Tournament: CEL Games Prelim 08 At Tbun- FIFA 08

For FIFA 08, 19 gamers participate for the chance to qualify for the grand final at Midvalley. The local FIFA clans, W|nDs,MyFES and Tornado send their own team down as well. Would they again dominate the prelim? We will see.


The prelim start off around 11am with some interesting match to be noted. The prelim format for FIFA was best 3 games. Won 2 and you've qualified. Gamers can use any clubs and country as well. One thing to be noted is that the FIFA rules was still using the older version rules. So the gamers are not allow to do longball from their own half.



Round 1



One of the interesting match was between [W|nDs] Vin going against [Tornado] Kenni-ed, one of the founder of Tornado clan. The match was pretty tight as goals was not easy to come by. But in the end [W|nDs]Vin manage to beat [Tornado] Kenni-ed by winning 1-0 in the 1st game and eventually seal the deal in the 2nd game with the score 2-0.


Another surprise during this prelim when one of the bigboys from W|nDs, Des lost to the youngest gamer in the prelim, Hannan. He is just 15 years old. The score in the 1st game was 2-1 and 1-0 in the 2nd game. When asked about the defeat, Des told Spotgamers that the reason he lost is because he didnt have good finishing.


[W|nDs]A13x also had a hard time against a promising young talent Sixth. In the 1st game, Sixth manage to drag A13x into extra time with the score 1-1. But eventually A13x manage to get his composure back and win in the extra time by adding 2 more goals with the score 3-1. In the 2nd game, A13x showed that experience matter when he won the game with the score 2-0.



Quarter Final



In the quarter final, it was the clash of the titan when [W|nDs]Vin going to fight the semi final spot against [MyFES]Arroyos. It was an exciting match to watch with both gamers having equal chances to kill off each other. But Vin showed his supremacy and making a statement when he beat Arroyos with the score 2-0 in the 1st game and 3-0 in the 2nd game.


Another clan war match was between the semi finalists of WCG 08 Kick- Off [MyFES] Warrior and [W|nDs] A13x. It was very intense and it looks like it going to be Warrior day when he beat A13x in the 1st game by 2-1. But A13x manage to keep calm and make a comeback in the 2nd game with the score 2-0. The 3rd game is the decider game. Whoever win this game will go through the semi final. The match was so intense that it can even boil an egg. Although Warrior manage to give a fight to A13x but in the end A13x got his composure and won the 3rd game to go through to the semi final. The score was 2-1.


Another interesting match during this quarter final was between Hannan (The youngest player in the prelim) and Shukor. Shukor won the 1st game by 2-1. But Hannan prove that age doesnt matter when he make a comeback and won the 2nd match with the score 1-0. In the 3rd match it was pretty close. Although Shukor manage to get 2 goals, Hannan fight back and get a goal to plan his comeback. But it was too late for him when Shukor manage to defend his last attack in the last minute. Shukor won the match by 2-1.



Semi Final



In the semi final, [W|nDs] A13x have to fight against one of the top player in the LYN FIFA League, Benaldo. The 1st game was so intense when both player manage to score 1 each. But A13x manage to beat his league rival with the score 2-1. The intense continue in the 2nd game when both defended each attack very well. Both have equal chance to win the game and A13x took the chance and secure his spot by winning 1-0.



Shukor have to fight [W|nDs] Vin if he wants to qualify for the spot at Midvalley. It seems to be a hard task for him when Vin won the 1st game by 1-0. And it gets harder when Vin secure his place by winning the 2nd game 3-0. So again W|nDs have shown their dominance in the FIFA scene when 2 players from W|nDs qualified for grand final in Midvalley.



Final



Although both of them have qualified, they still wanna fight with each other in the final to prove who is the better FIFA player. In the 1st game it was pretty intense when the score was 0-0 and have to go to extra time. In the end luck was on Vin side when he manage to score the only goal in the game. In the 2nd game, A13x changes to his main formation 433 when previously he use 4222. His tactical changes prove to be right when he beat Vin with the score of 3-1. Thats the 1st time Vin was beaten in this prelim. In the 3rd game, realizing that A13x using his main formation, Vin use his man marking tactic to defend A13x attack. It seems like its the battle of tactic now. Vin prove to be the better tactician when he beat A13x with a soundly score of 3-0.


When we interview both of them about their match, Alex said "Although i've lost i am happy that i can get into the final and manage to fight with Vin. 2 Perak boys in the final! And get top 2 for W|nDs. That is trully our dream."

The champion, Vin said " In the 1st game, A13x didnt played seriously with his main formation and i was lucky to get that last goal. He could have beaten me straight 2 games if he had used his main formation from the beginning."


In the 3rd and 4th placing, although benaldo was more experience player compare to Shukor, but Shukor was the better player during the match and won the 3rd place.


The standing of the prelim was as follow:

3rd Place: Shukor

Runner Up: [W|nDs]A13x

Champion: [W|nDs]Vin

Top 3 For FIFA 08

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