2024-25 Fleftic Football Season Review Part OneThat was a pretty rocking start to the Fleftic footballing season, wasn't it? It had everything: goals, mistakes, cards, action all around. And as we all know here in Abanhfleft, if something starts off like that, things can only get even crazier. So let's get on with reviewing the next two matchdays of the Fleftic Premier League and the Ladies' Premier League.
Premier League Matchday Three
Sporting Ceneisis 2–1 Xemlice Rovers
Locomotive Imgortur 0–0 Bananas FC
Electric Yugal 6–0 Wanda Island Wanderers
Rosenpfelblatz North End 2–1 Athletic Dorfdifving
Fleftic Army 2–1 Sarvusdalamoive
Paulsen FC 1–1 Malabon SC
Admiral Porcusces 0–
1 Riuwiee UnitedLudogorets Markovsky 1–1 Gyouza Young Lads
Marinos Thimpodopoulos 9–0 All-Inclusive Haranguer
Rosenpfelblatz City 3–1 Arsenal de Releinthi
Like I said, Abanhfleft is a pretty intense league, right? Whoever said that this league is lacking in goals? At the rate the goals per game ratio is going right now, this could very well turn out to be the highest-scoring season in the history of the Fleftic Premier League. And the surprises! Oh, God, the surprises! How about that early Saturday game between Electric Yugal and Wanda Island Wanderers, for example? Everyone was expecting this to be an easy three points against a team that just barely survived the drop last season and this season has already endured one six-goal loss. Granted, Yugal recovered from that by administering a six-goal defeat of their own against Dorfdifving, but really, everything in this game was pointing to a Wanda Island victory. So it was to everyone's great surprise when Yugal not only won against the Wanderers, but they won in such a dominating fashion that everyone is wondering where the Wanderers have wandered off. Ricardo Tavarez scoring in the 8th minute? Sure, it was against the run of play, and Yugal and Tavarez got lucky with the flight of the ball, but it was just one goal. Wanda Island can come back from one goal down. And then Helmond Green scored the second goal, followed soon after by Tsunehide Kamakura, and pretty soon everyone was thinking that maybe this could very well be Yugal's day. Green's second goal, followed by two goals in two minutes by Topher Wockley and an unfortunate own goal from Wanda Island's Ed Pinkerton eventually left Wanda Island fans in tears as they left the Mercado Memorial Stadium in droves after their team turned in such a shameful display.
But that's not all the devastation we saw in the league today. If someone was asked about which game they would be most looking forward to in matchday three, they wouldn't point to the Marinos-Haranguer game as something that they would want to see. But, after what had just transpired in Port Thimpodopoulos this Sunday, people might just want to watch this game once again both for the sheer absurdity of the result itself and the manner by which some of the goals were scored. It would be unfair to say that All-Inclusive Haranguer in this game were positively inept, but they very well could have done themselves a favor by not letting the opposition hit them for nine. Hannes Schaepdryver was presented the match ball for his perfect hat trick on the day, and Schaepdryver's strike partner Friedemann Aleshire chipped in a brace as well although it has to be said that Marinos were already winners on the day when Aleshire scored his second goal.
Now, turning our attention to games where someone won without actually humiliating their opponents. In the late Saturday kickoff, Sporting Ceneisis triumphed over Xemlice Rovers even though Marcus Tabarez scored in the 80th minute for the visitors to make for a tense and tight finish. Hamish Muir helped Riuwiee United past Admiral Porcusces in the Sunday noon kickoff while Rosenpfelblatz City finally inflicted a first defeat of the season to the defending champions Arsenal de Releinthi even though the Gunners were able to claw back a single goal through Jake Pimentel.
Premier League Matchday Four
Xemlice Rovers 2–0 Arsenal de Releinthi
All-Inclusive Haranguer 7–5 Rosenpfelblatz City
Gyouza Young Lads 1–1 Marinos Thimpodopoulos
Riuwiee United 1–
3 Ludogorets Markovsky
Malabon SC 4–1 Admiral Porcusces
Sarvusdalamoive 0–0 Paulsen FC
Athletic Dorfdifving 2–2 Fleftic Army
Wanda Island Wanderers 4–0 Rosenpfelblatz North End
Bananas FC 1–
5 Electric Yugal
Sporting Ceneisis 3–2 Locomotive Imgortur
The Fleftic Premier League never ceases to amaze and shock its viewers both here and abroad. One need only look at the early Saturday kickoff for matchday four as All-Inclusive Haranguer played host to Rosenpfelblatz City for proof of this. At the start of the matchday, Haranguer were the only side in the top flight still yet to pick up a single point in their games, and with Rosen City running on a bit of good form, it looked very unlikely that the Sand Tigers would get that first point in matchday four and lift themselves off of the foot of the table. And yet once again it was the team with no hope of winning that actually got all three points. But unlike the last time this happened, Rosen City actually put up a fight against the Sand Tigers and really looked like the side that would score the next goal with the game at 6-5 in the final ten minutes. And it was a Rosen City player named Holland Emilianovski who did score, but unfortunately for City, Emilianovski scored in the wrong net and put this game in the history books as the second twelve-goal game in the current season. Is there at least one more such game waiting in the wings? There's no way to tell at the moment but the way things are going, it wouldn't be implausible.
This matchday was also not lacking in terms of big games. In fact, there were so many big games that they couldn't be all fit into a single weekend, and thus Monday Night Football featured both association and American football once again. But the biggest among those games was the Xemlice-Arsenal matchup. Remember that it was Xemlice and Gustavo Potter that put an end to Arsenal de Releinthi's dreams of achieving a second undefeated season last season at Oubie Park with Gustavo Potter's late goal, and some Arsenal fans still harbor a bit of resentment to the Roses so this was guaranteed to be a fighting match. And, wonder of all wonders, Xemlice won once again, thanks to an early Corey Wheeler strike and a header from Todd Powell. Over to the Sunday games, Riuwiee versus Ludogorets was arguably the pick of the bunch, and it didn't disappoint. Galahad Sekibo struck first for the home side in the 45th minute, right at the end of the first half, but the second half was all Ludogorets with Gregor Weinzierl, Pereira and Oleg Zyenalin all getting on the scoresheet. Wanda Island Wanderers recovered from their getting hit for six by Electric Yugal by scoring four past Rosenpfelblatz North End, although it took an own goal from Soren van Nyx before the floodgates finally opened for the Wanderers. And Sporting Ceneisis' three goals in the first half was enough to secure them victory at home against Locomotive Imgortur on Monday Night Football.
Ladies' Premier League Matchday ThreeKeephall Valkyries 3–3 Arsenal de Releinthi Ladies
Ludogorets Markovsky Ladies 2–
3 Sporting Ceneisis WomenRiuwiee United Women 1–1 Rosenpfelblatz City Ladies
Marinos Thimpodopoulos Women 3–0 Kimmirut Panhandle Women
Pawwazim Ladies 0–0 Xemlice Rovers Ladies
Sarvusdalamoive Ladies 4–3 Uthilmir United AFC
Once again we turn our attention to the Ladies' Premier League and right now, it looks as if Arsenal de Releinthi Ladies is actually stoppable, at least a little bit. Cecilia Johnson gave the Lady Gunners the absolute dream start with a goal right in the very first minute of gameplay, and Chelsea Stuart was able to make it two in thirty minutes before Keephall mounted the comeback of the LPL season in the second half, first with Dianne Vendetti imitating Johnson almost step-for-step for the Valkyries' first goal in the first minute of the second half and then Jasmyn Strnad and Sinead Rojas both striking within the span of four minutes. It was only through Jacqui Brownlowe's 78th minute goal that Arsenal Ladies were able to salvage a point in this contest. On one hand, the fact that Arsenal gave up a 2-0 lead is quite shocking to say the least, but conversely, the fact that they were able to sneak a point from under the noses of the Valkyries is supposedly the mark of a champion, the ability to create something out of nothing.
In the other "big" big match of the matchday, Sporting Ceneisis Women managed to win away to Ludogorets Markovsky Ladies. The Lady Blues hadn't always had the best of luck against the Lady Foresters when Ceneisis play Ludogorets at the Stadium of the Old Forester, but this time it was the Lady Blues that walked away with all three points. Goals from Ma Ailan and Jacqui Hastifer within one hundred seconds of each other gave Ceneisis a commanding 2-0 lead five minutes from half-time before Bogdana Kirillich made it interesting again for the Ludogorets perspective, and then Allison Torres finally killed off the game with a sweet strike in the 80th minute (it's always in the 80th minute that this happens, doesn't it?). On a side note, Sarvusdalamoive's 20-year-old forward Zoey McNair scored the latest goal in the current LPL season with her 96th minute strike, which secured victory for the Pinks against Uthilmir United.
Ladies' Premier League Matchday Four
Arsenal de Releinthi Ladies 4–2 Uthilmir United AFC
Xemlice Rovers Ladies 2–2 Sarvusdalamoive Ladies
Kimmirut Panhandle Women 4–2 Pawwazim Ladies
Rosenpfelblatz City Ladies 1–1 Marinos Thimpodopoulos Women
Sporting Ceneisis Women 0–
1 Riuwiee United WomenKeephall Valkyries 2–2 Ludogorets Markovsky Ladies
Nothing much to report from the LPL on matchday four as there was little in the way of unexpected results. Arsenal Ladies strolled to an easy victory over Uthilmir United, and so did Kimmirut Women over Pawwazim Ladies. Rosen City Ladies and Marinos Women played out a score draw between each other, with Alex Rousseau and Miriam Hannibal netting for each team respectively. Pandora Reimfeller's 84th minute cross-cum-shot was enough for Riuwiee Women to walk away from Ceneisis Women with all three points. And Keephall managed to salvage a draw against Ludogorets Ladies after late goals from Toshiko Stefanik and Aika Prince.
And that's all for part two of our Fleftic football review. Tune in at this same time at the same place for more matchday reviews!
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WORLD CUP 80 QUALIFIERS: ABANHFLEFT VS COPPER CUPRUMBy Malik QazizadahThe Abanhfleft women's national football team celebrate Chelsea Stuart's goal against Copper Cuprum in the World Cup 80 qualifiers. (Courtesy of Crescent News Network Sports Channel/Andros Tasasa)
RELEINTHI - Abanhfleft's struggles to string together a good run of results suffered a fresh setback after a very late goal from Tyrone Zudazet saw the Copper Men take a well-deserved draw against the Lady Revolutionaries.
Abanhfleft was coming off of a morale boosting victory over West Angola from the previous qualifier and the national team manager Heinrich Wurzmann restored the starting eleven that started off this current qualifying campaign against Spaceania.
And while it didn't look like it at the start, Wurzmann's decision appeared to have paid off when Chelsea Stuart managed to get away from her marker to stroke home the opening goal of the game and give the Lady Revolutionaries the lead that their relentless pressure from the past ten minutes had merited.
Alexandra Rousseau then doubled the Fleftics' advantage just six minutes later with a bullet header from Lillian Prescott's cross into the box, and in the final minute of the first half, Rousseau could have and should have increased the Lady Revolutionaries' lead to three goals from Prescott's cutback, but this time the Rosenpfelblatz City Ladies striker could only send the ball just wide of the posts.
Once again, though, it became a game of two halves as Copper Cuprum came out of the locker rooms the more invigorated and motivated side, and this showed for the entirety of the second half, with the Copperite players fighting for 50-50 balls and generally making themselves a nuisance for the Fleftic team.
The Copper Men would finally get their just rewards for their efforts as an errant back pass by Dawn Jackson was picked upon by Aramok Todeyet who chipped the ball over Victoria Carter for Copper Cuprum's first goal in the game.
Following the Copperite goal though, Abanhfleft did regain their composure and began mounting attacks on the goal once again, and Adelaide Singh did manage to find the back of the net just four minutes after Todeyet's goal but the linesman belatedly raised his flag for offside, which would turn out to be the correct decision in the end.
Lazar Denisov also came close to scoring the equalizer as he sent his header just wide of the posts from Copper Cuprum's one and only corner kick, and Fleftic substitute Erin Jensdottir-Jennings blasted a shot over the bar of Enera Temoyo's goal in the 85th minute.
In the end, it was the two Copperite wingers Opatop Lazarovski and Tyrone Zudazet who combined to conjure up the second Copperite goal and the equalizer for the Copper Men; Lazarovski crossed into the box in the 89th minute and Zudazet controlled the ball magnificently before smashing it in on the half-volley to earn his country a massive point against their APOC Coalition ally.
Abanhfleft women's national team manager Heinrich Wurzmann: There is "intense" pressure to correct the courseAbanhfleft women's national team manager Heinrich Wurzmann: "Yes, we are under intense pressure to finally steer this ship back onto the right course, which is to win games and get into the qualification spots. Anything less than a win is not good. That's the simple fact. This job gets tougher by the minute, and the pressure is getting to us all. Inconsistency will get us nowhere."
ABANHFLEFT 2 - 2 COPPER CUPRUM
STUART (27') TODEYET (59')
ROUSSEAU (33') ZUDAZET (89')
COPPER CUPRUM
GK: 1 Temoyo
RB: 2 Batuba (Itoro - 50')
RCB: 20 Tukuku █
LCB: 5 Chidagi █
LB: 3 Denisov
RM: 6 Toroto
CM: 7 Zuniga
LM: 8 Tofodo (Haroba - 59')
RW: 10 Lazarovski
CF: 12 Todeyet
LW: 11 Zudazet
ABANHFLEFTGK: 1 Carter
RB: 2 Osgood
█CB: 4 Jackson (Hannibal - 64')
LB: 3 Valentine
RM: 5 Maynard
LM: 6 Choi
█ (Erin - 78')
RW: 7 Prescott
CAM: 10 Torres
LW: 8 Singh
RS: 9 Stuart
LS: 11 Rousseau (McGinnis - 70')
MATCH STATS
PossessionAbanhfleft: 51%
Copper Cuprum: 49%
ShotsAbanhfleft: 12 (6 on target)
Copper Cuprum: 10 (5 on target)
CornersAbanhfleft: 7
Copper Cuprum: 1
FoulsAbanhfleft: 20
Copper Cuprum: 24