Here we are, ready and waiting for the kick-off the next two matches of the day. Angband won in a rather listless match and Lothlorien and Shire played to a goalless draw in a match were they both played a very careful game. Next up we have Mordor taking on Roverandom in what should be, on paper, an easy win for Mordor. After that we have Rohan taking on the Inklings, which seems to be an interesting match to say the least.
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Group D
Mordor 0 - 1
Roverandom
(Roverandom 88th)
Fantastic attacking play by Mordor all through the first half. Why, Roverandom hardly got a touch on the ball. It was a thrilling performance as Mordor managed to dribble past the Roverandom defence over and over, putting on quite a show. They won a free kick very early on in the game which deflected off the crossbar and out leaving
Gothomg very annoyed. After some more fantastic moves ended in disappointment,
Gothomg managed to play a ball in to
Witch-King who beat his marker and unbelivably saw his shot saved by
Tinker. The resulting corner was headed over by
Dark-Lord.
The second half started off in the same way the first half ended with Mordor dominating quite about everything, but not finding the target. They knocked on the door ceaselessly but Roverandom held on quite unbelivably. Shot after shot after shot, Roverandom denied Mordor quite... quite luckily to be honest. Towards the end it became apparent that all this fast paced attacking had worn out the Mordor team and they began to make some costly mistakes.
A very frustrated tackle by
Snaga led to a yellow card for him and a free kick for Roverandom.
Wizard Artaxerxez took the free kick rather well but it was easily handled by the Mordor keeper. With only two minutes of regular time to be played a lob into the area from
Wizard Artaxerxez was converted easily by
Roverandom, pulling off what may be one of the biggest upsets to date. A lot of the blame should be placed on
Shelob for diving before the shot came in, giving
Roverandom a very easy job.
Shots: 14(5) - 5(3)
Posession: 55 - 45
Bookings: Snaga
Group G
Rohan 0 - 2
Inklings
(J.R.R Tokien 23rd, 79th)
The match started with the Inklings making a fine break of goal but a slide tackle on the edge of the area by
Theoden ensured he didn't let in a goal right off. After that Rohan pretty much dominated the game.
Eomer came close to score but his quick fire shot just grazed the post on it's way out. Around the 23rd minute,
Christopher Tolkien provided a neat pass to
Charles Williams who crossed in for
J.R.R Tolkien to head in the opener. After that goal the match began to play out a bit more evenly though no other note-worthy chances were created.
Though Rohan saw more posession in the second half it was the Inklings made use of theirs. The game played out rather evenly when everything is taken into consideration. Rohan held the ball more and Inklings shot more. Neither team was able to find a goal though. In the 79th minute that changed as
C.S Lewis broke past the Rohan defence and slotted back a through ball for
J.R.R Tolkien to tap into an empty net, Bullroarer Took better be taking notes. The Inklings prove Saucepan Man's analysis true and emerged victorious by a two goal margin.
Shots: 3(0) - 6(2)
Posession: 54 - 46
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Wow... I'm still stunned that Mordor LOST to Roverandom. I really have no idea what to say. The Inklings impressed with a fairly good performance which saw them beat Rohan two goals to none. Now it remains to be seen how they stack up against Gondor and the Barrow-Downs.
Also, photos from the game shall be up later on in the day.