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5th place Havent changed a thing during the tournament yet

 

[Topper]

Jason has now pipped me and found 3 more points since Friday night but last time I looked we were equal on 202 points and Norm is now equal, so it all rests on the final on Monday, which is proving difficult since there are only three forwards available for selection so surely everyone will have the same forward lineup......

 

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Final
Germany v England (7:30pm - Swedbank Arena, Malmo)

 

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The finalists for the 2009 edition of the Under-21 European Championship are now known after Friday's semis.

In the early kick-off in Gothenberg, hosts Sweden got off to a disasterous start to England, conceding to a Martin Cranie effort in the first minute and letting two more in before half-time. However, the Swedes' super talented front pair of Marcus Berg and Ola Toivonen pulled off the most unlikely of comebacks and levelled the game at 3-3. Extra time passed without incident, and so a penalty shootout was needed.

Despite England's terrible history with penalities, the Lions came good when Joe Hart shined, not only taking and converting a penalty, but distracting Guillermo Molins enough to induce a sudden death miss and give England a final place for the first time since 1984. The other semi was rather less dramatic, with Germany defeating 1-0 Italy in a dogged yet uninspiring encounter.

Despite enough being in a strong position going into Friday's semis, Topper was unable to continue his big scoring run, taking only 41pts. As a result, the Tossers have now lost 1st place ahead of the final to my Laboratoire Kanye team, who scored the joint 2nd highest of the day with Scozia Non C'e, Norm's squad.

So it would appear that the SupaLiga U21 will go to either long-time leader Topper, reigning UniSat Champions League champion Norm, or your one and only league secretary!

PL SupaLiga champion mhku has had a terrible tournament but had a great semi-final with 61pts the highest score of the day. And finally, our league is now up to 23rd in the 'league of leagues', so three cheers for all of us!

 

[Analoguesat]

I finished FIFTH :-omg

Do I get a special prize for most improved rookie?

Or for not finishing last maybe

 

[Topper]

Well still some processing of yellow etc cards to be done I suppose but Norm appears to have pulled it out of the bag at this stage beating me by 1 point....... still for a rookie 2nd ain't so bad

 

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Germany are the Under-21 European champions after convincingly beating England 4-0 in Malmo’s Swedbank Arena. As with most final matches, the first goal is so crucial, as so it proved for Germany when Gonzalo Castro netted in the 23rd minute.

England were never truly able to threaten a tight defensive unit guarded by holding midfielder Mats Hummel, either before or after Germany’s second goal – a rocket free-kick from long range by Mesut Ozil on 48.

England nearly scored from a Adam Johnson back-heel and a Lee Cattermole header, but both were blocked on the line, before the trophy was sealed with 11 minutes to play when Sandro Wagner snuck through the English defence to make it three and then added a fourth five minutes later with a superb shot to corner from outside the box.

While the final itself turned out to be somewhat rather less of a contest than we may have hoped for, the fight for the SupaLiga U21 did go to the wire.

There were three contenders going into Monday night; me, Topper and Norm. I was leading beforehand, but a poor score of 50pts ended my hopes, so Laboratoire Kanye finished in 3rd. So it was down to the Tossers and Scozia Non C’e. They began the night level on 202pts each.

The winning margin was one single point. 70pts to 69pts. The winner was Norm! The Scotsman’s score of 70 was the tournament’s top score, and this title will add to his growing haul of SupaLiga accolades, having won both the F1 and Premier League titles in 2007 and the inaugural UniSat Champions League this season just gone.

And for the record, SupaLiga U21 finished up 41st in the league of league… pretty good when you consider there were 390 leagues

 

[Topper]

Congratulations Norm you pipped me at the post:-Nooo

I am not disappointed though..... I am totally gutted:-cry1:-cry1

 

[Norm]

Just managed to scrape it in the end! The real sad thing for me though, is that of my 70 points in the final, 5 English players in my team collected 7 points and 6 German players 63!