‘Buccaneers Finally Loose In Last Group Stage Match
Round 5 saw the
Carbis Bay Buccaneers already safely through to the knockout stages, and just
as well as they suffered their first defeat and two of their toughest matches
of the campaign. The corporation opposition; Wrexham AFC (Dafydd), had not
come to take part in a ‘Buccaneers victory parade, and maximised their
strengths as the away team. An obviously
over-confident Buccaneers front line opened the scoring with striker Jack
Sparrow putting in an easy 1pt strike, but then the home sides fans watched in
horror as the opposition side put into action an aggressive and violent
plan. The Wrexham guards were revealed
to be monsters – seriously injuring striker ‘Mad Jack’ Dalhgren and then jack
Mr Gibbs in seconds. Their superior
strength bettered anything that the Buccaneers could offer, and they were sent
reeling in shock, unable to stop Wrexham AFC scoring a 3pt strike, and only
able to gain another 1pt strike via star man Dirk Pitt.
It took until the mid way point for the home side to make an
impact; both of the Buccaneers guards teaming up to outflank and knock out
first one of the monsters, then defeat a Wrexham attempt at a 4 pointer, and
then the second monster hit the dirt. Pitt,
ever the opportunist, stole the ball away and two turns later scored a 3pt
strike that brought the score to 2-0 to the Buccaneers. A moment of pure horror for the Carbis Bay
team followed when one of the away sides jacks was revealed to be just as tough
as their guards, stepping into the fray to flatten guard Al Giordino. The other Buccaneers guard, ‘Admiral’ James
Sandecker, took revenge, and then Jack
Sparrow capitalised on a missed Wrexham strike attempt to add to his tally with
a 3-pointer and put the game beyond the away side. The final moments of the game saw the
monsters return to the pitch, and while Dirk Pitt sensibly fled towards the
bench, Sparrow paid for his temerity and was flattened. Carbis Bay won the game 5-0, and home striker
Hector Barbossa was declared the Man Of The Match (by 5 cheers to 4).
The away leg, and key amongst the travelling teams aims was
not to lose any more players in this, the last match before the knockout stages. Carbis Bay adopted a very deep formation,
forcing the home side to move into their half of the pitch, using this to
attack each Wrexham player one by one.
Both a home guard and the monster jack were teamed up upon and knocked
down by cunning slams from behind that denied them their strength advantage,
and then prevented from getting back up again my threat hexes. The home side scored, but Sparrow equalised
quickly, before taking advantage of a slip to steal away the ball and score
again to make it 3-0. The Buccaneers
lost guard Sandecker and conceded a big 4pt strike midway through the game, and
with Pitt held in reserve it was down to strikers Barbossa and Sparrow to try
and match the opposition, for whom the monster guards and jack were having more
and more an effect on the game. This
they did until Barbossa missed a 3-pointer and it was left to Dirk Pitt to try
and save the game again for Carbis Bay.
Emerging from the dugout with seconds remaining on the clock he sprinted
the length of the pitch, only to miss-control the ball when trying to pick it
up and the chance was gone. Victory went
to Wrexham AFC 0-2. The Buccaneers had
managed to entertain the fans however, with 4 cheers to 3 and Sandecker declared
the Man Of The Match.
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