At
16.00 on the 7th August with 33 games done and
dusted we had one more game to decide the destination
of the 2010 Krakow Cup silverware. The two teams
that had earned the right to contest this final
were Azmot of Poland and Over Crusaders II of
England.
Azmot
were looking to become the second Polish team
to win a eurofootballfives.com tournament in Krakow
following Hutnik's success in the 2010 Krakow
Trophy on the 22nd May. This Azmot side contained
most of that Hutnik squad so were very familiar
with how to win. Winning the group phase made
them favourites but crucially the only game they
lost was to their final opponents, Over Crusaders
II.
Over
Crusaders II had reached their first eurofootballfives.com
Cup Final and with Over Crusaders making the Plate
Final earlier in the day this was their second
shot at glory in Krakow. They finished 3rd in
a very close group but proved they could beat
anyone in this tournament by winning 5 games already
and were looking for a unique double against their
Azmot.
When
the game got underway it was Over Crusaders who
took the lead just as they had in Round 7 of the
group. Back in the group it was Andy Smith who
scored the opening goal and he repeated that feat
in the Final with his 9th goal of a fantastic
tournament for him on the goalscoring front. Incidentally
it was a goal that would see him finish joint
second in the top goalscorer table. |