Python Bite
The Birds' Trophy of Legends run would start out with a humbling by illustrious Illinois side Pythons, as the two-time national cupwinners tore Grilled's lightweight defence apart. Georgian Number Nine Manuchar Jakhatashvili was a dervish as he toyed with both Panigrahi and Hutter in scoring four times, with Swedish midfielder Robin Johansson responsible for the remainder.
"That was something again." a rueful
Chad Thach conceded. "The distance between the current us and the top remains huge indeed."
Grilled would claim their own 5-0 against Austrian V.156 club BDG Tiger through walkover, but would then be cleaned out once more, by Brazilian Division Five representatives Uchinanchus F.C.; Sidnei Shoburyu, Kazuaki Aiba and finally Badeco Ginko polished off a trifecta of counterattacks, as
Chan Ze Han got effectively shackled by opposing captain Yuki Nishida.
There would be a similar trajectory for Farmer Bunnies in the Heroes of 2014 Trophy, beginning with a 4-0 crushing by Chilean fifth division champions SV_Werder_Bremen_.
Vitaliy Efendiev would then get the Buns into the lead against London-based V.200 side Cetvorka, with
Ong Li Jing securing the late win, after a neat 41st minute Delbert Simes equalizer.
It would be another close 2-1 versus Uruguayan IV.43 club Bolton Thunderbird, although with the Buns being on the wrong side of the scoreline this time. What appeared destined for a bore draw was turned on its head by Silvio Fiorito's 79th minute conversion from a corner, replied to in kind by
Guan Ming Kum five minutes later. However, Moritz Vogl would win it for the Thunderbirds, as the Buns pushed their luck too far.
Grilled International ironically recorded the best first-day outcome with two wins, though they didn't look good at all in crashing 2-8 to Swiss IV.39 winners, Streetsoccers.
Hardi bin Besar provided the bulk of the resistance in this sinking ship of a game, which was nothing compared to how Joseph Bingeman inspired his team.
There would be a walkover yielded by Italian Division Eight outfit SPINGINI, before International got their own taste of domination, with a 7-2 win over Istanbul's Bosna Bilişim 2017. The Turkish IV.47 side were possessed of a good attacking department, but could never quite get their organization down today.
