pts clear and +13 gd, looking good.

Only one game tomorrow as Buffs take on the 3rd placed team. They just keep coming.