We
now turned out attentions to the top of the
table and what a fixture we had next. It was
Team Extreme versus Damn Big Dogs. There was
only 1 point separating the two teams with Team
Extreme unbeaten on 10 points and Damn Big Dogs
on a run of three successive victories to reach
9 points. This was going to be a tough one to
call.
In
terms of the context of the group, Team Extreme
“only” needed a draw to secure Cup qualification
and a win would almost certainly give them the
Group B title due to their superior goal difference
over their rivals. A defeat for Team Extreme
may be good enough for 2 nd (if Big Dogs also
lost) but more realistically meant 3rd place
and they'd hope to be one of the two best third
placed teams. 10 points should be enough for
that but you never know.
Damn
Big Dogs were in greater need of the win as
it would seal Cup qualification and could win
them the group (if Unathletico Madrid upset
Big Dogs). A draw or defeat would more than
likely need them hoping that their points tally
was good enough to be one of the top two third
placed teams for qualification.
On
the pitch it was Team Extreme who struck first
as Dean Tinney's fourth of the day put them
in the ascendency. The second half kicked-off
with Team Extreme retaining that goal advantage
but not for long as Will Watkins scored for
the third game in a row to equalize. The final
word was left to Dave Cole though who put Team
Extreme ahead again at 2-1 with what proved
to be the winning goal.
The
2-1 win was virtually enough to win Group B….Team
Extreme would have to wait for the final fixture
to see if they had done enough. Damn Big Dogs
fine run of results was over and they too would
have to wait and see what their fate would be
in the afternoon knock-out phase.
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