With a Sunday 12:25 Kick off, AKITA had the chance to secure its promotion but the team didn't know yet that ARISE dropped points. This would not have changed anything in the coach orders. Plan was to get a solid match defense and play straight in the gaps in attack.
The match proved very out of the ordinary, to start with, AKITA won the toss for the first time in 12 attempts! During the match, despite few cautions, AKITA did not suffer any temporary exclusion.
After defending successfully the first action, David got the first goal in. After that it was all on the right side for the following 10 minutes. Hans scored first before Rolf had 2 consecutive goals from tight angles. Hans strength and power was making marvels and even when the goal was touching the ball it was still getting in, allowing him to get 4 goals in a row for a 8-5 lead. Defense was having a slow start and a bit of bad luck. On a shoot from the half left, the defense jumped and slightly modified the course of the ball which resulted in an awkward trajectory for Markus. As he was surprised, the ball arrived on his little finger before getting in. Markus was forced to leave his place to Wan as the finger needed straightening... After this incident digested, the French connection of Yoann and PA on the left side woke up the Half left scoring 2 after being launched by the winger who himself scored the last of the half. One more Hans goal in between meant a score of 12 - 6 at the break.
This was an interesting buffer, but for once AKITA proved themselves much better in the second half than in the first. In particular, the defense significantly stepped up and with the exception of a fast break to start the second half, it proved a nightmare for the happy dragons. In attack, As Hans was being rested, Norbert found his rhythm and was creating a lot of movements and goals scoring 4 with a Yoann goal in between for a 17 - 8 score with a quarter of the game to be played. The team was having a nice and effective turnover with Markus (2) and David (3) bringing some more goals. In defense, everyone was maintaining full commitment and in particular Lars defending on the half right was using efficiently his size and strength and in one instance stopping with one arm only a a Long Hei player at full speed. They only got their third goal of the half with 2 minutes to go. Yoann made sure that AKITA would score last when he answered for a 24 - 9 win.
The season is reaching his end and AKITA will be very keen on getting the best potential record. The last match would be against 4th ranked Shun Lee.
Hans 6, David 4, Norbert 4, PA 3, Yoann 3, Rolf 2, Markus 2
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