SAEFL Season 13 WEEK 13

DIVISION 1 GAMES

The match between Adirondak Renegades and Point of Napier is a clash between 2 teams playing their first season in the top league. Both teams can be found on the bottom half of the table, but where PN is in the relegation zone and should start to look out not to get too deep into troubles, AR is a solid midtable team. In fact, a victory could even bring them to the top half of the table. So, Don played the usual strong ONE (over 100 NSL) in order to achieve that, where Kelly played the usual WP in order to avoid that AR victory. However, it was not just the home advantage that made that Kelly’s efforts were not enough to stop AR. AR was simply better, and the 21-6 victory was a fair reflection of the 28 EMP difference. With that, AR strengthen their safe position. They are no title contenders at all, with all respect. – Although I don’t think Don will mind me saying so. But I guess that, even before midseason aging, it’s already safe to say that AR will remain in div 1 this season. And that is something that Kelly and PN can only dream of, at the current time. But the good thing is that she still has plenty of matches to turn things around.

PLAYED AT	War Dome
ATTENDANCE	23561

Adirondak Renegades				21		Port of Napier AFC				6

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	B. Vale	10	11.39	20	6	GK	S. Mullinix	9	9.55	44	21
DS	R. Hulman	10	11.89	0	0	DS	B. Namof	9	9.59	0	0
DS	B. Brant *	12.5	17.09	0	0	CB	F. Quiroga *	8	8.81	0	0
CB	K. Hickey	8.5	10.96	1	1	CB	B. Boswell	8.5	9.44	0	0
CM	S. Guerrero	10	14.23	6	2	MF	M. Etcheverry	8.5	10.12	1	1
WH	T. Dinning	9	13.96	4	2	MF	C. Gomez	10	10.11	2	1
WH	W. Ittemik	9.25	14.35	5	3	W	S. Guppy Booked	8	9.34	3	2
AM	S. Mann	10	16.12	6	2	W	J. Gros	8	10.52	5	0
AM	N. GoodmanJr	10	16.22	12	7	S	J. Moreno	9.5	14.71	4	1
AM	M. Swansson #	11.5	17.19	7	3	CF	S. Nol	9	13.12	4	1
CF	B. ArtsWish	9.5	11.11	3	1	CF	A. Wambach #	11.5	19.72	1	0
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	W. Evans	9.5	0.00	0	0	GK	T. Perkins	9	0.00	0	0
FB	A. Siskind	8	0.00	0	0	CB	T. Pickles	7.75	0.00	0	0
MF	B. Fulmer	9	0.00	0	0	W	A. Fred	7	0.00	0	0
AM	R. Mitreski	8	0.00	0	0	CF	C. Bhrood	7.25	0.00	0	0
W	G. Kay	9.25	0.00	0	0			0	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		ONE				TACTIC		WP
	STYLE		MD				STYLE		AA
	FORMATION		3 - 6 - 1				FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5

	TOTAL NSL			100.25			TOTAL NSL			90.00
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			143.12			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			115.48
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			54.91			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			30.62
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			88.21			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			84.86


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED

SAEFL Season 13 WEEK 13

The Boelewieten against NoShaKi WC’98 is a match between what I expected to be (at the beginning of the season that is) a title candidate (TB) vs. a relegation candidate (NW). Well, the TB part appears to be right, as they are the nr. 2, but I was wrong about NW till now. Credits for that to Vince, of course. Nonetheless, in this match TB still is the better team. Even the red card for striker Go in already the 9th minute could not prevent that the TB Powerhouse team was too good for NW. The 102 NSL CP was just too good for the NW defense, and the 1-0 after 90 minutes may not be a big victory, but that victory is well deserved, and with that TB stay very much in the race for the title, while NW lose their place to AR, who just won their match.

PLAYED AT	South Park
ATTENDANCE	31875

The Boelewieten				1			NoShaKi WC98				0

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	F. Fool	10	11.53	0	0		GK	J. Reina	9	9.87	2	1
FB	B. Rousouw	10	12.45	0	0		FB	G. Enela	8.5	11.44	0	0
FB	S. Skilgannon	10	13.66	0	0		FB	F. Back	9.25	12.92	0	0
FB	T. Barker	10	14.07	0	0		FB	B. Bavaria	9.5	12.83	0	0
AS	Q. Donaldson	11	15.88	0	0		FB	A. Diana *	10	13.24	0	0
AS	D. Onopko	10.5	14.22	0	0		AS	J. Foster	10	13.53	0	0
AS	A. Gamberini	10	14.57	0	0		DM	F. Fernandez_1	8.5	12.58	0	0
MF	S. Craque *	12.5	19.29	1	1		DM	X. Alonso	8.75	12.74	0	0
DM	T. Future	10	15.11	1	0		CM	P. Mendez	9	12.38	0	0
DM	W. EllDone	9	13.20	0	0		MF	D. Szetela Booked	8	11.16	0	0
S	F. Go # SENT OFF 9	9	1.36	0	0	9	CF	M. Ike #	9	9.42	0	0
		PENALTY		0	0				PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	A. Apsalar	10	0.00	0	0		GK	C. Kariba	10	0.00	0	0
FB	S. Helter	10	0.00	0	0		FB	A. Adams	10	0.00	0	0
AS	B. Eftekkel	10	0.00	0	0		DM	J. Barton	8.25	0.00	0	0
DM	D. Elisque	10	0.00	0	0		CM	D. Krause	7.5	0.00	0	0
CF	R. Rowbottom	12	0.00	0	0		W	S. Joaquin	9.25	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		CP					TACTIC		ZD
	STYLE		FL					STYLE		AD
	FORMATION		6 - 3 - 1					FORMATION		5 - 4 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			102.00				TOTAL NSL			90.50
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			133.81				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			122.24
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			52.66				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			90.02
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			81.16				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			32.22


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD				MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD				MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY				TEAM PENALIZED

SAEFL Season 13 WEEK 13

Two teams that I would not have expected to be in the relegation zone, are Catbel Athletic and Lisbon United. Sure, I know out of first hand experience that CA is rebuilding, and that the points will be won after midseason aging, as they will be very strong there. Nonetheless, in spite of rebuilding (which could also be an excuse for LU of course) both CA (Ivo) and LU (Nuno) should not be in the danger zone. However, the fact is that they are, and another fact is that only one of them can win this week. Since they are rivals now, it may be no surprise that at least one of them (in this case LU) played a grudge, as the best way to escape the relegation zone is not just winning, but beating a fellow relegation candidate! Too bad for Nuno, as the grudge made that LU indeed turned out to be just a little better in EMP, in spite of the home advantage that CA had. But this match is a perfect example of how important a GK is! That little EMP difference in LU’s favour was not enough to make up for the GK difference: where CA put a NSL 10 goalie on the pitch, LU fielded “only” NSL 9, so the fact that after 90 minutes the score was 15-9 for CA, was not even that surprising. CA win 3 important points, where LU are still waiting for their first victory. I can understand that Nuno will get worried now…..

PLAYED AT	Union Ground
ATTENDANCE	22642

Catbel Athletic				15		Lisbon United				9

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	I. Akinfejev	10	11.15	29	9	GK	F. Glaze	9	9.67	28	15
FB	V. Kompany	9	12.42	1	0	FB	L. Moura	10	12.58	1	0
FB	A. LuisdaSilva	10	13.34	0	0	FB	C. Peixoto	10	12.28	0	0
AS	R. Shipena	10	14.18	4	2	AS	C. Klein	9	13.22	4	3
AS	H. Damaseb	11	15.06	3	3	AS	F. Meira	10	13.71	4	0
DM	N. NAME *	10	14.36	3	2	DM	C. Costinha Booked	10	13.34	3	2
CM	S. Berry	9	12.33	2	1	DM	A. Shepperson	10	13.24	2	0
CM	G. Zuiverloon Booked	9	11.28	6	2	DM	A. Bsint	10	12.24	1	1
MF	I. Aisatti	9.25	11.81	4	2	CM	D. Carvalho *	11	18.96	4	1
MF	D. Salguero	9.25	13.21	2	1	W	R. Quaresma	8.5	11.09	3	0
S	A. Kick #	10	10.61	3	2	CF	M. Tsigalko #	8.5	9.10	7	2
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	S. Ekramy	9.5	0.00	0	0	GK	M. Moreira	8	0.00	0	0
FB	A. DeZeeuw	9	0.00	0	0	FB	V. Veadinho	9	0.00	0	0
DM	D. DeZeeuw	9	0.00	0	0	DM	J. Perestrelo	10	0.00	0	0
MF	B. Schweinsteiger	9	0.00	0	0	CM	F. Adu	9.5	0.00	0	0
S	R. Robinho	7.25	0.00	0	0	S	N. Gomes_1	11.5	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		CP				TACTIC		ONE
	STYLE		CA				STYLE		FL
	FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1				FORMATION		4 - 4 - 2

	TOTAL NSL			96.50			TOTAL NSL			97.00
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			128.59			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			129.78
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			44.73			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			40.60
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			83.86			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			89.18


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED

SAEFL Season 13 WEEK 13

Tottenford Heats and Alcohol Anonymous are 2 top teams, and both teams are known for their strong defense. A lot of matches between TH and AA have ended in 0-0 or 1-0. And this appeared to be just one of those matches. However, the fact that TH was on postion nr. 9, just 1 point ahead of the relegation zone, made that Mark wanted to put just a little more effort in trying to win this match, and so he played a boost. That, plus the red card for the AA goalie, made that only 1 team deserved to win this match, and that was, indeed, TH. They were awarded 2 chances, and managed to score one of them, and with that, the victory for TH was there. Nathan won’t mind I guess, as AA will have more focus on the cup this season, so it seems. Right?

PLAYED AT	Stubborn Park
ATTENDANCE	23870

Tottenford Heats				1		Alcohol Anonymous				0

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	O. Moens	10	11.15	0	0	GK	S. Collis SENT OFF 55	10	11.03	2	1	55
FB	V. ViVi ^	10.5	13.16	0	0	DS	O. SylfarJr	10	14.73	0	0
AS	B. Das	9.5	12.27	0	0	DS	G. CatenaccioJr	10	14.68	0	0
AS	J. Ramone *	10	15.79	1	0	DS	W. Altercapio *	12.5	20.87	0	0
AS	B. Maes Booked	10	13.46	0	0	CB	G. Gurirab	10	12.56	0	0
DM	T. Lucius	10	12.73	0	0	FB	E. McHale	10	14.10	0	0
CM	B. Prutshouwers ^	9.5	12.82	0	0	FB	E. Atbara	10	12.46	0	0
CM	J. DeGuzman ^	9.75	12.95	0	0	DM	V. Diaby	9.25	9.74	0	0
CM	F. Flight	9.25	13.07	0	0	CM	A. Hleb SUBOFF 55	9	6.81	0	0	55
CM	B. Jupiler	10	14.27	0	0	MF	J. Skoko	9.25	10.77	0	0
S	B. Tripple #	9	11.37	1	1	S	J. Mikel #	9	8.44	0	0
		PENALTY		1	1			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	B. Heineken	9	0.00	0	0	GK	B. Alnwick Subon 55 SUBON 0	9	9.92	0	0	0
FB	P. Mexes	10	0.00	0	0	CB	C. Davenport	8.75	0.00	0	0
AS	B. Palm	8.75	0.00	0	0	CM	F. Neitzche	7.5	0.00	0	0
CM	E. Mendez	8.5	0.00	0	0	CM	B. As	9	0.00	0	0
S	C. Cutter	8	0.00	0	0	CF	T. Itanic	7	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		CP				TACTIC		TS
	STYLE		CA				STYLE		ST
	FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1				FORMATION		6 - 3 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			96.00			TOTAL NSL			99.00
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			131.89			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			125.16
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			38.45			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			102.64
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			93.44			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			22.52


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED

SAEFL Season 13 WEEK 13

FC Inferno against Druss Legends is this weeks top match, as we have the numbers 3 (FI) and 1 (DL) fighting each other, DL is 6 points ahead after 9 matches, so if Marco wanted to at least stay in the race, FI could not afford to lose of course, as a 9 point gap would be quite big already. And of course, Martijn knew that too…..but in spite of the importance, no grudges were played. I think both Marco and Martijn know that the prizes will really be divided at the end of the season, and that a boost would be sufficient enough for now. And well, for FI it was. FI were very unlucky to see 2 players leave the pitch with a red card, but the team that they played plus that boost on top of that, were so strong that in the end it still turned out to be just enough to beat DL: 2-0. Who knows what would have been possible for DL if Martijn had not picked this match to rest his strong WP team? Nonetheless, it’s not something you can feel sorry about, as you can never predict these things, and now at least Martijn knows his squad will be fully rested next week. FI stay in 3d position, but DL drop 1 place, and see TB rise to the 1st position as the new leader of the table.

PLAYED AT	Fire Stadium
ATTENDANCE	34414

F.C Inferno				2			Druss Legends				0

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	P. Frango	9	10.18	0	0		GK	G. Flater	8.5	9.47	4	2
DS	B. Talon SENT OFF 52	10	9.48	0	0	52	CB	B. Gates *	7.25	8.50	0	0
DS	Q. Enxada	10	15.69	0	0		CB	K. Laploper	8	10.12	0	0
DS	P. Illar	10	15.45	0	0		DS	Q. Beleza	9.75	11.35	0	0
DS	I. P_Freey *	11.5	19.31	0	0		FB	S. Schemmell ^ Booked	8.75	9.21	0	0
CB	N. Dame ^	10.5	14.12	0	0		FB	D. Komba	10	10.52	0	0
FB	A. Liberdade	10	13.25	1	0		MF	K. Ankerleijer	8.25	9.16	0	0
CM	C. Dandago	9.25	10.50	0	0		MF	N. Haroldo ^	10.5	10.59	0	0
CM	B. Boutso ^	9.5	10.82	1	1		MF	M. Idden	10	10.82	0	0
AM	C. Flannery # Booked	12	11.14	2	1		MF	V. Slakozlev	10	10.59	0	0
S	O. Tosco ^ SENT OFF 35	10.5	5.07	0	0	35	CF	E. Mbamba # ^	10.5	12.35	0	0
		PENALTY		0	0				PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	I. Zack	9.5	0.00	0	0		GK	Q. Tarantino	7.5	0.00	0	0
DS	R. Sangue	8	0.00	0	0		FB	R. Elnicht	7.5	0.00	0	0
FB	C. Balde	9.5	0.00	0	0		MF	J. Cameron	7	0.00	0	0
WH	K. Koulos	11.5	0.00	0	0		S	B. HakkenbergvanGaasbeek	8	0.00	0	0
S	G. Matador	7.5	0.00	0	0		CF	M. Herben	7	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		TS					TACTIC		MM
	STYLE		MD					STYLE		AD
	FORMATION		6 - 3 - 1					FORMATION		5 - 4 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			101.75				TOTAL NSL			91.50
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			124.83				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			103.19
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			100.32				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			76.44
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			24.51				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			26.75


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD				MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD				MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY				TEAM PENALIZED

SAEFL Season 13 WEEK 13

Although Jazz Greats is the reigning champion, they are the nr. 8 on the table. Nonetheless, Terry picked this match for InterQuartile Rangers to rest his players. You got to rest them sometimes anyway, and an away game against Barts team would be a good opportunity. On the other hand….in spite of the fact that they are the number 5 on the table, and already 11 points behind the leader, Bart knows that IQ do not have just a good team, but also a good manager in Terry. That made that Bart decided to rest players too. And with both teams resting players, we could see that the IQ B-squad was better than the JG B-squad, and they won 0-2. Bart will be frustrated I guess (yeah, come and make those easy jokes), as if he ever could have won a match without much effort, it would have been this match! Terry on the other hand, is the luckiest guy in div 1 this week, putting no more than 85 NSL on the pitch, and still winning an away game that can be considered difficult. Well, if Bart goes for it, that is. And a quite a number of IQ-rivals will still have to face that. Now, this loss for JG, after we have already seen CA win their match, means that JG drop into the relegation zone. Bart can’t probably wait for midseason aging, when his whole squad is expected to get a lot better.

PLAYED AT	Bouwfraude
ATTENDANCE	23608

The Jazz Greats				0		InterQuartile Rangers				2

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	R. Ruathain	8.5	9.33	2	2	GK	M. Hahnemann	10	10.48	0	0
CB	B. Bleys OOP	8.5	10.21	0	0	CB	R. Nelson	8	9.18	0	0
FB	J. Woo	6	6.17	0	0	AS	A. Ordina	7.5	9.80	0	0
FB	D. Pugh	9	11.05	0	0	AS	C. Reyna	8	11.36	0	0
AS	D. Weir	6.75	7.95	0	0	AS	R. Carvalho #	10	15.64	1	1
MF	A. Eriksson	8.5	9.45	0	0	DM	C. Armas1	8	10.21	0	0
CM	H. Hearder	7.75	7.87	0	0	DM	J. Bruce	9	12.72	0	0
W	R. Castelen *	8.75	12.39	0	0	DM	B. Emerton	9	10.61	0	0
W	D. Malfoy	8.5	12.37	0	0	MF	D. Iego Booked	9	11.74	0	0
S	G. Calabrese	9	13.00	0	0	MF	C. Edwards	9	12.35	0	0
CF	T. Culture #	8	11.01	0	0	S	S. John *	7.5	7.13	1	1
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	D. Lente	10	0.00	0	0	GK	T. Howard	10	0.00	0	0
CB	W. Isdom	9.75	0.00	0	0	FB	R. Carlos	7.25	0.00	0	0
DM	K. Samuals	8.75	0.00	0	0	WH	T. Sanneh	8.5	0.00	0	0
CF	F. Rech	4.75	0.00	0	0	S	S. Ilke	6.25	0.00	0	0
		0	0.00	0	0			0	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		MM				TACTIC		ZD
	STYLE		ST				STYLE		AD
	FORMATION		4 - 2 - 4				FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			80.75			TOTAL NSL			85.00
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			101.47			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			110.74
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			39.85			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			83.31
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			61.62			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			27.43


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED