There's no so much pressure in first part of this tournament, cause all you need to do is to be in first 4 positions after 7 games. Of course, it is not an easy task to do, but always interesting to compare your team with other teams.
This season we have few really strong pools out there, because of lots of strong teams, such as: Pool D: Rapture Time Bomb, San Diego Conquistadors, Maine Hydro Pool G: Back To The Future, The Shield, Baixada Brothers
There's one or more than one really strong teams in every pool. So, it is going to be interesting. Good luck guys! :)
Omnem, Shyminx, maybe you guys know when this Final match gonna be simmed? I cannot see in calendar of Birds Of Prey or Pearson Hardman. And it is already the last day of the season. I'd appreciate more information regarding this ;)
Cryptic Wolves vs E N O Rookies Both dapps06 and GOVZANGIEF has strong clubs which is a real honor for this tournament :)
Dave Matthews Band vs Pearson Hardman Well, this is a really interesting match :) And the reason why is the fact that these club have already played against each other in Finals of Rookie Cup. redeyesBR won against dapps06 then, but now enough time have passed, both teams have improved and no one really knows how this game ends :)
Hong Kong Giant Pandas vs Birds Of Prey Dungeon vs feedme. In Rookie Cup feedme was eliminated by other team of Dungeon and could not reach quarter-finals. This time feedme will definitely try to perform better and move forward. Dungeon's Pandas will try to surprise feedme and win this match. Anyway, that should be a tough game for both of teams. feedme is a top manager this season so far and it seems that no one can take away this title, but Dungeon is also keeping in top 10 so far and is willing to move forward :)
San Diego Conquistadors vs Ck Bellaria Pataccas Both teams from North America Rookies league. They have met twice this season and it's tied 1-1. Who knows maybe these teams will meet more in national championship, but this is international one, so both managers Dungeon and robywave1971 will try to bite each other as hard as they can :)
Mackey, you lost against Espoir? That was quite unexpected... But must admit, that both seahjiaqian and seahjiaxun have built a strong teams even when they do not manage them directly.
Congratulations everyone! :) All teams in this round already won a bronze. That's a great achievement. But everyone want to go further in this tournament :)
One interesting fact: - All teams in semi-finals are from North America Rookies league :)
And this is not over: - All teams (except one) in previous round was from North America Rookies league too :)
It proves once again that North America Rookies league is one of the most dangerous leagues to be in :)))
After the biggest surprise in quarter-finals where Freetown Cannon Royals won against robywave1971's Vuelle Stars, today this club faces another strong opponent - Dungeon's Hong Kong Giant Pandas. Cannon Roayls did amazing things this season. This club defeated a lot of strong clubs, so defeating Vuelle Stars was not an coincidence, cause one game earlier Cannon Royals managed to win over another CK club - Ck Gacked Gynecologists owned by jockman. Road was easy for Giant Pandas too, cause this team had to deal with power of feedme and his Ck Utah Rockies in quarter-finals. And here we are... in semi-finals of Rookie Challenger!
Other semi-finals couple: robywave1971's Ck Robywave's Celtics and Dungeon's San Diego Conquistadors. Statistically Conquistadors has very low chances, cause Celtics won all their match ups: both times in league games and once in the final game of Rookie Cup. I should note that final game was worth to be a Final match, cause Celtics won by 1 point 143-142. That was something unbelievable! :) This time both of them faces a bit earlier, in semi-finals! So, which of them will be stronger this time and will have a chance to fight for champion name. Not so long to wait for it :)
The biggest surprise today was that robywave1971's Vuelle Stars lost against Freetown Cannon Royals, which is computer owned club. Besides, Ck Robywave's Celtics also had a tough night, game against Oklahoma City Thunder was not an easy one, despite the fact that Thunder is also computer owned club. Both of these clubs - Thuder and Royals - play in Africa Rookies league. So, despite they are computer owned, we can see how strong these teams are and how well trained players joined these teams, which made this league very competitive.
We have international games today to be played as it should be, cause New Year is being celebrated in all over the world.
Have a really good 2013! Be healthy, stay active and have a lot of fun in CD next year! P.S. Keep yourself in a good shape, cause next year we will have a lot of challenges :)
