Royal Rumble Cup Semi-Final, 1st Leg

ΟΦΗ 4-1 July Fourth

ΟΦΗ 142.4 4-DMC-3WAM-2 - July Fourth 143.9 3N-5-2 flat, 3N-1-4-2, 3-6-1 V

We really struggled this evening in what is the "Shark Cup" Semi-Finals on our server, many of us would of expected us to face El Capo but ΟΦΗ certainly had more than enough to say here, the first half although my look like a stalemate by the scoreline being 0-0, ΟΦΗ dominated the game and created so many chances but didn't put any away, effectively giving July Fourth time to get into the game, but the second was similar to the first, again ΟΦΗ where the better team, they took the lead on 52 minutes after Lamb gave away a penalty and Machlas converted it, Miku-Zidane scored with a "wonder strike" to bring the scores level shortly after but ΟΦΗ found their way back infront from a double corner when Koutsianikoulis found Eduardo's head to score, soon they made it 3-1 when Koutsianikoulis with a solo run was able to took it past round Knight and we went to try and find another away goal to give us a chance at home in the second leg but by doing so we were made to pay as they hit us on the counter with another double corner in which Koutsianikoulis found Hoyos to make it 4-1. Hoyos had plenty of other good chances to score through out the game but didn't convert them.

Goals: Machlas (52 PEN) Miku-Zidane (56) Eduardo (59) Koutsianikoulis (70) Hoyos (77) MOTM: Eduardo.

Team Talk: We were deservedly and soundly beaten by our opponents tonight and they could of easily beat us even more, couple this result up with El Capo's 6-2 win over BB in the other semi-final. I think we are going to end up with a 3rd place trophy in the RR Cup this season, which in all honesty when playing against the servers best teams isn't too bad.

ΟΦΗ translated to English is "OFI (Crete)"