Middle-Earth Football Tournament

[Sleepy Ranger]

Match 4
Live from Khazad-Dum

Nargothrond (7)3 - 3(6) Moria

This was a very narrow match and was snatched away by Nargothrond in penalties. Nargothrond opened strongly and took the lead thanks to Finrod in the 5th minute after which they shifted to a defensive mode of play. The managed to hold of many brave plays by Moria until the 87th minute when Azog recieved a long pass from Balin to equalize. The two teams went into extra time at 1-1 and Moria continued to take the game to Nargothrond, a beautiful shot by Balin from 30m out sailed over the keeper's head and into the back of the net. After this an attempted pinball play backfired when a defender go in the way and cleared the ball which was picked up by Turin who ran in unopposed to level the score again. After this Moria began to slip, a hard challenge on Finrod in the box resulted in a red card for Gothmog and a penalty for Nargothrond. Turin took an easy shot to take the game 3-2 but in the close minutes of the second half of extra time Azog managed to break free and shoot an easy goal past Nargothrond's keeper.

The score was 3-3 after Extra Time and this match went into penalties. After several saves and misses the match went 7-6 in Nargothrond's favor.

Overall, this was a very hard-fought contest and both the teams played well. Its really a pity only one could win.
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Doing the rest of the matches now