June 28, 2008

Tournament : CEL Games Prelim 08 At FTZ.Asia Net - Fifa08



Unlike the prelim at TBUN, all 3 games were played at the FTZ prelim. Those 3 games were FIFA08, C&C, and also Need for Speed Pro Street. There is an increase in the participation of FIFA08 in this prelim compare to the last one as there are 25 players involve in today's prelim. Among those participants were players from WInDs clan, MyFes clan, Tornado clan, second runner up from TBUN shukor and a few more familiar faces from the fifa scene. For C&C there are about 8-10 players participating while NFS have only 3 players which includes the all time champion forza.

For FIFA08, the format for this prelim is Home and Away, which meant 2 games will be played and if it's a draw after both of the game it will be decided on away goals and further draw would lead to extra time and penalty shootout. Both clubs and countries can be used. A rather interesting issue to take note of is the official rule for FIFA had been updated at WCG official website and the prelim will be using the updated version of the rule which has been just updated 1 day before this celgames prelim. This mean that a more direct approach will be seen in the games as long ball is valid now.

Round1

The draw was cruel to some players in round 1 as there are a few tough draw. One of it is [WInDs] leoninho against [MyFes] Warrior which is one of the top5 players in the scene last year. It was a close match between both of them as [WInDs] leoninho won the first game 1-0 and [MyFes] Warrior manage to make a comeback on the second game to force an extra time when the score ended at 2-1. The game was still tight at extra time but [MyFes] Warrior manage to grab a goal 5 minutes before the match end to secure his win.

The other match saw [WInDs] Des up against [MyFes] Bush. Once again representitive from [WInDs] manage to win the first match with a 1-0 score. On the second game, [WInDs] Des basically throw his well held victory to his opponent with the keeper throwing the ball to the opponent striker to finish off the goal into an empty net, [MyFes] Bush manage to punish Des by scoring another goal before [WInDs] Des manage to get a consolation goal. The match ended 2-2 which saw [MyFes] Bush qualify on the away goal rule.

Another interesting match saw [Tornado] Falcon going up against his clan mate [Tornado] king. [Tornado] king manage to won his first game by 2-1. [Tornado] Falcon manage to force the game to extra time by winning the second match which he eventually won by scoring a decisive goal during the extra time.

Top16

Some upsets and interesting matches goes on in top16. One of the interesting match was between Benaldo and [Tornado] Falcon. Both of them were active league players in LYN FIFA LEAGUE. On papers and statistic itself it seems like both players are evenly match as both of them have good records in the league, but it seems like Benaldo got his tactics right today. He won both his games quite comfartably which is 2-0 and 3-1.

Other matches going on in the top16 involve 3 of the clans once again. [WInDs] Loon4tic were drawn against [Tornado] Seed. It was a tight match as Seed is known for his defensive play, but Loon4tic manage to scrap through both of the match with the score 1-0 and 2-1. On the other hand, [WInDs.YA] Rei were up against [MyFes] Bush. It was a cagey first game and Rei manage to scrap through with a 1-0 victory. [MyFes] Bush made a mistake in the second game and [WInDs.YA] Rei manage to grab the opportunity to make it 1-0. [WInDs.YA] Rei eventually went through with the score 1-0 2-0.

A few upsets took place in the top16 too. [WInDs.YA] Juan manage to put up a fight and overcome his tough opponent [MyFes] Warrior to make it to the quarter finals. The score was pretty tight in both matches. The final score between both of them is 1-1 and 1-0. Another upset involve another WInDs Youth Academy member which is [WInDs.YA] Dazzle. He was drawn against [Tornado] Kennee which is a more experience player than him. Although kennee have a few clear cut chances, but [WInDs.YA] Dazzle manage to keep his cool. He surprise the spectators and even his opponent when he tries and score with a superb long shot in the second match. He later won both the match 1-0 and 2-0.

Quarter Final

The Quarter final saw 3 matches involving clan players once again, and the other one involving an active LYN LEAGUE PLAYER Benaldo. Benaldo qualify to the semi final with a convicing performance and a huge scoreline over his opponent.

The highlight of the quarter final is between [WInDs] Loon4tic and [MyFes] Arroyos. Both are previously leader of their respective clan^^. The first game between them was close as it ended 1-1. On the second game, Loon4tic score a beautiful long shot, Arroyos let loon4tic taste his own medicine by scoring with a similiar way to make it 2-1. Arroyos later make a mistake by letting Loon4tic Eto to tackle his keeper and score from an open goal. The second match ended 3-2 in favour of [WInDs] Loon4tic in the end.

The other clan match in the quarter is once again between [WInDs] and [MyFes]. This time its between [WInDs.YA] Juan and [MyFes] Killer. [MyFes] Killer get his revenge this time against Juan as their last meeting at WCG was won by Juan. [MyFes] Killer won the first game 1-0 and won the second game by scoring 3 goals past Juan defence. Another quarter final match involve both WInDs Youth Academy players which is Rei and Dazzle. The first match was an interesting one as Rei scored the first goal and Dazzle replied by dominating the whole match after that and getting himself two goals to lead by 2-1, Rei later manage to grab a goal back in the dying minutes to keep his hope of qualifying alive. The first match ended 2-2. In the second match, Dazzle outplay Rei with his passing and scored two goals in the process. Rei changed his tactics twice during the match but could not stop Dazzle winning the match with a 2-0 score.

Semi Final

Benaldo again is the semi finalist for celgames prelim for the second time as he was the semi finalist also at TBUN. This time he has to overcome [WInDs] Loon4tic to book a spot for the Grand Finals in MidValley. The first match was really cagey and safe as both players trying to find a way to break their respective's opponent defence. Loon4tic manage to grab a goal in the first game to make it 1-0 to put himself in a good position for the second game. The second game was totally different from the first, both players plays more aggresive and the match ended 3-3, which mean that Loon4tic qualify to the final and he book himself a spot to the Midvalley Grand Finals.

The other game saw [WInDs.YA] Dazzle up against [MyFes] Killer. [WInDs.YA] Dazzle did well to reach so far, but everything came to an end when [MyFes] Killer shows that experience does matter when it comes to decisive matches and he proves that by winning the first game 1-0 and the second game 3-0, Killer manage to keep a clean sheet in both of the matches.

3rd 4th Placing

Only 1 match was being played as there are some changes for this game. Therefore this game will be decided in a game itself. [WInDs.YA] Dazzle will play against Benaldo for the 3rd place. The game ended 1-1 and went on to penalty shoot out as no one manage to score in the extra time. Benaldo won the match eventually as Anderson and Cristiano Ronaldo from Machester United choosen by Dazzle blast the penalty high over the bar(Seems like it is not Ronaldo season as he misses a few penalities in this season,LOL!).

Final

Although both players had qualify, but there must be a winner in every competition. Both [WInDs] Loon4tic and [MyFes] Killer met the first time this year. We anticipate an interesting match between them as both of them are capable of producing quality moves. They did not dissapoint the spectators as they produce a high scoring game in the final. Killer was leading throughout the game and celebrating each goals he scored. Loon4tic manage to score 2 screamer and both of them were scored by Xavi, but that did not manage to stop Killer from winning the game. In the end, [MyFes] Killer kills of the game with a 4-3 victory.

The Final Standing for FIFA08 FTZ Prelim as below :

Champion : [MyFes] Killer

1st Runner up : [WInDs] Loon4tic

2nd Runner up : Benaldo

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