The
first Plate Semi-Final was between Krakow Team
and D'Ya Want Florentina. Krakow Team came into
the Plate as the highest ranked of the seven teams
and with that you could arguably say they were
favourites. However, due to a bye they'd had a
little gap between teams which could well have
upset their rhythm. They met a D'Ya Want Florentina
team that were buoyant and resurgent after a thumping
7-2 win.
Games
with these teams involved had thus far yielded
5.875 goals per game (47 goals in 8 games) but
goals were conspicuous by their absence here which
is often a mark of a close contest as the stakes
are raised as we go further and further into the
tournament. Half time came and went with the teams
all square at 0-0.
As
the game went on the game would get more and more
tense as the team's strived for a winner and the
longer the game went on the more it seemed like
one goal would win it for either side. In the
end one goal did win it and it would be Krakow
Team who would be celebrating and D'Ya Want Florentina
who would taste disappointment. Sebastian Bigaj
claimed his fourth goal of the tournament with
what would prove to be the decisive strike to
send his team into a maiden Plate Final.
For
D'Ya Want Florentina it was time to bid farewell
and we wish them well in future tournaments.
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