Red
Light Runners went into their semi-final with
AFC Politco as favourites due to a superior results
record, knocking out the defending champions and
also because it remained to be seen what AFC Politico
had in the locker after their epic battle with
Barbakan in the last round.
Red
Light Runners seemed to be going from strength
to strength as others around them tired. 3-1 was
the margin of victory on this occasion as Scotland
overcame England . Once again it was the twin
strikeforce of Declan Docherty (1) and Steven
Doherty (2) that did most of the damage sharing
the goals between them. The goals meant they were
on 10 and 9 respectively for the tournament –
a great haul and in any other tournament they
would probably find themselves challenging each
other for the overall Golden Boot. They had not
counted on Marek Budka though.
Talking
of Marek Budka, he was performing on Pitch C for
Complex in the all-Polish semi-final against visitors
Atlant Opole. If Atlant Opole leave this tournament
with one achievement to cling onto it is the fact
they were the only team to prevent Budka from
finding the net. This game was evenly matched
and showed the strength of both Atlant Opole and
Complex. In a high-scoring tournament it was defences
that were on top for a change. At full-time and
the end of extra time we were still level at 0-0
and it was penalties again. This was the fourth
penalty shoot out of the competition to show how
competitive this event has been.
In
another penalty shoot-out that went the distance,
Complex came out on top 6-5 to claim their place
in the final.
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