FC
Mahou's win had seen them open a 3 point lead
at the top but AleaI acta Est had a chance to
join them if they could defeat Southgate Tourists.
Alea
Iacta Est (Pol) made a strong debut in our tournaments
at both the 2018 and 2019 Gdansk Tournaments
they finished second in the group phase but
went out in the Cup QF and Cup SF respectively.
In 2020, they competed at home in Warsaw, finishing
second in Group A with 3 wins, 1 draw, and 1
loss, and advanced to their first Cup Final
after a thrilling penalty shootout win over
FC Foreigntina. However, they narrowly lost
to Yac Club (1-0).
They
then had 3 successive appearances at the 2021
Trophy. In 2021 they placed third in their group
and won the Plate competition by defeating GSF
Drunkerz (4-0) in the Semi-Finals and Giggs
Boson (1-0) in the final. In 2022, they excelled
in the Veterans tournaments in Krakow, winning
Group B and the Cup Final with a dramatic 4-3
victory over Thursday Veterans. In 2023, they
participated in the Open Age Krakow Trophy but
did not progress past the group stage despite
a notable 5-0 win over TaHu of Finland.
That
2023 performance was an anomaly as they were
flying today. Southgate Tourists were struggling
for results with just 1 from 9 but that doesn't
tell the whole story. They'd had a tough fixture
against FC Mahou, a draw and a narrow 1-0 loss.
Despite that caveat, Alea Iacta Est did prove
too strong for the English side. Pedro Silveira
scored for the second game on the bounce to
make it 1-0 before a double from Piotr Malenczak
sealed the victory. Notably there was a second
clean sheet in three games for Pawel Szymanski.
|