The German League Tournament has concluded and what a classic tournament it has turned out to be! Here is the review I hope you enjoy it.
So we begin in group A and what was a tough looking group with champion Voom, the returning Junior, Henry, debutant Red Moon and Batmanu fighting it out. Voom would be the one to take the top spot in this group with a brilliant performance beating every player without conceding a goal! Job done. However it would not be so easy for Junior who just edged Henry on goal difference. Junior scored a couple of close fought victories against Moon and Batmanu, but fell to defeats against Voom and a 4 – 3 classic against HenryKamp. HenryKamp only needed to overhaul a GD of 0, but couldn’t manage this as he suffered heavy defeats against Voom and Moon, Junior progressed. As for the debutant Moon, not as good as a debut as his friends have had, four points aint a bad return gives him a platform to build on. As for Batman only a solitary point to show in what were close games.
Group B started with two clear favourites in my eyes Comu and Dog, with Terry, Choice and newcomer Gooner maybe threatening and this turned out to be the story of the group. Comu made it a simpler task than Dog with him only suffering a hiccup against Dog in a 2 – 1 defeat going on to beat the rest of the group. Having beat Comu Dog should’ve eased through, however a defeat to the brilliant inconsistent Choice and a dour 0 – 0 against Terry ment that his 2 – 0 defeat of Gooner was vital to his progression. Same old story for the rest, Terry again securing well fought draws instead of victories, Choice forgetting how to win before it’s too late and Gooner earning a nice point on his debut, how cute!
Group C was probably this tournaments group of death with all four players Kent, Andrei, Tyke and Virus bringing quality to the table. Kent like a true elite player would stay unbeaten in this group with draws against Virus and Andrei whilst defeating Tyke 2 – 1 saw him top the group with five, emphasising how tight the group was. Andrei’s 1 – 0 loss to Tyke would prove to be his undoing as a fine 2 - 1 win over Virus and a hard fought draw with Kent were not enough to see him through as Virus thumped Tyke 4 – 1 in a lag-effected game. This saw Virus go through whilst Andrei and Tyke were the victims of this hard group.
The final Group D saw a group with two clear favourites SpursBoy and May, Ludy and Fab were expected to be swotted aside. Whilst the former was brushed aside the latter made things difficult for May. First on to SpursBoy who progressed with relative ease, just a minor hiccup in a 2 – 2 draw with May, which would go alongside his 3 – 0 and 4 – 0 victories against Fab and Ludy. Ludy would lose against everybody in the group. However heartbreak for Fab who was leading May 1 – 0 and due to go through until May smashed in a 88th minute equalizer to steal the second spot and send the unfancied player home, fine margins indeed folks.
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German League Tournament Review
posted on 4/2/13
The first quarter-final would see May against Virus with the two friends contesting a close quarter-final with May edging through 2 – 1, disappointing for Virus who had a better team than May who again reaches the last four whilst Virus exits in the quarter-final for the second tournament in a row.
The next quarter-final saw Arsenal Dog face a frankly hopeless task against Bayern Munich SpursBoy and his tactics appeared to have worked for a while, but as normal SpursBoy found a way through and then polished him off winning 2 – 0. So SpursBoy progresses in the end, but not a bad effort by Dog, be proud!
The third quarter-final would see ex-champion against current champion with Junior taking on Voom. Junior was warned it would be a tough assignment and so he found out with Voom running out a 3 – 0 victor, so he progresses and I’m sure Junior will find this experience benefitting and come back stronger than ever.
The last quarter-final saw Kent v Comu for what seems like a regular occurrence in the tournaments now and another regular occurrence is Kent winning which he did again. Kent took the lead and Comu equalized before half-time, however Borussia Dortmund came through and grabbed Kent the win 3 – 1 to set up a match against Voom.
The first semi-final would see SpursBoy take on May in a Bayern Munich v Augsburg clash, surely this would be an easy assignment for SpursBoy? May ripped up the tournament foundations and secured an extra-time 2 – 1 victory against SpursBoy to prove that SpursBoy can be beaten with the best teams, brilliant performance by May; SpursBoy needs a period of reflection as his reputation is dwindling as new players begin to overthrow this once dominant force. Baring that In mind he could still probably destroy 90% of competitors.
The second semi-final would see Voom take on Kent, Voom has won each time these two have squared off, but not this time! Kent secured a brilliant 1 – 0 backs to the wall victory with lots of playing down the clock going on, is this fair? The debate goes on, but the fact is Kent is through to his fifth final and Voom loses his title and the chance of matching SpursBoy’s three in a row.
So a final that not many predicted, with May taking on Kent, this akin to Bradford v Swansea in the respect that May has a chit team. May would prove easy work for Kent really who ran out 3 – 0 to secure his first title in his fifth final. Commiserations to May, but the tournament belonged to one man only, Kent. This title has been a long time in the making and with nither Voom or SpursBoy making the final; the tournament landscape is changing once again!
See you all again next time as we celebrate the tournaments 1st anniversary!
posted on 4/2/13
Awards
Winner: Kent x1
Runner-up: May x2
Overachiever: May
Underachiever: SpursBoy
Most goals scored: Voom, Kent - 13
Least goals scored: Ludy - 0
Best match: Henry 4 – 3 Junior
Worst match: Dog 0 – 0 Terry
Best goal difference: Voom + 10
Worst goal difference: Gooner - 9
posted on 4/2/13
These all look really good BT Do you watch the matches to be able to do reports or what?
posted on 4/2/13
My best tournament so far. I won my first game comfortably against Gooner. I was unlucky to lose to Comu as I gave it a real go until he scored from a corner in the 80th + min to get the win. In my match against Dog I earned a well earned point and in my last match I missed a lot of chances in the first half against Choice.
One thing I have learned is that there is no use sitting back and defending all game which I did in previous tournaments. Attack is the only way you can progress to the next round.
Also thanks Tyke for another wonderful tournament. Looking forward to the next one.
posted on 4/2/13
WOOO
posted on 4/2/13
Great review tyke, you put a lot of effort into this but its much appreciated and you're right I will come back stronger than ever now I know the bar has been raised.
posted on 4/2/13
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posted 5 hours, 31 minutes ago
These all look really good BT Do you watch the matches to be able to do reports or what?
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Unfortunately not I have to go by the mini match reports people tell me during the tournament
posted on 4/2/13
So unlucky for me.
What will be the next tournament?
posted on 4/2/13
Says it all on the official thread