Well... Good morning here from us (or afternoon, evening or night depending on what part of the world your in.) It's Cup final day here for us and possibly many of you too. Best of luck to everyone involved, especially anyone out there thats considered to be the underdogs to win the cup or anyone chasing after their first cup win.
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THE Cup Final IV
Date: Thursday 7th March 2013
Time: 11.22am GMT
Venue: Emirates Stadium, London.
July Fourth vs erster FC Puma
Probable Line-ups
July Fourth (Quality 100.0)
GK - Aaron Murphy (Ireland) (95)
DC - Ryan McNamara (England) (99)
DC - Tony Adams (England) (104)
DC - Ludek Novotny (Czech Republic) (103)
DMC - Petr Vasko (Czech Republic) (96)
ML - Leigh McNamara (England) (105)
MC - Phil McNamara (England) (100)
MC - Kevin Mensah (Ghana) (105)
MR - David Rocastle (England) (97)
ST - Stacey Papaleo (England) (110)
ST - Alex Zidane (France) (104)
erster FC Puma (Quality 102.4)
GK - Peter Bangeev (Bulgaria) (105)
DL - Renzo Perez (Peru) (101)
DC - Rohan Karlovic (Australia) (105)
DC - Robert Chessa (Germany) (106)
DR - Daniel Bleda (Spain) (102)
ML - Ronaldinho (Brazil) (102)
MC - Andre Ramos (Portugal) (105)
MC - Rudy Rodriguez (Costa Rica) (105)
MR - Juan Luis Roca (Spain) (102)
ST - Johann Daval (France) (104)
ST - Luciano Santos Miranda (Brazil) (103)
You join us for coverage of the L17 Cup Final between July Fourth and erster FC Puma here live from the Emirates Stadium here in London, Both teams have made it comfortably to the final without any real threat along the way to the cup final with these 2 teams easily the strongest in the competition, We will start with the challengers erster FC Puma, who have a strong all-around squad with all players at least 5* for L17, We consider their weak points to be the flanks and also their strike force, while they have a solid GK, DCs and MCs, but still a very strong team, They basically have a brand new team from the last 2 seasons from L16 with only retaining the services of Roca, They haven't been in form in the league this season and look like they will remain in L17 again with being 12th in the league, Robert Chessa has been their best player this season and he will have to work hard at the back to fend off the strong attack from July Fourth, Roca is a free-kick taker but hasn't been great this season, Jausner would be key if he was to play with 10 goals from center midfield, also Ronaldinho has lived up to his name too with 10 goals from him, erster FC Puma's strikers have been poor however and totally out of form.
July Fourth however come into this game as current cup holders and are chasing after a third consecutive treble, they are on great form in L15, being unbeaten in the league this season and also will be playing in the champions league final tomorrow, they have only lost 1 game in all 3 competitions in the last 2 seasons and have beaten erster FC Puma in the last 2 semi-finals to win the cup in the last 2 seasons, July Fourth maybe lacking a little quality in places, like on the bench for example but they are not short of goals this season, Players like Stacey Papaleo with 30 goals and 30 assists will need to be on top form as well as Alex Zidane who is always our big game player and turns up in the most important occasions such as these, L.McNamara this season has been excellent on the left midfield also getting 30 goals for July Fourth this season and also Kevin Mensah we know can also work wonders from central midfield with his trademark free kicks, Novotny and Adams performance in defence today will be key to any July Fourth victory today.
Richard Keyes: I consider July Fourth here as the slight underdogs going into this match but as we all know they have been there and done it before, but this is arguably a tough test compared to the last 2 cup finals they have been played and also erster FC Puma will be hungry for some silverware as they havent won the cup themselves for a few seasons since they beat PAOK on penalties a few seasons back and also do have a 4-0 win over July Fourth in a cup final 4 seasons ago, but this season there is very little between the 2 teams in terms of quality than there was when these 2 last played in a cup final against each other.
Prediction: erster FC Puma to win 2-1 in extra time.
Match Odds: July Fourth 2/1 Draw 9/4 erster FC Puma 11/8
To lift the trophy: July Fourth 11/8, erster FC Puma 8/13
First Goalscorer:
Kevin Mensah 5/1
Johann Daval 11/2
Stacey Papaleo 6/1
Ronaldinho 7/1
Leigh McNamara 8/1
Juan Luis Roca 9/1
Alex Zidane 10/1
Luciano Santos Miranda 12/1
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We won in CL yesterday 2-1, a goal in 80 and something and with a 4-1 on general we qualify in the CL final against ReaperR.
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