Cup simi finals leg 2

The Boelewieten won the first match in the semi-finals against Lisbon United. In the return, they had to finish things in their home game, and make it to the semi-finals, and have a shot at winning the double this season. In order to do that, Jeroen played a strong 103.25 NSL CP side, plus a boost on top of it. That should do the trick. Nuno did what we expected him to do with Lisbon United. LU’s relegation was a fact (well, at least unofficially) ever since midseason aging, and already since then we knew that LU would be going for the best possible result in the cup. So, they played their best CP team plus a grudge. Exactly as expected. And after 90 minutes, it turned out that both teams were equally strong: 145.23 EMP for TB and 145.65 EMP for LU. As a result of which, both teams created 35 chances. And yes, TB had the better goalie, but we all know that in football, that doesn’t always mean that the best goalie wins. And that is exactly what happened here. LU beat TB with 2 goals difference: 16-14. With that, they did not just win this match. No, since the first match ended 3-1 for TB, LU make it to the final because of the away goals difference! Congratulations to Nuno, as he did everything right. Which is not what we can say for Jeroen I’m afraid. Why keep Donaldson on the bench? Why not play that last GC? Why play CP against another CP team, if you know that your opponent has a freak CM, and especially if you know that you won’t play any CM’s yourself? Too bad for Jeroen, as these days it is very hard to win a prize with all those strong teams and clever managers. So it is even harder to win the double. And TB still had a very good shot at that! But now it simply slipped through their fingers, and LU walked away with it.

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The Boelewieten

14

Lisbon United

16

TEAM TEAM

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

GK

I. Akinfejev

10

11.32

35

16

GK

M. Moreira

9.25

10.05

35

14

FB

A. LuisdaSilva

10

13.39

5

1

FB

L. Moura

10

13.77

1

0

FB

B. Rousouw

10

12.26

2

0

FB

C. Peixoto *

10

13.88

4

0

AS

D. Onopko ^

11.25

16.21

2

1

AS

F. Meira

10

14.40

2

1

AS

A. Gamberini

10

15.61

5

2

AS

C. Klein

10

15.41

5

4

AS

B. Eftekkel Booked

10

14.67

0

0

DM

C. Costinha

9

13.50

3

2

DM

A. Yakubu ^

10.5

13.54

5

2

DM

J. Perestrelo

10

13.77

4

2

DM

T. Future

10

14.92

3

1

DM

A. Bsint

10

13.77

2

0

MF

S. Craque *

11

16.77

7

4

CM

F. Adu

9.25

15.24

6

4

MF

J. MPontier ^

10.5

14.18

2

2

CM

D. Carvalho

11

18.37

6

3

CF

R. Rowbottom #

11.5

13.69

4

1

S

N. Gomes_1 #

11

13.55

2

0

PENALTY

0

0

PENALTY

0

0

SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTES

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

GK

F. Fool

10

0.00

0

0

GK

F. Glaze

9

0.00

0

0

FB

S. Helter

9

0.00

0

0

FB

M. Miguel

8.75

0.00

0

0

AS

Q. Donaldson

12

0.00

0

0

AS

Z. Mazerolle

8.25

0.00

0

0

DM

D. Elisque

10

0.00

0

0

DM

A. Shepperson

9

0.00

0

0

S

A. Kick

10

0.00

0

0

W

R. Quaresma

8.75

0.00

0

0

TACTIC

CP

TACTIC

CP

STYLE

FL

STYLE

FL

FORMATION

5 - 4 - 1

FORMATION

4 - 5 - 1

TOTAL NSL

103.25

TOTAL NSL

100.25

TOTAL PERFORMANCE

145.23

TOTAL PERFORMANCE

145.65

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE

47.03

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE

45.82

ATTACKING PERFORMANCE

98.20

ATTACKING PERFORMANCE

99.83

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SAEFL Season 13 WEEK 24

After the 4-0 defeat in the first semi-final, the Dead Scientists manager apparently did not believe in a stunt against Point of Napier. Face it, the difference between both teams is big, and looking at the 100 NSL that Kelly put on the pitch with PN, with 2 freaks, and a Grudge card on top of that, I think the DS manager was right. Even the best team plus a grudge could not have surprised the strong PN side. For DS, it was probably a wise decision, especially since they are still in the (race for the) playoffs, and who knows what will be possible there. For PN, it means that they are playing a very good season after all, even in spite of the fact that they just relegated from div 1. I guess that it shows that even if you don’t have a team to play very well every week, you can still achieve something by playing very well every 2 or 3 weeks. You just have to pick the matches you want to win. For DS, this loss means the end of a remarkable series of cup results. They DS supporters probably will be proud of how far their little team manage to come. Well done!

So, for the first time in history (if I am well informed), we will have a cup final between 2 teams that have relegated from Div 1. In a couple of weeks, we will know who will have a great season in spite of that relegation, Nuno or Kelly.

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Dead Scientists

0

Port of Napier AFC

9

TEAM TEAM

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

GK

T. Schumacher

8

9.36

15

9

GK

S. Mullinix

10

10.94

0

0

DS

T. Yorke

10

11.35

0

0

CB

T. Pickles

8.5

9.62

0

0

CB

C. Corwin

7.75

9.46

0

0

CB

M. Petke

8.75

11.59

1

0

CB

K. Packer

10

12.24

0

0

FB

V. Candela *

9

11.68

2

2

FB

M. Milligan

6.25

7.00

0

0

MF

C. Gomez

10

11.44

1

1

FB

R. Weasley *

8

10.29

0

0

MF

A. Souza

12.5

15.13

2

0

CM

G. Garanhao

7.5

10.22

0

0

W

S. Guppy

8.25

8.87

1

0

CM

S. Kubrick

8.5

10.37

0

0

W

A. Dufus

10

12.37

1

0

CM

C. Gus1st

10

12.00

0

0

S

J. Moreno

10

12.51

1

1

MF

J. Culina

7.5

8.03

0

0

CF

S. Ericsson

10

12.01

1

0

S

J. Aloisi #

8

9.76

0

0

CF

A. Wambach #

12.5

15.78

5

5

PENALTY

0

0

PENALTY

0

0

SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTES

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

POS

PLAYER

NSL

EMP

SHOTS

GOALS

GK

M. Bosnich

8.25

0.00

0

0

GK

N. Rimando

9.75

0.00

0

0

CB

T. Popovic

10

0.00

0

0

CB

B. Boswell

8.5

0.00

0

0

CM

K. Sarkies

7.25

0.00

0

0

W

U. Dorko

8.25

0.00

0

0

MF

S. Lazaridis

10

0.00

0

0

CF

A. Moron

9.5

0.00

0

0

S

A. Lenstra

7.75

0.00

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

TACTIC

OFF

TACTIC

WP

STYLE

AD

STYLE

AA

FORMATION

5 - 4 - 1

FORMATION

3 - 2 - 5

TOTAL NSL

83.50

TOTAL NSL

99.50

TOTAL PERFORMANCE

100.71

TOTAL PERFORMANCE

121.00

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE

71.04

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE

33.96

ATTACKING PERFORMANCE

29.67

ATTACKING PERFORMANCE

87.04

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