Three Golden Goals Are Just Enough to Settle Dramatic Colours Win
Two perfectly balanced 8-side a team gave life to a dramatic battle that needed 100 minutes of play and three golden goals to be eventually settled, with the Oranges grabbing the win.
Being able the field the only professional goalkeeper available (Alessandro), the Colours felt they had a strong advantage and started with greater confidence and brio. When Bijan went on a wild run on the left wing, and passed the ball to Francesco, he continue to run, certain of what was going to happen. The Italian gave him back the ball with a perfectly timed and geometrically impeccable assist, that Bijan converted in goal with a razor-sharp diagonal shot.
The Colours impressive start was brought to a halt with the late arrival of Oliviero, asking which team he should join.
Not an easy decision. Such a gifted player was always going to unbalance the match, whichever team he joined. Seeing that the discussion between Oranges and Colours were doing less progress that the Middle East peace process, Oliviero intervened. “Dario is about to join!” he said, implying that the balance between the teams would be restored in one or two minutes and it didn’t matter where he would play.
At the point, the Oranges agreed to let him go to the other team, only to revert their decisions and snap him 10 minutes later when it was clear that Dario was likely still in bed.
Now with a man advantage (and what man!) the Oranges started scoring with greater ease, getting ahead with the score.
Eventually Dario did show up and restored a much needed balance. More goals were scored by both sides, with the score reaching 5-5.
When the Golden Goal was scored for the Oranges by Ross, everyone agreed it had come too early to allow it to settle the match. This time the Colours had it, exploiting a Hannes distraction in defense, but no one was happy with a draw. A third and final one was called for, only for Oliviero (who else?) to score it.
COLOURS-ORANGES 7-6
COLOURS
Alessandro, Francesco, Bijan, PSG, Julien, Jonathan, Hossam, Kaan
ORANGES
Hannes, Federico, Oliviero, Chetan, Al, Davide, Ross, Andrea, Dario