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Old 04-03-2003, 11:20 AM   #59
The Afoci
Pro Rookie
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Moorhead
Victory!!!!

The crowd of 3246 turning up at Tennessee Road today were greeted by some nasty showers of rain and Crawfish. Tennessee tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Eldridge - Hyde, Fritz, Joseph, Engel - Michael, Allison, Lumpkin, Lovett - Harman, Lockwood.

Fighting started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. They fielded: Bossio - Gorostarzu, de Oliveira, Cherry, Simic - Mughal, Danielsson, Kline, Woodson, Uddstad - Rannem .

Daniel Mughal came close to putting the visiting team one up in the 10:th minute, following a solo raid down the middle, but Stevie Eldridge managed to tip the ball to a corner. Fighting“s "You better guard your daughters or else they will be" Les "their" Cherry"s" could have put the guests one up in the 14:th minute, chasing a through ball but Stevie Eldridge was fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. The terraces were silenced in the 27:th minute as Fighting“s Dan Woodson put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack from the right. Dan Woodson was, after 39 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors lead with a well placed diving header but home side keeper Stevie Eldridge saved. Tennessee made a substitution in the 39:th minute. Alfred Lumpkin limped off the field after mysteriously finding a Crawfish attached to his sack and was replaced by Dom Owens. Fighting appeared unsure on how to play after witnessing the carnage. Dom Owens pulled a real crowd pleaser as he, in the 42nd minute, wove through the guests whole central defense line and put the 1 - 1 equaliser away. Halftime score was 1 - 1. This part of the game had been a standoff between the teams.

Fighting -coach, Felix "Coach" Gruber had an extra briefing during the break, and after that his players looked a lot more organized. They also snuck over and placed angry Crawfish in Stevie Eldridge jock, thus limiting his effectiveness. Fighting“s "I am a big mean fire breathing" Dragan Simic gave the visitors a 1 - 2 lead in the 46:th minute with a superb strike from the right. He then lit himself on fire to celebrate and was rather ineffective with the smell of burned hair and flesh making him ill. In the 75th minute the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 3 as Dan Woodson finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors ninja kick. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 83rd minute Fighting goal, making it 1 - 4. Mikey Kline was noted down as the scorer. The structure of the game started to change as Fighting decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone. Fighting appeared unsure on how to play. Gustav Danielsson received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly, probably because he was seen eating some special brownies on the sidelines, in the 84:th minute and almost caused an opponent to score. In the games 84:th minute "You better guard your daughters or else they will be" Les "their" Cherry"s" nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through and fired from just outside the box, his shot passed just over the bar. "You better guard your daughters or else they will be" Les "their" Cherry"s" of Fighting received a yellow card in the 87:th minute for trying to dry hump a ref. Fighting held the ball, with a clear 57 percent possession rate, but only kicked it around about 10 percent of the time.

Most important Tennessee player was Stevie Eldridge. Trent Joseph on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Fighting player was Manuel Bossio. Joćo Fernando de Oliveira on the other hand, had a terrible day and was forced to endure the ride home singing folks songs naked on the bus. Luckily no one got injured. The match ends 1 - 4.

[On a side note, I am a little short on time now, so there may or may not be an update on Crawfish with Laser Blasters instead of Claws. I don't want this to slip the wrong way and start to be too much about soccer ]
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