Dragonflies do it again
The Union of Ko-oren made it to its first semifinals in its current form. Overall, the Ko-orenite team are off to their second consecutive semis. Last time, it was 95X, Vilita & Turori, Audioslavia and Ko-oren in that order from top to bottom. This time, 95X went out to Farfadillis in the second round already on penalties, Audioslavia lost 4-3 to Osarius and Vilita & Turori lost to Farfadillis on penalties.
Ko-oren will take on Osarius, a scary foe in international football but luckily it seems their dominance is mainly when the World Cup is at stake rather than the AOCAF. The other semifinal is Krytenia versus Farfadillis. If you want to compare the two semis, the former is probably more of a 'established giants' facing off while the latter is easily the more interesting one: old newbies Krytenia are taking the world by storm once again, and Farfadillis have slain giant after giant in the knockouts.
Does that mean that Ko-oren versus Osarius will be boring? No. The Firebirds will play a defensive attack kind of play, possession based, while the Dragonflies should fall back into their parking the bus and lulling opponents to sleep type of strategy. Possession rates will most likely favour Osarius, but if there is any team against which possession rates don't decide a thing, it's us. We will be under a lot of pressure from the Firebirds. They will capitalise on mistakes and win the ball back as soon as they lose it. And that is good... but also exposing yourself to our opportunistic attack. Our front three (two wingers and a central striker) should create some difficult situations for Monteforte in absence of defenders who have marched off to win the ball back somewhere, but failed. That's not the only thing, they also have a very young squad. Basically, in possession, Osarius have a deadly team, but they have their weaknesses. Ko-oren have a highly mature team, defensively aware, but lacks a playmaker.
If funny coincidences also have a say, we'd suggest that the final be a Group A rematch between Ko-oren and Krytenia in an ok all-K final.