“Final of the (flat entry) FUMBBL Minors 225TR FE I-1

I actualy still can't believe I won this one, since both my TD's were extremely, extremely lucky, and the same goes for the move that stopped the final equalizing TD in overtime.
Very cool game with all sorts of twists and turns, to bad replay is screwed due to 2 loads. My opponent played great and realy deserved at least a tie.


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Handicaps: doom & gloom; duh, where am I

First half starts perfect for me: horkon stabs a ko, I hit a cas, and foul a niggle, which is apo'd immediatly. However, after that it goes downhill fast: Linfalass defends great and starts hitting back hard. I am soon down to 7 players and have to make a desperate move. He snakes on a gfi after this, which seems like TD for me. However, a fireball hits hard (had to use apo on my ST4 here) and leaves my ballcarrier wide open. He blitzes him down (reroll used), and can still score, so picks up the ball with his AG5 and passes, but the pass fails. Despite the fact that numerous of his guys are standing around, the ball lands in the endzone next to only 1 player. I can 2+ dodge with my thrower and pick up with sure hands for the 1-0.

Second half Linfallass has some great armour rolls from the start, and by the 4th turn I am down to 5 players. He makes sure I can't use my wizard, and leaves me no options to try stuff as well, so scores the 1-1 with ease.

Then comes a tough break for me: no ko's come back for my last turn, and again at the start of overtime. 0/8 ko rolls, and I have to start defending with 7 players. Another cas at the first turn made things even more desperate, but then it was time for magic... and luck.

He has a cage on his half, and since it is pretty much my last chance, I use a fireball. His ballcarrier stays up, but two other guys go down. I make a desperate blitz: leap, a 4+ dodge (dodge reroll), and result is a one die pow! After that it is 4+ dodge (dodge reroll), 4+ pickup, 3+ dodge, 2+ dodge, gfi and quick pass (team reroll not even used!)... and suddenly I am 2-1 up!

After that I can defend with 8 players. My opponent would have scored the equalizer without much trouble on normal dice, but I had great luck again. My ST4 leaper (good thing I apothed him) stays up on 4 dice, which allows me to 1D blitz his ballcarrier blodger, straight POW. Ball goes in the crowd, and a great throwback goes next to some of my players. I can run the ball to safety, but he almost manages to get the equalizer anyway: 4+ dodge and 1D pow, but a good scatter for me. He dodges past a diving tackler twice (reroll used), and picks up the ball, but the pass fails. Thus it remains 2-1 for me. Amazing, amazing stuff.

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