The match came to an end with the final result being 5-0, Emmy scored two more goals while one more came from Barry, it was an unexpected result for them. A great victory.
They have finally qualified to the quarter final of the tournament now they only have to face what is in front of them.
Some teams decided not to show up today because they knew winning won't even qualify them so they didn't bother to show up at all giving their opponent a free win.
It was expected from the officials, what's the point of showing up when they knew very well that they won't qualify, that's the best decision to make.
But that just showed the little dedication they have, it shows that they're not dedicated, some teams didn't participate to win the tournament, many teams knew from the start that they can't win the tournament nor can they be among the top 3 but still, they decided to come. That's just to show their passion for football and it shows that they're willing to face stronger teams to know their limit.
Even United Squad, as much as they want to deny it, they can't lie that their qualification to the quarter final was like a miracle to them, although they're confident that they won't be eliminated but deep down, they all know it's impossible but still, with the help of great strategy and unwillingness to be eliminated, they qualify and they're still trying their best to get into the semi final, maybe even the final, maybe they can even win the tournament, who knows.
The result of today's matches was display in the great hall for everyone to see with the next fixtures, the quarter final fixtures which would be on next Saturday, only two matches would be play on that Saturday while the next two would be on the next day, Sunday. They were given enough time for preparation.
Everybody stared at the result in the great hall.
Maltese United did not bother to show up so it was an easy win for Dominion FC, they won unopposed and qualified to the quarter final with 7 points.
Roland FC drew to 2-2 against Future Star United, Future Star United qualified by 5 points while Roland got 4 and was eliminated.
Holy City lost by 0 to 2 goals against Young Starlet.
Golden Griffin faced a defeat of 0-6 against Wild Tigers.
36 Lions won unopposed because Azure Waves decided not to show up.
Stark FC lost by 0 to 5 goals against United Squad.
Super Bien won 1-0 against Lux City
Starlight Legion played to a goalless draw against Law Enforcer and thus, they were both qualified with 5 points each while Super Bien, despite their win was eliminated with 4 points.
The result ended there, two teams decided not to show up, the eliminated teams left with tears while the qualified teams wait for the next fixtures and a few announcement from the officials. The next stage of the tournament is knock out.
In group A, Dominion FC and Future Star United qualified for the Quarter Final, Wild Tigers and Young Starlet qualified in group B, 36 Lions and United Squad are representing group C in the quarter final while Starlight Legion and Law Enforcer are the qualifiers in group D.
The quarter final fixtures was as follows.
Quarter Final Fixtures
Dominion FC vs. 36 Lions
Wild Tigers vs. Starlight Legion
These two matches would be taking place on Saturday while the next two would be on Sunday.
United Squad vs. Future Star United
Young Starlet vs. Law Enforcer
Four among these 8 eight teams would qualify to the semi final while four would be eliminated but nobody wanted to be eliminated so the matches would be rather interesting and tough.
"This should be a walk in the park for us, we'll analyze their matches on Wednesday, let's go."
United Squad coach said as they all move out of the hall.
Emmy didn't go home straight, after parting ways with is teammates in the bus, he moves straight to Sunny's work and together, they went home after helping him with his last delivery. They had planned to always go home together at night. Jone is already with Miss Sofia so they're not really worried about the dog's safety.
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Like a blink of an eye, a week pass with nothing interesting really happening apart from the two matches that took place today.
Dominion FC vs. 36 Lions and Wild Tigers vs. Starlight Legion, the two matches were more than interesting.
Although, Emmy didn't get to watch it in the stadium as it was played on Saturday when Emmy was at work but he received the tape from his coach and got to watch and analyze it at night, Saturday was supposed to be his off day but he used it to cover tomorrow's absent as they would be playing with Future Star United.
The most interesting match was between Dominion FC and 36 Lions, everyone's thought was that it would be an easy win for the fierce and ruthless team - 36 Lions, but they were wrong. In fact, that match was the toughest 36 Lions have played so far in the tournament.
Dominion FC were not a match for them but their impenetrable defense made the match as tough as ever but still, they're defeated.
Nobody from both teams score a goal till the match ended, they played to a goalless draw till full time and extra time of 30 minutes was given which lead to penalty shoot out deciding the fate of Dominion FC.
Dominion FC failed to score a goal even during the penalty shoot out while 36 Lions did not lose any penalty. Dominion really tried, they did everything they could do to win the match putting their lives on the line and making their defense as strong as ever with their heart but still, they faced defeat.
Although, all Dominion FC do till the end of the match was defending, they were not able to move the ball past their midfield but still, it was an unexpected result for everyone, for them to last till the end of the match without committing a goal against 36 Lions was really unbelievable.
Even in the friendly match against United Squad, Emmy managed to invade their defense and score a goal but the ruthless 36 Lions failed to do that, only winning by penalty shoot out.
'I guess their defense must have increased after our match, so sad they're unable to score a goal during the shoot out.'
Emmy thought as he was busy analyzing the match with Sunny besides him.
Again, Emmy was unable to find a way to defeat 36 Lions, their keeper hasn't even conceded a goal, same as wild Tigers keeper.
Wild Tigers themselves defeated Starlight Legion by 3 to 0 goals. Now the two teams will have to face each other in the semi final.
'We'll see who will concede goal first between the two keepers.'
These two teams seems to be the strongest Emmy have seen so far in the tournament, 36 Lions players are natural talented players and with their ability, they're invincible but Wild Tigers on the other hand don't seem to be naturally gifted but their players all possess a unique ability that made them unstoppable.
Emmy and his teammates with their coach have been going through their matches because they're sure that they would face them in the future and there's also 36 Lions to worry about but now that the two deadly team would be facing each other in the semi final they only need to worry about the winner.
But before that, they really needed to win their upcoming match and the semi final. They're not really worried about the opponent they're facing tomorrow but instead, they're worried about the winner between Young Starlet and Law Enforcer which they're sure for some reason that the winner would be Young Starlet because they also showed a great potential, apart from their lost against Wild Tigers, they have been destroying their opponent fiercely so United Squad have been busy analyzing their matches in the last few days.
They didn't even bother to analyze their next opponent matches.
Emmy himself have been busy training with Sunny in the last few days and joining him in late night delivery while also facing life and death situation every night from night walkers.
The two have developed a great battle style that had helped them greatly in the few scuffle they always have at night.
Fighting side by side with Sunny every night, Emmy had received a few rewards from his system, most of them are coins while he only received 20 AP once adding it to his Football Attributes.
The last few days didn't really go as planned for him, he wanted to use it to grind and level up before the next match but he failed, he didn't even receive a single Exp from his system.
'Now I'm starting to think that this system is getting stingy these days, it rarely gives me quest, only when I'm facing very strong opponent.'