Today's Results
Live from Old Forest (10 Points if you guess its real life counterpart.) First match starts at 6:30pm EST.
Mordor 2-0 Rohan
Though Rohan put a valiant effort they weren't able to withstand the might of Mordor. The first half was rather bland without many incidents. Though it seemed that Mordor would be the team to get carded it was in fact Theoden of Rohan who went beserk in the early stages of the second half and took down Dark Lord in a dangerous tackle in the box to earn himself a red card and give away a penalty. The Rohan team could only watch helplessly as their keeper dove the opposite direction from which Dark Lord kicked the ball. The second goal was an excellent solo effort from Nazgul#7, he charged down the flank and lobbed the ball high and then rushed in to finish of the job himself.
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Arnor 1-0 Vinyamar
Vinyamar had this match under their control but a corner given away in the 50th minute was converted to a goal by Arvedui. After that the match was reduced to a mid-field battle with a few breakaways now and then put nothing resulted in another goal. Vinyamar were infuriated at the loss while Arnor were in high spirits knowing that they were a step closer to qualifying.
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Woodhall 0-3 Valimar
*No Comment*
12th- Varda (FK)
43rd- Varda (High powered into top right corner)
57th- Yavanna (Header of a corner)
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Ephel Brandir 0-1 Erebor
This was a heated battle for supremacy, one that Erebor won but just barely. It seemed they would be struggling without Smaug and at many a time they were and the defense had to work over time. Ephel Brandir sunk in a goal in the 47th minute which was dis-allowed by Boromir88 because the ball touched their forward's hand. After this Erebor did the most shocking thing ever, they subbed out their goalie and put in an injured Smaug. It didn't really matter much because Ephel Brandir didn't get many chances after that and a deflection into the goal by Thorin won the match for Erebor.
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Belegost 0-2 Numenor
Despite the absence of both their forwards, Numenor were carried to a two goal win by Tar-Meneldur. Belegost was out-classed in every possible way and had no hopes of even getting into Numenor's half. It was as Phantom said, Belegost is ages better than Dale and Bree put together and Numenor is as better than Belegost as Belegost is than Bree and Dale.
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Crickhollow 0-1 Alqualondë
Fatty came close to scoring in the opening few minutes but he shot wide of the goal. Alqualonde immediatly followed that up with a long free kick and direct cross into the box which was knocked in for the winner by Olwe. This match was rather disappointing because after the first goal it slowed to a crawl, all Alqualonde did was waste time.
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Tol-In-Gauroth 3-1 Isengard
The match started of with Sauron getting close to goal and passing to a wolf instead of shooting. The wolf shot and missed, killing the chance Sauron had so easily created. It didn't matter though as Sauron managed to sneak in a shot just before the end of the half to take the score to 1-0. Immediatly after the whistle, Saruman and Ugluk played a passing game to the box where Saruman gave the ball to Ugluk who netted in an equalizer. It was then a frantic and rather rough battle which saw several players go down and several substitutions but (luckily) no injuries or cardings. It was an unlucky moment for Isengard when Grima accidently kicked the ball into his own goal in an attempt to clear. Only moments later Sauron scored the third after recieving a through the legs pass from the edge of the box.
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Angband 4-0 Grey Havens
In this match Angband showed us why they were the favorites. Even without their captain and star striker they demolished Grey Havens 4-0 and made them the first confirmed departure from the World Cup. The first goal was a safely hit low shot at an open goal by Ancalagon which was followed up by a powerful strike that knocked the keeper in as well by Gothmog. Back in the dressing room with a two goal lead at half-time it seemed as if Angband had the match in their pocket. Two strikes in rapid succession after the interval put them up 4-0 after which the fell back to defending. The Angband players seemed to be confident that they were going to go all the way now.
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Hope you enjoyed today's matches. I'm sorry for not writing the Valimar vs. Woodhall match but nothing important happened in it. As usual if anyone has an articles, interviews or such send them to me. Feel free to contact me any way you want to.
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