Tigers vs. Lions
A furious and a very dangerous match is currently taking place in the local stadium arena, both teams are playing very dangerously and vigorously with intense pressure lingering on the field.
Wild Tigers and 36 Lions are playing with all their might with none of them ready to give up yet, the first half of the match ended with 0-0, the two sides have struggled to create two many chances with there being minimal space at the back from both team.
36 Lions have looked to be a threat in the early minutes, but their only effort on target came from their midfielder, no.8 who tested Wild Tigers keeper with an ambiguous long-ranged strike but the Tigers keeper simply saved it with a relatively ease.
It's been fairly even in terms of possession with Wild Tigers slightly edging with 56%, the first half have been challenging for both teams.
The second half begin after the break ended and the two teams got into play with the same determined and fierce look on their face.
Wild Tigers had the kick off pass which was tossed back to the midfielder before going to winger who then made a long threatened shot from the midfield but it was interrupted by the defender, now the ball got into 36 Lions possession and they move it forward.
The lions are struggling a bit to get the ball past the Tigers midfielders and defenders and the keeper is also making harder for them, none of their shot was able to get past him, all of their attempts were in vain in the presence of the keeper.
But for the Tigers, they were unable to get past the Lions defenders, their defense lane is as impenetrable as the darkness of hell with only four defenders, the Tigers were unable to test out the capabilities of the keeper as the defenders gave them no chance to do so. But one thing was clear, the Tigers strikers were a constant threat to the Lions defenders which they could not also deny.
[With both teams unable to find the back of the net even after 87 minutes, it seems a penalty shoot out will be needed to separate the two teams for the final]
The commentator commented after the match went on for 87 minutes with no goal from each team, all 36 Lions attempts were being denied by the keeper while Wild Tigers were unable to get past their opponent defenders. A penalty shoot out will not be avoided if the match continue like this for the next couple and a minutes.
At the 87 minutes, something very sad happened on the Tiger's end which could very well lead to their defeat, a sad and an interesting defeat it would be.
The referee blew a foul against them which then led to a penalty after one of the Tiger's defenders used a sliding tackle against the Lion's striker who violently fell inside the Tiger's penalty box.
[PENALTY! The Tiger's defender was in a rush to stop the opponent striker from his advance, he might not be confident enough in their keeper to do the save as always as it was already a die minute, so he attacked with a sliding tackle from the back in the penalty area and now the referee has blew against them with the defender's name entering the referee book after getting a yellow card.
Now, let's see the penalty]
36 Lions captain came forward with a determined look on his face, he would be taking the penalty for his team which could very well be the winning goal. Wild Tigers keeper stood gallant with a calm expression on his face.
[The Tigers keeper seems to be too confident in his capabilities as he stood with a threatened posture showing no fear at all, the Lions captain also have a crushing look on his face, let's see the end of result of this]
Taking a few steps back, the captain rushed forward and fiercely shot the ball with a great vigor exceeding from his shot, a spark of red lightning encased the ball as it move towards the goalpost, heading straight to the top-left-corner of the post. .
The keeper took two steps left then jumped towards the ball with his punch which was covered in white light, the ball moves very fast with an ultra bullet speed but before it could enter the goal post, the keeper's punch it back, towards the stunned players from the Lions side.
[SAVE! What a great and breathtaking save from the Tigers keeper, this is just too fucking incredible]
Before the ball could get to the nearest 36 Lions players, one of the Tigers defenders run forward and did a bicycle kick hitting the ball with his left leg midair and sending it backward.
A loose ball was moving towards the midfield with nobody opposite the ball, all the Lions players, both defenders and keeper were outside the Tigers penalty area with the Tigers players so they all watch as the ball moves.
But unfortunately for them, a quick and fast striker from the Tigers shot forward, running after the ball and that's when the Lions players came back to their senses as they run after him, in a matter of seconds, the keeper got back to the goalpost by appearing out of nowhere but the Tigers striker have already covered the distance between him and the loose ball and was now heading towards the goalpost.
Alone with the keeper with no defenders to stop him, he switches the ball onto his right foot before curling a cross into the top - right - corner of the post scoring the first goal and winning goal for his team.
[What a wonderful outcome, he scored the winning goal at exactly 90 minutes taking his team to the final]
And the match ended with the final score being 1-0, Wild Tigers qualified to the final by a breathe of air while 36 Lions were sadly eliminated. Nobody has expected them to lose the match but still, one of the two titans will go as they're paired against each other.
They've both displayed a great skill showing that the two teams are equal in terms of skill and strength with determination, but one thing was clear, Wild Tigers keeper is truly a force to be feared while 36 Lions keeper seems to only enjoy the covers of his defenders, he hasn't been faced one on one and had no save since the tournament begins, the defenders helped him a lot.
36 Lions will be playing the third place by next week against tomorrow's loser.
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The next day, the second match in the semi final also took place which was between United Squad and Law Enforcer, it was also as vigor as the previous match and almost with the same outcome.
They both played to a goalless draw in the first half, United Squad had a chance in the early minutes with Kai dropping the ball off to Barry who drilled low strike straight at the keeper but saved the ball.
Joe also curled his effort over the bar, earlier before the match started, the boy had stylishly asked Emmy why he wasn't among the chosen player for the school team which he said he had no idea.
Emmy received a quest that requires him to score at least a goal in this match with an unknown reward.
This simply it won't be easy.
The match continue with Emmy and Barry forcing the goalkeeper into simple saves,
Law Enforcer two best chances came from their striker with his first effort headed straight at the keeper while the second attempt led to a goal but was taken as an offside.
United Squad edged the chances in the first half, creating an xG (expected goal) of 0.29 compared to Law Enforcer's 0.27. However, it seems the victor of the match is not yet decided as Barry and Emmy are finding it hard to get into the opponent's box, only testing the keeper with outside shot.
The two strikers have been among their best players in the tournament so far but they failed to make a great impact in this match, as for Law Enforcer, they have 42% possession of the ball but they make an impact with each time the ball get into their possession. They're making countless threatening shot and attempt for United Squad.
In the 57 minutes of the second half, United Squad scored their first goal which came from Emmy, he had surprisingly gotten the first position in the top scorer leaderboard with 9 goals now while the second and third position came from 36 Lions with 8 and 6 goals respectively.
Law Enforcer returned the favor in the 70 minutes making it 1-1 and making the match more vigorously and at the last couple minutes of the match, at 88 minutes, Law Enforcer scored another goal by corner kick making the match ended with 1-2, Law Enforcer have qualified while United Squad were eliminated.
The former will be facing Wild Tigers in the Final by next week Sunday while the latter will face off 36 Lions for the third play by next week Saturday.