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by Mark Geffa
13th June 2016, 13:38 h

We're in the final!

Starting XI of GI-Land

---------Berg---Szalok----------
----------Ostermann------------
Pfaff--------------------Meissner
------------Peters----------------
Stern---Vogel--Nadel---Busch
------------Springer-------------

Substitutes:
Berg > Ranke (63')
Ostermann > Kristansien (74')
Meissner > Neumann (79')

Welcome back again in Sedunn to the FWC 2017!
Today GI-Land plays against his favourite opponent SAM against which the team, today playing in red, won two out of two times already.
Still Treyn offers his always present sentence of not underestimating a team to the press. In the afternoon with mild temperatures the game started.
GI-landian fans and also the present Minister of Culture, Religion, Sports and E-Sports, Guck, supported the team heavily from the stands.
It was only the 5th minute, when GI-Land got their first chance to shoot on the goal.
Ostermann in front passed to Berg, but unfortunately he was on the offside. Only 10 minutes later the next chance. A player from SAM stumbles unluckily over the ball. Peters gets the ball and passed it to Meissner, who then gave Pfaff on the other side the ball. A long ball to Szalok in front, who sidestepped the goalkeeper of SAM. No chance for him anymore and so the 1-0 for GI-Land in the 16th minute.

Still SAM got a strong will and so the team was after the 1-0 even harder to beat. So hard, that they could equalise the score in the 40th minute with a nice header by a defender of SAM. At half time, the score was 1-1.
Without any tactical changes, GI-Land came back to the game after the pause. They played calmly against pretty hard working and aggressive SAMs. In the 61st minute this playstyle got payed off as Berg got fouled and Szalok could do a free kick.
The free kick met the crossbar, fell back on the head of Ostermann, who made now his first goal in this tournament.
After celebrating the goal, the shock! Berg is injured and had to get substituted by Ranke in the 63rd minute.

This message was maybe shocking, but also it got some taste of "We want revenge" in the Gianlucian team. That's maybe why more and more long shots were made by the team in red and yellow. One of those shots even had success in the 82nd minute, as GI-Land elevated the score to a 3-1. Szalok shot his brace there.

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The game came to an end after long 4 minutes of additional time and every one like our Minister of Culture (you see above) was happy that GI-Land is now officially in the final of this competition and will play against Frost, which have beaten the hosts from Sedunn.

The the bronze match has been played! Botnienn secures the bronze for the home team with a well aimed header.

Results here!

Bronze match

Sedunn - SAM
3-2

The city of Flered is in its best party mood, with Sedunn's bronze medal being celebrated and a great game to be played tonight - the FWC17 final!

Sedunners are joining the fans from GI-Land, the Frost Empire and others from all around the world in their march towards the Reko Mivsbekk, Sedunn's largest football stadium and the place where new world champions will be born.

The final has been played! Only one goal was scored, and that was enough for GI-Land to win the golden trophy!

All tournament results here.

Final

GI-Land - Frost Empire
1-0

OOC: Thank you all for participating! Also, extra thanks to you who wrote articles, interviews and everything else making this tournament come to life!

The final game of the men's FCW-tournament 2017 ended 1-0 for GI-Land. Szalok shot the goal in the 80th minute.
There are reports of friendly festivities by Gianlucians all thorughout GI-Land and Sedunn, celebrating the victory in this competition.
Now of course, everyone is hoping, the women's team will do that good too and win the next round of this year's FCW too.

(OOC: Sorry for not writing an article. The time is missing right now and I don't want to write an article in a week or so, when this thing is totally forgotten again or when maybe even the next round already started. Hope you can understand that.)