Shamrock
Football Club had booked their space in the
Plate Final. The two teams set to do battle
for the second berth in the final were Team
Tapas and Terrible Football.
Team
Tapas had qualified for this stage by finishing
in third position in Group B. They began the
day with two wins but then suffered two defeats
before regaining their form with a 4-0 win in
their final game. They had a positive goal difference
of +8 thanks to 14 goals scored and 6 conceded.
This was the second highest goal difference
of any team qualifying for the Plate in the
Amsterdam Sixes (after Spider Mans & Eagle
in 2017 with +11).
Terrible
Football's results had been a bit up and down
all day. They began with a 1-0 win before 3-0
defeat (against the league winners). They then
picked up a 1-1 draw and 4-2 win but lost their
final game 4-0. They had a goal difference of
-4 and 2 points less than their opponents in
the group table. They were the underdogs for
this game.
This
proved to be a really close game. Team Tapas
took the lead through Joni Vargas's third of
the tournament but Terrible Football were back
level at half-time through Martin Jones. After
the break it was Terrible Football who lead
2-1 thanks to Jelle Visser but Team Tapas were
back level at full-time through Hendrik. We
would need a penalty shoot-out to decide this
one.
In
the shoot-out Team Tapas were perfect as they
scored all 3 penalties. Terrible Football scored
their first but missed the next two as they
crashed out.
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