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Nogrod · 06-29-2009, 11:22 AM

Armenelos vs. Minas Morgul

The kick off for first game was in the afternoon and the stadium was almost full. But it was a game of mixed loyalties and especially the elves and men had hard time deciding in who to egg on into excellence. But it wasn’t an easy choice for the orcs and easterlings either. Surely the Minas Morgul team boasted a lot of their heroes but Sauron himself was playing in the opposing team – and who would dare to cheer against him?

From the first minutes on a few peculiarities emerged. Every time Ar Gimilzor or Ar Pharazôn got the ball the elven crowds booed mightily, and every time Eärnur took it the Middle-Earth humans cheered wildly. But in the end it looked like the good audiences seemed to cheer more to the kingly and shining Armenelos team and the “baddies” more to the Minas Morgul team (Sauron of course being the exception).

The team Armenelos was impressive to watch indeed. Their appearance was so noble and high many M-E humans were stunned by it: they were men, but what kind of men! Tall, straight, graceful in their movement, radiant, strong, fast, royal… Knowing all the things they had done was a problem but no one could deny their grace and beauty. And the elegance, beauty and power Sauron had! It was like Annatar had reborn to the game – totally outshining and outwitting his lieutenants! How diminished from his former glory in the tournament the Witch King was! Just a shadow...

And so it was that Armenelos never gave the Minas Morgul team a chance in the game but controlled it from the very beginning to the end. With Sauron organising the game the Armenelos players seemed always to be at the right place at the right time whatever tricks the Witch King and Khamûl tried. King Eärnur and Queen Beruthiel were basically the only players in the Minas Morgul team who didn’t seem to be influenced by Sauron’s commanding presence – but as the rest of the Armenelos team was at least as tough as they were, if not tougher – they had little chances to build up the game just the two of them.

To the honour of the Minas Morgul team it must be said though that their defence did put up a real fight. Khamûl even dared to challenge Sauron himself and even took the ball away from him a few times – or forced him to shoot from a difficult position resulting in shots that went wide. Also the two other Nazgûls in the defence made a decent work showing their no lesser kingly status against the kings of Númenor. Without that spirited defence the numbers could have been ugly indeed.

But it was clear which team was the better one. Armenelos called the shots and Minas Morgul’s attacks were rare and inefficient (they managed only two shots towards the goal in the whole game!). And when on the 33rd minute the “Tower Watcher”, the defeater of Sauron, Tar Minastir himself shot the ball into the goal with a beautiful volley from 20 meters the crowds just burst into cheers. The Armenelos game had been just impressive and to have Tar Minastir as the scorer was just great to the elves and men as he was basically the only one in the Armenelos team they could honour without too many precautions.

On the second half Sauron nailed the game after twenty minutes of play. He managed finally to outwit the whole Nazgûl-defence - in a way that looked more like spiritual intimidation than just physical dribbling. One by one he left the defenders into his shade and went one on one against the Mouth who also looked like he was more terrified of his master than wishing to save the goal. The orcs and the few monsters cheered loudly but the rest of the spectators felt confused not quite knowing how to take it.

Anyway. The Armenelos team had scored a convincing win once again and was going to the semifinals against the other winner of the Rivendell-games. Whichever of them it was, they had been forewarned. Even if Armenelos had been convincing already the last year they had been dropped out of the games in the semis. This year the team clearly looked confident the same wouldn’t happen – and they were indeed looking for a revenge on Valimar from a long time ago...

Armenelos 2-0 Minas Morgul

shots 14-10
on target 6-2
GOALS:
*33, Armenelos (Tar Minastir, Ar Adunakhor)
*65, Armenelos (Sauron, Tar Ancalimon)
YELLOW CARDS:
*Armenelos- Tar Ancalimon, Tar Calmacil
*Minas Morgul- Castamir, Nazgul #2, Nazgul #1, Beruthiel

06-29-2009, 11:22 AM	#107
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Quarterfinals at Rivendell, match 1 Armenelos vs. Minas Morgul The kick off for first game was in the afternoon and the stadium was almost full. But it was a game of mixed loyalties and especially the elves and men had hard time deciding in who to egg on into excellence. But it wasn’t an easy choice for the orcs and easterlings either. Surely the Minas Morgul team boasted a lot of their heroes but Sauron himself was playing in the opposing team – and who would dare to cheer against him? From the first minutes on a few peculiarities emerged. Every time Ar Gimilzor or Ar Pharazôn got the ball the elven crowds booed mightily, and every time Eärnur took it the Middle-Earth humans cheered wildly. But in the end it looked like the good audiences seemed to cheer more to the kingly and shining Armenelos team and the “baddies” more to the Minas Morgul team (Sauron of course being the exception). The team Armenelos was impressive to watch indeed. Their appearance was so noble and high many M-E humans were stunned by it: they were men, but what kind of men! Tall, straight, graceful in their movement, radiant, strong, fast, royal… Knowing all the things they had done was a problem but no one could deny their grace and beauty. And the elegance, beauty and power Sauron had! It was like Annatar had reborn to the game – totally outshining and outwitting his lieutenants! How diminished from his former glory in the tournament the Witch King was! Just a shadow... And so it was that Armenelos never gave the Minas Morgul team a chance in the game but controlled it from the very beginning to the end. With Sauron organising the game the Armenelos players seemed always to be at the right place at the right time whatever tricks the Witch King and Khamûl tried. King Eärnur and Queen Beruthiel were basically the only players in the Minas Morgul team who didn’t seem to be influenced by Sauron’s commanding presence – but as the rest of the Armenelos team was at least as tough as they were, if not tougher – they had little chances to build up the game just the two of them. To the honour of the Minas Morgul team it must be said though that their defence did put up a real fight. Khamûl even dared to challenge Sauron himself and even took the ball away from him a few times – or forced him to shoot from a difficult position resulting in shots that went wide. Also the two other Nazgûls in the defence made a decent work showing their no lesser kingly status against the kings of Númenor. Without that spirited defence the numbers could have been ugly indeed. But it was clear which team was the better one. Armenelos called the shots and Minas Morgul’s attacks were rare and inefficient (they managed only two shots towards the goal in the whole game!). And when on the 33rd minute the “Tower Watcher”, the defeater of Sauron, Tar Minastir himself shot the ball into the goal with a beautiful volley from 20 meters the crowds just burst into cheers. The Armenelos game had been just impressive and to have Tar Minastir as the scorer was just great to the elves and men as he was basically the only one in the Armenelos team they could honour without too many precautions. On the second half Sauron nailed the game after twenty minutes of play. He managed finally to outwit the whole Nazgûl-defence - in a way that looked more like spiritual intimidation than just physical dribbling. One by one he left the defenders into his shade and went one on one against the Mouth who also looked like he was more terrified of his master than wishing to save the goal. The orcs and the few monsters cheered loudly but the rest of the spectators felt confused not quite knowing how to take it. Anyway. The Armenelos team had scored a convincing win once again and was going to the semifinals against the other winner of the Rivendell-games. Whichever of them it was, they had been forewarned. Even if Armenelos had been convincing already the last year they had been dropped out of the games in the semis. This year the team clearly looked confident the same wouldn’t happen – and they were indeed looking for a revenge on Valimar from a long time ago... Armenelos 2-0 Minas Morgul shots 14-10 on target 6-2 GOALS: 33, Armenelos (Tar Minastir, Ar Adunakhor) 65, Armenelos (Sauron, Tar Ancalimon) YELLOW CARDS: Armenelos- Tar Ancalimon, Tar Calmacil Minas Morgul- Castamir, Nazgul #2, Nazgul #1, Beruthiel __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet... Last edited by Nogrod; 06-29-2009 at 11:52 AM.