Yesterday night the group draw was made in Cosumar for the Cup of Harmony. Juvencus was in pot 4, the lowest of the pots. Juvencus got into group 1 which consists of the experienced team of Turori, which we failed to beat in the group stages, as well as Brigantii and Tomikosan in a group which is expected to have most of its competition for the 2nd position.
How they got here:
Juvencus: It's pretty easy to explain. Juvencus started of in an ok Baptism of Fire campaign which saw them getting out in the round of 16 of the competition to might satyrs Mriin. In the group stages, Juvencus played well, although they lost 8 games, they managed 6 wins and 4 ties 2 of which include top teams like Eastfield Lodge and Brenecia. Juvencus is pretty much known to be better away from home than at its own home, so they might bring up some competition. Expected finish: 3rd
Turori: Turori made quite a good campaign and they didn't qualify because of head to head and goals difference with Eastfield Lodge, with the latter managing to break a 22 campaign curse. Turori are favourites to top both the group as well as the whole tournament, being former champions themselves. They don't score many goals, but they defend well, all opposition may have a hard time breaking through. Expected finish: 1st
Brigantii: This team also made quite an impressive campaign to the world cup, but sadly a 2-2 draw against Ancharmunn in the final matchday following a 1-2 Flardanian victory saw Brigantii off the world cup. However, they got invited to the cup of harmony. They consist of a pretty intimidating offense so defences may have a hard time defending against them. Expected finish: 2nd
Tomikosan: Tomikosan was at the same group as Brigantii, however they had a pretty rough campaign with 6 wins, a tie as well as 11 losses. Not much else is known about them, except their negative goals scored/conceded ratio, the squad may not seem as intimidating as the afformentioned, but they must be looked closely. Expected finish: 4th
Matchday 1 Prediction: Turori
Juvencus is playing a squad they know pretty well and that is Turori. Juvencus and Turori met in this qualifiers with Juvencus getting no victory, nor scoring a goal, as Turori won both games with the same cursed scoreline. 1-0.
Predicitions:
Number 1(Most likely outcome): Juvencus may have some of the possession early on, but Turori is going to grab some of the chances, if they get some. It is most likely that Turori may score a goal early on, just like when the two sides first met, at Torona. Juvencus may get to counter and pound the Turori side with lots of chances but to no avail. The first half may finish with a 1-0 scoreline to the favour of Turori.
The second half may begin with Turori on possession but Juvencus may pressure the Turori side early on with tons of chances finally reaching salvation, thus scoring their first goal against Turori by minutes 55'-60'. Most likely scorer is Martell, however Gallo could also be the scorer. Turori however will counter on the counter and score a second one by the last few minutes of the match, making it 2-1.
Number 2(Highly unlikely outcome): The first half may see Juvencus pressing forwards soon after each Turori chance. Juvencus manages to defend well against all Turori side and actually manages not to give them any sort of fouls or penalties. Juvencus may get the lead by the end of the first half with a Martell/Gallo/Vives goal. However Turori may equalise immediately afterwards, making it 1-1.
Juvencus will then start bombarding the Turori side with lots of chances with Turori players being unable to resist to the Juven speed. Martell/Gallo/Vives may score another goal making it 1-2 for Juvencus, which they keep till the end of the game, making an upset.
Number 3(Likely outcome that's helpful for Juvencus): The fist half sees both sides being quite defensive and when they do chances, they usually fail. By the end of the first half, the sort of tired defences may hold on no more so both chances grab the limited amount of chances they can get. Turori scores one making it 1-0 for the end of the first half.
Turori may seem controlling of the game at first, but Juvencus will get to the counter as fast as they can and start making a few chances to the Turori side. The Juven squad may get what they deserve for the sort of domination of that certain space of the game with Martell/Gallo/Vives goal, making it 1-1, which both sides keep till the end of the game.