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Today's game took the Clarets back into Europe, but this time in the league! A trip to the Netherlands vs the team ranked 4th in the table. Sadly their name is in Arabic, so it's a bit hard to know the exact name of the team, but for the purposes of this showcase, let's call them Challenger FC.
A small partisan crowd of 200 people greeted the Clarets to their home, in what was largely a friendly atmosphere despite the home team still in with a major chance of securing third from Anass FC who sat 4 points ahead of them in the table with 4 games to go. This was not a game for the title chasing Clarets to take lightly by any means.
The home side, despite the short share of the possession(30- 70% for the Clarets) crafted the first major opputunity of the game. An in-swinger from a corner provided Ligeon the perfect chance to tower above the defence and power into the United net. 1-0 to the hosts on 20 minutes and they where rocking, with radio lines reporting that Anass had won their game at home every point secured would be vital.
Sadly for them, their joy was short lived, as on 26 minutes Miswan dampened the mood in the stadium with a wonderful strike from 25 yards. He slipped as he hit the ball, the talk of the fans on the trip home would be if he meant it to go in or he slipped attempting to play in a long ball. He claimed it as if it was a everyday finish, professional footballers!!
On 30 minutes calamity inside the Challenger FC box, as Hogewoning pulled down Keane with a synical tug, the striker in on goal. The ref was right behind the pair, and pointed to the spot straight away and gave Hogewoning a yellow card, lucky to be still on the pitch if you asked the away fans. It had been decided in the boot room to give Keane penalty duties, not to pressure the young striker, but to reward him for his amazing impact. He did not disappoint the supporters, a cool finish with enough power to see it behind the outstretched palm of the keeper. 2-1 to the Clarets on 30 minutes. It stayed at that until half time, with both sides with improvements to make.
The second half as a contest, similar to the first, took some bedding in, the players wary of each other, as they knew the next goal would in most likely events, be the winner. On 66 minutes, Kwakman was booked for a challenge on Johnson(a player who seems to always be in the action for whatever reason).
The game was sealed 4 minutes later, as the Clarets through Suarez broke the resolute defence for the last time in the match. Suarez, with an Audacious nutmeg on the centre half, got round him and one on one with the keeper, slotted home to make the game 3-1 to the away side, and with that sealing the win, in what is becoming an ever decreasing hope of a title success.
Final Result: Challenger FC 1 - 3 Fusion Utd
Thoughts now turn to European competition and a crunch tie vs Montecarlocity, a game which sees the Clarets needing at least 2 goals away from home to have any hope in Europe.
Competition |
Season 1 |
Season 2 |
Season 3 |
Season 4 |
Season 5 |
League |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
1st |
3rd |
Champions League |
N/A |
Semi Finals |
1st |
Round of 16 |
Final |
T11 Cup |
N/A |
Qualifiers |
Playoffs |
Semi Finals |
Last 16 |
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