That was ... extremely not how we wanted to finish out the first half of the regular season. Atlético completely fell flat against Olympique and head into Geo Cup play out of the playoff picture. Fortunately, we get an extra week to tune up, as we're the first European team to play in the brand new Global Series. We'll be heading to sunny Buenos Aires to meet up with Sydney Harbour FC for a game that in all likelihood will not matter. But hey, we're still gonna play it and you should still watch it. We're technically the visitors for this one, so we're bringing along the periwinkle set to make sure we clash with the Dockers' dark blue. Our best player last week (not that it was a particularly high bar) was M Facundo Buonanotte, who scored our only goal of the match, and also contributed a key pass and two interceptions.

Following game one of the GEO Cup, the table sees three teams atop each group. In the European Group, you saw 1. VfV 1158 Munich take down Amsterdam KVV by 30, FC Alfa Roma bring home a 16 point win over St. Mungo FC, and Inter Istanbul notch a 14 point win over Olympique de Bastille. On the World Side, Club de Ragatas do Independencia was outscored by Eye of the Sun by 33, CF Federal claimed a 17 point win over FC Tokyo Sakura, and Joburg City 94 squeaked out a less than one point win over Bukchon Hanok Stripes. And, of course, we can't forget about Atletico Barcelona getting a 22 point win over Sydney Harbour FC in Buenos Aires to open the Global Series. Here's the table:

EDIT: I'm not fixing the graphic with Joburg City 94 in the points section. They have 3, not 1, just like the other teams that won.


On to Game 2 of the GEO Cup. On the world side of things, you're going to see Eye of the Sun FC travel to Mexico City to take on CF Federal, FC Tokyo Sakura makes the shortest trip of their season as they go to Seoul to take on Bukchon Hanok Stripes, and Joburg City 94 goes down under to take on Sydney Harbour FC. In the European Group, 1. VfV 1158 Munich heads to Scotland to take on St. Mungo FC, Inter Istanbul hosts Amsterdam KVV, and Atletico Barcelona opens their group play in Rome against FC Alfa Roma. Our Global Series matchup for the week is hosted in Lagos, Nigeria this week, as Olympique de Bastille represents the European side against World representative Club de Ragatas do Independencia.


 

Last edited by Dan O'Mac (12/06/2024 10:50 am)

Much like the history of the world, the first conflict of the Global Series ended with a decisive win for Europe over the rest of the planet. Atlético took down the top team in the table to give the European group an edge in the games that don't count, but of course, now we have a lot more games that do count. We start Geo Cup play with our second trip to Italy this season to once again face FC Alfa Roma. Last time we were here, we earned a win, and we'll be looking to repeat that outcome this time around. We will, and always planned to, highlight G Mark Flekken, who totalled seven saves, two clearances, and three high claims succeeded.

Last edited by ItDoesntMatter (12/08/2024 1:51 pm)

With the second game of the GEO Cup in the books, let's recap the action:
In the European Pool, 1. VfV 1158 Munich locked up a 38 point win over St. Mungo FC, Inter Istanbul came from behind to pick up a 7 point win over Amsterdam KVV, and Atlético Barcelona squeaked out a 3 point win over FC Alfa Roma.

In the World Pool, Eye of the Sun FC went on the road to pick up a 9 point win over CF Federal, Bukchon Hanok Stripes picked up a 19 point win over FC Tokyo Sakura, and Sydney Harbour FC nabbed a 7 point win over Joburg City 94.

In the Global Series, Olympique de Bastille and Club de Ragatas met in Lagos, Nigeria, with Olympique picking up a 40 point win.

Here's the table:


We head to the third game of the GEO Cup with some important matchups:

On the World Side of things, CF Federal heads to Australia to take on Sydney Harbour FC, Club de Ragatas do Independencia will play their second consecutive game in Africa as they head south to take on Joburg City 94, and Eye of the Sun FC is off to Japan to take on FC Tokyo Sakura.

The European side sees FC Alfa Roma head to Germany to face 1. VfV 1158 Munich, Inter Istanbul to go to the other side of the Mediterranean to face Atlético Barcelona, and Olympique de Bastille travels to The Netherlands to face Amsterdam KVV.

Your Global Series matchup will be the only Global Series matchup from Europe, as Athens, Greece hosts St. Mungo FC and Bukchon Hanok Stripes.

In our first game of Geo Cup play, Atlético squeaked out a win against Alfa Roma. That leaves us as one of just three undefeated teams left in the European group, and this week, we face another one, as we welcome Inter Istanbul to Camp Vell. We'll need to be on our A-game for one of the most important matchups of group play, and F Jamie Vardy has certainly been on his A-game lately, with 2 goals and 2 assists in our last three games, including one of each against Roma.