The Fight Is On
Grilled Birds remained in contention for the last sixty-four of the Trophy of Legends, as they managed two more wins and a draw on the second day of the tournament. Their best result of the lot would indisputably be versus Luxembourg Nationaldivisioun third-placed finisher and twelve-time winner FightClub Football Club, who have moreover collected the Coupe Bofferding this season. A courageous effort had
Hwang Teck Fu,
Chia Kwang Tse and
Lim An Keng beat the odds to make it 3-2, with Stéphane Klein keeping it interesting for the final ten minutes.
Hein Thiha Pyae Ko pronounced it as one of the best games he has had in a while, despite being carded in the 64th minute. "FightClub were simply top class, and there's no feeling quite like overcoming such an opponent!"
Italian VI.590 winners Schumacher might not have as storied a pedigree, but the Milan side would hold the Birds 4-4 thanks to Mosè Budroni's 86th minute scramble. This would be followed by a second yellow for Pasquale Roselli, which sunk their hopes of completing their comeback. Romanian four-time Challenger Cup winners, Frizeria Comăneşti of IV.39, were then put down 5-1 through a
Chad Thach brace. Italian striker Alessandro Stamerra, formerly a top scorer in Russia and Andorra, got their consolation goal via individual skill.
The Buns split their record, starting well against German VI.498 outfit SG Niederweimar/Ffm;
Arturo Rosano was reliable from the penalty spot in the 2-0 victory, with
Toh Eng Guang adding a second from an uncleared free-kick seven minutes before the break. A 1-1 draw against Romanian IV.24 club Viitorul Iasi CF was next, as they held on after Antoine Naudts and Matteo Berrutti got sent off in turn, with Rosano on the mark from a low-flying free-kick this time.
Bunnies finally fell 0-2 to German VI.844 visitors caputher sv 1896, who wore them down in a dynamic 3-4-3. This would be enabled by Lucas Hußlein's 13th minute breakthrough that
Gilberto Sorondo barely let slip, and the sustained pressure then had Othmar Prothmann add a second goal 77 minutes in, soon after Sorondo made a save he had no right to against Uwe Dwarslooper.
Grilled International ordered one of each too, with hard times first served up by Norwegian H.I. IV.36 champions International HT. It would have looked worse had Bjarne Lausund not gotten himself sent off right before the end for shoving his head into
Egidius van der Duin, which allowed
Redhuan bin Mohd Aleshahfezan to reduce to 2-5 from the floated free-kick.
Spanish VI.541 team CLAM ALMERIA were then defeated 4-1 with
Chua Jun Long equalizing from Miala Inganda, and
Minür Nurettin Tütsü showing his hunger for scoring in added time. An absorbing 5-5 draw against Polish VI.328 winners Madridistas PL ended International's day, as they were left to rue leaving English midfielder Jared Lacey unattended, on Madridistas' last push.
