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Tellia 2-0 Birgeshir
35' - G. Salmoiraghi
78' - A.L. Peruzzi
Tellia built on their opening night win over hosts Craitland with a hard-earned victory over Birgeshir, who now only have one point from their first three games and will be hoping results go their way if they want a place in the knock-out rounds.
Birgeshir's last two matches have seen them concede late goals to throw away a win over Gotzborg and miss-out on a point against Craitland despite having performed well and played some good football along the way. In Tellia, the "Tsalojs" faced another strong opponent and had to yet again do well, which they did for the majority of the first half. Tёvrat Çıkthan had his side's best chance in the opening ten minutes, with Nofre-Ka-U Pabasojk's skilful work out wide flummoxing Alessandro De Laurentiis before he laid the ball across the area, where Çıkthan somehow blasted over from eight yards out with a first-time shot. Pabasojk also found an opening a matter of minutes later, but was denied by Simone Di Maggio's hands as the shot was aimed too close to the stopper. Birgeshir's impressive defence frustrated Tellia for the first half an hour, as neither Gianluca Salmoiraghi nor Marko Zajc was able to create chances, and Armando Uggè was limited to just a few touches outside the box. That all changed with ten minutes left before half time; Massimo Santoni created space before supplying Uggè on the edge of the "D", before the forward turned goalward and shot low. Iu-Senb Ercanojk deflected the shot away, but Salmoiraghi was right where the ball was diverted to, and had the job of finishing into the unguarded portion of the net as Ercanojk flailed on the ground unable to save the rebound. Birgeshir almost found a response before the break, but Çıkthan's strong header was wide of the target.
The second 45 welcomed the introduction of Benatehhor Ёkınojk in place of Ra-to-men Mahırojk for Birgeshir, and the addition of the striker who scored against Gotzborg gave an extra attacking intent as they looked for an equaliser. In a mirror of the first half, Birgeshir were threatening going forward from the off, and would have been cursing Di Maggio for his persistence in saving their shots. Both Ёkınojk and Ætaňur Chanojk were kept-out from distance, with Çıkthan heading over as well. With around twenty minutes to go, and having failed to come close to adding a second goal, Tellia replaced Uggè with Andrea Luca Peruzzi up front and reaped the rewards within ten minutes. Scorer of the side's first Salmoiraghi beat Menkara Iňanojk on the wing to place a cross in, where Peruzzi reacted quickest to sneak in ahead of Gündüz and side-foot a volley into the roof of the net for his first World Cup goal in almost five years. Birgeshir's tenacity in going forward time after time should arguably have been rewarded with a goal of their own, but even a consolation couldn't be found in the last few minutes and the two-goal difference was finalised. Tellia's second win in as many games leaves them second in the group on goals scored, while Birgeshir prop the group up as it stands, needing a victory in the last round of matches and the hope that Valencia can't gain anything against Tellia before the two meet on August 5th.
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Talenore 1-1 Lakkvia
27' - K. Viðarsson
40' - A. Vintarglimion
Talenore and Lakkvia continued their unbeaten records this tournament after coming away from their meeting with the spoils shared.
Following a narrow win over Austbard in an exciting encounter in their last match, Lakkvia went-up against a Talenore side that has impressed with two clean sheets and four points so far in what is their début finals appearance. Lakkvia started the better of the pair with Tommy Gamst-Pedersen's penetration down the left causing Talenore's defence problems. Aki Mäenpää was almost played through from such a move, but despite shooting on target was flagged offside. Lakkvia held the majority of possession as the match played-out, and this slight advantage paid dividends when Jari Savolainen played the ball off to Mäenpää, whose instinctive backheel outfoxed Petro Gjanocca and fell straight to strike partner Kristján Viðarsson, who had the simple job of crashing the ball into the goal from the centre of the box with just Tolâso in his way. While they bided their time in making their first meaningful attack, Talenore equalised and also had the chance to go ahead in the final few minutes before the break. Joonas Qerunor fed Kali Kalani with an accurate ball upfield which the forward controlled with his left boot before squaring it to the edge of the box with his right past Ketil av Silmahamnum. Attacking midfielder Avraham Vintarglimion read Kalani's pass and arrived on cue to angle the ball across goal and direct it into the bottom-right corner via the slightest of fingertips from Miklu Loresen. With essentially the last kick of the half, Vintarglimion had another chance from a similar position, but his powered approach only saw the ball whistle past the opposite post and wide.
Talenore must have been spurred-on by their goal just before half time as they started the second half by working Loresen into action with Kalani's laced effort within the first few minutes. Vintarglimion's influence increased as he was tasked with controlling attacks and his through ball almost allowed Vernon Cristaldo to score, but had just too much pace on it for the winger. Lakkvia had their own chances of retaking the lead after the hour mark but Viðarsson was unable to add to his tally after twice being assisted by Mäenpää again. The game ground to a halt after a period lacking in openings with both teams frustrated they couldn't find a winner. Lakkvia still have two matches left in which to gain points and will be glad to be unbeaten in their first two games, while Talenore's two draws have put them in an uncomfortable position; with a bye in the final round, failing to beat Austbard next time out would leave them in limbo over advancing with their destiny completely out of their own hands.
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Athlon 0-1 Alexandria
88' - L. Graf
Alexandria spared their blushes thanks to a late substitute goal from Lucien Graf to overcome an Athlon team that was a vast improvement on the one that lost underwhelmingly to Talenore in their opening game.
Having had a bye in the previous round of matches, Athlon turned-up to face their fellow CTFA qualifiers with many people writing them off before a ball had even been kicked. While Alexandria haven't made an auspicious start to the tournament, drawing twice, their reputation and seeding proceeds them, with Athlon effectively minnows in the world of Micrasian football in historical comparison. However, the underdogs were in high spirits from the off, with their, albeit aging, midfield outperforming Alexandria's for much of the half. "Les Bleus" stopper Jean-Alain Foucault was needed to smother both Ivan Lekkas and Alix Diakos after both were put through on separate occasions by Damalis Ioannidis' arrow-like passes. Alexandria were stunted in their attempts to go forward, with Florent Lassana-Traoré anonymous for the whole 45, and Jean-Pierre d'Oliviera's shot from distance that ended-up in the crowd was their primary threatening shot before the break.
Alexandria looked for inspiration at the break and swapped Lassana-Traoré for Lucien Graf in hope of catalysing a goal. The opening of the second half saw Athlon continuing to hold their ground, but without any further notable chances on goal. Tamer Modrem grew into the match as he took advantage of Athlon's players' fatigue, and began to find space in which to play passes into, feeding Javier Santos and Vincent Chertrand-Pernet more frequently. While Alexandria continued to improve, their efforts to score continued to fall short, with Theodoros Nikolas stopping Graf once. However, in the final couple of minutes, their fortunes changed and an eventual lead was taken. Santos was the main force, charging down the left flank before crossing deep, where Carrasco made contact with his head. The forward managed to keep the ball in play and keep it in the danger zone, where Graf was in the right place to also get his head to it, putting it past Nikolas from the centre of the area. With only two minutes to spare, Alexandria held-on to take the victory and increase their likelihood of making the knock-out rounds. Athlon, on the other hand, will feel remorseful that they couldn't have at least scored in this game, and will be aiming to rectify that in their final two group games.
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Juclandia 1-2 Safiria
22' - G. Vuk
53' - S.V. Ae
76' - M. Kiyaþ
Safiria mirrored the result of their last game with a second-half comeback to win against Juclandia, whose two losses in two matches puts them on the brink of falling-out of the tournament in a very competitive Group C.
Juclandia began the game well as they set-out to banish the demons of their 4-0 hammering at the hands of champions Mercury in their opening match, and their front trio caused problems to the Safirian defence. While Asari had the first chance of the encounter for Safiria after a matter of minutes, blazing wide, Juclandia dominated the shot statistics for the opening half-hour. Goran and Slobodan Vuk worked Chandra into a save apiece, with Gori Jucărescu twice curling wide of the target. With just over twenty minutes played, their persistence paid-off and Goran Vuk kept his composure to score. Ciprian Sorin's roam forward took him beyond Fumi Šivakis before finding a gap in which to play the ball, where the younger Vuk was able to latch-on. His first touch took him inside, past Mine Feyat, and the forward finished into the bottom-left corner with the outside of his right boot across Chandra's vain dive. Safiria clawed back in the latter period of the first half, as Juclandia's reliance on their attacking formation allowed for more midfield plays from "Big Blue", but the score remained the same thanks to Stanislav Namașco's saves on two occasions.
Following the break, it was Safiria who were the quickest out of the starting blocks, with an equaliser being emphatically finished within eight minutes of the restart. Some intricate passes moulded the decisive move, with veteran Tàmāra Izrune heavily involved as a pivot. It was Izrune who registered the assist as well, as her dinked ball in dropped perfectly for Sana-Vriska Ae, who clattered the volley past Namașco from close range after giving her marker the slip. As the Safirians came into the ascendancy, Juclandia struggled to retain the ball on the occasions they did win it back, with Goran Vuk guilty of wasting a couple of chances in deciding to shoot instead of pass as he looked to increase his own scoring record. Safiria stepped their game up further with twenty minutes to go as Maria Kiyaþ entered the fray in place of Ae, with the substitute finding the net soon afterwards. Yveltal, an earlier replacement, made a run out wide down the left and placed a cross towards the back post, where Kiyaþ made a well-timed dash forward to connect with a stooping header that found its way past Namașco via a bounce. Despite having been in control in the second half, the final 15 were a nervy time for Safiria as Juclandia surged forward with Vlad Ionete replacing Slobodan Vuk, but Chandra owned her area and collected deliveries confidently to see home the three points. Safiria strengthened their position in the process prior to their bye-round, moving onto the same number of points as Senya, while Juclandia are now rooted to the bottom of the table with North Antarctica up next; a match which would see them eliminated if they can't win it.
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Passas 3-1 Shireroth
32' - A. Danelon
65' - Ł. Dąbrowski
83' - K. Lamberti
89' - Ł. Dąbrowski (pen.)
Two previous runners-up met for the first time ever in Eĵars in a match that didn't disappoint between two sides aiming to progress to the knock-out stages, with Passas coming-out the victors as Shireroth finished with ten men.
In what was a very even first half, Passas made the only breakthrough just after the half-hour mark with a defensive lapse allowing Alex Danelon to score his first of the tournament. Prior to the goal, neither side had really threatened the opposing goalkeeper, with both teams focusing on more defence-minded tactics as a means of countering the attacking talents on display and their collective impressive scoring records at the highest level. When the opener did come, it was down to a judgement error by Shireroth defender Matthew Castaraghi; Danijel Đorđević worked his way down the left channel pursued by the centre-back who blocked the Passasian's attempted cross with a flailing arm just outside the box. Castaraghi received a booking despite his protests that it was purely accidental, and Đorđević fired the resulting free-kick across the goal and Danelon was in the right place to poach a goal with an outstretched boot six yards out. Đorđević himself had the only other considerable shot in the remaining minutes of the half, as his long-range strike hit the outer netting with Frederico desperate.
Shireroth took the second half as an initiative to equalise, and formed two good efforts in the opening stages. Jóhann Viðarsson, scorer of the winner over Flanders, gave Adam Shawnessy something to deal with down low, while Kurt Lamberti headed the ball off the crossbar and over from a looping Talsin Llwrran cross soon afterwards. However, it was Passas that fortified their lead instead twenty minutes into the half, with Łukasz Dąbrowski grabbing his second goal of the tournament. Sa Pazi's dribble into the centre saw him outfox his domestic teammate Nuno Santos Gomez with a quick touch to his right before chipping into the area for Dąbrowski to leap above Castaraghi and find enough power with his forehead to guide the ball under the arm of Frederico as he was too slow to react. Shireroth maintained their attacking presence nevertheless after going two behind, and earned one back with just under ten minutes left after a good spell of possession. Talsin Llwrran's one-two with Jalal Akwá led him to the bye-line, from where he laid the ball backwards for Viðarsson. The midfielder had already scored in these finals, but chose to first-time flick to Kurt Lamberti this time round, with the Shirerithian star striker making no mistake in firing it high and hard into the top-right corner as Shawnessy stood no chance to save it.
While the final few minutes could have been a nervous affair with just one goal's separation in the score, Passas put it beyond doubt just before the death thanks to a spot kick. Sa Pazi was again an impact down the right and his delivery fell to Alex Danelon in the area, where Matthew Castaraghi ruthlessly took him out with a panicked tackle. A clear foul was called by the referee, resulting in a penalty kick and a second booking for the defender, who became the first player to see red in these championships. Dąbrowski nominated himself to take the penalty and easily dispatched Passas' third of the night and his personal third so far into the bottom-left with a sweeped shot as Frederico went the opposite way. As a result, Passas take three points for the first time in three attempts to give their chances of advancing a major boost, while Shireroth still occupy the group's final qualifying spot before they go-on to face Hamland in their next game hoping for a result.
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Valencia 1-0 Tellia
8' - Denis
Valencia secured a second win of the tournament thanks to Denis' early strike to guarantee their place in the knock-out rounds and eliminate Birgeshir during their bye in the process.
Tellia came into the match having won both of their games so far, including one on opening night against the hosts, and would have been confident of gaining a third victory over a Valencia side that lost heavily to Craitland and needed a last-minute penalty to overcome Gotzborg. However, "Gli Verdi" were stunned from the off as Valencia unashamedly attacked immediately, and before ten minutes' play had even elapsed, they took the lead. Santiago Javier's impact down the right side was hard to deal with for the Tellian defence and a floated cross in from deep eluded a normally strong centre-back pairing and landed at Luis Escudero's feet. The Tellian-based winger tipped the ball back into the middle of the area with a second touch, where Denis was able to lace it home from near the penalty spot with a solid left-footed hit. The Valencians showed their rapid start was no fluke as they maintained their pressure for a while after going ahead, with Simone Di Maggio an important factor in keeping the score down in the Tellian net as Horatio Gonzáles-Hernán and Francesc Hernández tested the stopper. Tellia's first shot of note came with around ten minutes left before the break, as they held back Valencia's offence to counter, but Gianluca Salmoiraghi could only find the side netting after being set-up by Marko Zajc. Zajc himself went close with an attempt from the edge of the "D" in the final minute, but not before Di Maggio was once again required to stop Denis with a header.
The second 45 almost witnessed an equaliser within the opening few minutes as Tellia broke from the kick-off down the left, but Armando Uggè could only direct his unconvincing shot in the box straight at Daniel Palazio. What followed that chance was a period of unimpressive football, as both teams struggled to retain the ball or deliver decisive passes to open-up worthwhile shots on goal, with a lack of ingenuity to create a spark. Valencia's next opportunity to double their lead came with just over quarter of an hour to go, with a mistake from Pasquale di Montezemolo, whose attempted clearance was charged-down by Gonzáles-Hernán, giving the ball to Denis, who failed to capitalise by putting it over the bar in a one-on-one situation. Luigi Donatello and Andrea Luca Peruzzi were late additions for Tellia in an effort to push forward, but their likelihood of grabbing a leveller diminished as the clock ticked and the final whistle ensured a first loss. Valencia's victory was a key one, coupled with the other result, that meant they would be guaranteed of advancing from the group, alongside the team they'd just beaten in Tellia, with final positions to play for in the last fixtures that could decide who they face when the direct eliminations begin.
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