2019 FMF World Cup - official reports and broadcasts
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*Played 4th August*
Play-off round
Craitland vs. Freeland
Krasnarus vs. Natopia
Play-off round
Craitland vs. Freeland
Senya wrote: Craitland and Freeland squared off against each other in the play-off round, in what was the first ever meeting between the two nations on the football pitch. With a quarter-final against the hosts the reward for winning, both sides lined-up in Koridor knowing that defeat would spell elimination from the tournament.
Craitland started off on the front foot, with Juan and Alexis Pellegrino causing havoc down each flanks early on, asking questions of the Freelandic defence. Cyryl Wieczorek had to pull off an important save early on to deny Will Zóma from close range after meeting a Juan Pellegrino cross on the volley from six yards out. Strike partner Lydveldt Jonmikeltsen was also causing problems for Freeland, hitting a shot against the post from outside the box, before working himself room to shoot just inside it, with his effort being deflected behind by Jakub Baran. Freeland though couldn't hold out all game, and Craitland took a deserved lead when Adám Perryman threaded a through-ball to Zóma, who squared the ball across the six year box for Jonmikeltsen to tap home at the back post. After taking the lead, Craitland showed no signs of slowing down, as Zóma hit the crossbar before Perryman missed a golden header to make it two-nil, but the four-time champions had to make do with just a one goal advantage at half-time.
After half-time Craitland continued to dominate, and doubled their advantage within ten minutes of the restart, with Ĵulian Ólsen playing the ball to Hänä Zensen, who had time and space to take a touch and leather home a fantastic strike from the edge of the 'D' into the top right corner to give Craitland their second goal of the game. Freeland were really struggling to keep pace, with Jonmikeltsen almost scoring his second of the day after a sweet strike from the egde of the box was cleared off the line by Andrzej Szpak. But in this game of complete domination, the Craits would find a third goal, with Alexis Pellegrino playing a one-two with Will Zóma, allowing him to cut inside, before playing his cross along the ground to Jonmikeltsen in the box, who tapped the ball into the bottom left corner ahead of the onrushing goalkeeper to make it three-nil. Freeland had been all over the place, but almost pulled back a consolation goal when Adam Brzeziński's cross had to be punched by Francis Hjansen, but Tomasz Kaźmierczak's lobbed rebound just sailed narrowly over the crossbar.
In the end, Craitland were just too much for their Apollonian opponents, who despite their loss, can be proud of their performance at this, their début World Cup, whilst Craitland keep up their record of reaching every World Cup's quarter-final phase, where they will face host nation Birgeshir.
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Krasnarus vs. Natopia
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Quarter-finals
August 8th
QF1: Birgeshir v Craitland*
QF2: Kingdom of Coria v Krasnarus
August 9th
QF3: Senya v Florian Republic*
QF4: Mercury v Talenore
Asterisked matches will tentatively be broadcast in full.
August 8th
QF1: Birgeshir v Craitland*
QF2: Kingdom of Coria v Krasnarus
August 9th
QF3: Senya v Florian Republic*
QF4: Mercury v Talenore
Asterisked matches will tentatively be broadcast in full.
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*Played 8th August*
Quarter-finals
Birgeshir vs. Craitland
Kingdom of Coria vs. Krasnarus
Quarter-finals
Birgeshir vs. Craitland
Kingdom of Coria vs. Krasnarus
Senya wrote: The Kingdom of Coria and Krasnarus faced off in an all-Krasnocorian quarter-final, with both sides perhaps having exceeded expectations by just getting to this phase alone, despite both playing in their very first World Cup. As a result, the fans of both teams were starting to dream of a potential semi-final.
Coria started the better team, with Nemanja Ahčev perhaps unlucky not to give his side the lead early on, when he found some space inside the box, but his low shot deflected off of the heel of Miralem Remoranski and onto the post, before Jen Merfil hacked it clear. Krasnarus were also threatening, with Rislen Sumutuv hitting a curling effort from outside the box just wide, before Merku Durmel couldn't quite keep the ball under control as he entered the opposition's box, spurning a good opportunity where Krasnarus had managed to get several players into the box.
By half time neither side had really managed to test the goalkeeper, but that changed in the second half, with Aleksandar Mileusnić's low shot needing Kung Bobing to tip it round the post, before Bobing had to pull off an acrobatic save to deny Martin Ćorluka from scoring. Krasnarus also had their chances, with Merku Drustinuv's header requiring Sašo Fornezi to fumble it over the bar. But the deadlock was to be broken halfway through the second period, when Niko Jeglič's through ball found Aleksandar Mileusnić, who rounded the keeper and stuck the shot coolly into the back of the net. Krasnarus were shocked into a response, but Srbijo Radmanović's dipping effort hit the crossbar, before David Gulley spurned a massive chance at the back post, stretching into to try and tap in at the unguarded back post, but he couldn't quite make enough contact on the ball to level the score. And with the game entering its dying moments, Coria rounded off the win, with Mileusnić this time turning provider, sliding the ball back across goal for Martin Ćorluka to slam home into the unguarded side of the net, to give Coria passage to the semi-finals, in what has been an extraordinary campaign.
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*Played 9th August*
Quarter-finals
Senya vs. Florian Republic
Mercury vs. Talenore
Quarter-finals
Senya vs. Florian Republic
Mercury vs. Talenore
Senya wrote: Mercury, who had comfortably run out as Group D winners, and were the only team left with a 100% record in both qualifying and the finals tournament, faced a Talenore team that they had beaten twice in qualifying, 3-1 at home and 1-0 away, who had subsequently advanced from Group A before dispatching Passas 2-1 in the play-off round.
The Mercurians came into the game as favourites and began positively, with Joe Foxon forcing Taki Tolâso into an early save, before a corner found the head of Addey Hanbury, but he couldn't quite keep his header down. Talenore though were holding firm, and even conjured up opportunities of their own, with Peder Xvarts coming closest as his low driven shot from the edge of the box skimmed the upright on its way wide. Mercury though were perhaps unlucky not to be awarded a penalty, when Foxon appeared to be caught by Petro Gjanocca, but the referee viewed that no contact had taken place, even though replays showed that it had.
Talenore had held out to the break, but started to get a foothold in the second half, playing some tidy short passes and keeping the ball well in the midfield. They had a chance to take the lead when Kali Kalani found himself free in the box, but whilst his shot beat the keeper, Chris Deacon was on hand to clear the ball of the line to keep Mercury level. Mercury were able to eventually gain a period of control in the second half, but could only really create one chance of note, with William Fresnel slipping in Stephen Rydberg, but the May Wanderers midfielder snatched at his shot and ended up being a simple save for Tolâso to deal with. But just as fans began feeling that the game would go to extra time, up stepped Mercury with the goods to send themselves to the semis. With under five minutes to go, Wilmont Fizeau-Blake found space on the edge of the box and dinked a ball through to Joe Foxon, who side footed it first time between the legs of the onrushing Tolâso to send the Mercurian fans wild. Talenore were unlucky to lose, but Mercury were able to find the moment of magic to break the deadlock and send them through to the final four.
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Semi-finals
August 13th
SF1: Birgeshir v Mercury*
August 14th
SF2: Kingdom of Coria v Senya*
Asterisked matches will tentatively be broadcast in full.
August 13th
SF1: Birgeshir v Mercury*
August 14th
SF2: Kingdom of Coria v Senya*
Asterisked matches will tentatively be broadcast in full.
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My predictions.
Senya to thrash Coria 4-1 and Mercury to win on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
Senya to thrash Coria 4-1 and Mercury to win on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
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