Sunday, March 6, 2011

Fate and Numbers

Reaching the last match of the season, Golden Little Mask and White Samurais FC are not placed in the series as they expected when they stepped in a new division with lots of hopes, dreams and a very hard-working team.

Golden is condemned to relegation, more or less. Competition proved to be tough in series VII.422, but all the last places (7th, 6th, 5th) were separated only by 3-4 points, with still 3 matches to play, which made the team believe they could avoid relegation and sneak in to maintain the category. However, the master plan of the Manager didn't quite fit the purpose, and despite the great play the team tried to exhibit, it was not enough. The inability to gain points away, and some bad performances, put Golden where it is now, at 7th place, only 1 point below 6th placed Otti United and with everything against in the last match--away, vs 2nd placed Ondolindë. The team will take their chances, but fate seems to be written already.

87840, is the total TSI of Golden Little Mask (Otti United - 6th - has 106130, and FC Rietlanden - 5th - 210350).

White Samurais FC, is not going through such a different situation. Despite, what it was supposed to be, an amazing come-back the team got stuck in the 6th position never to be able to advance out of the relegation zone. Even though, direct relegation was indeed avoided, now the samurais will need to play the match of the season, against a challenger from the below division, and of course win, in order to maintain the category and aim for a better performance in the upcoming season. This situation is making the players and the coaching team to lose their sleep. Preparation is being taken for the relegation match, and samurais will put all the wood in the fire for that.

81 was the calification for White Samurais in their 1st match of the season, which improved greatly since mid-season, and become 131 in the last match, reaching the best performance ever of the team.