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Old 09-12-2017, 03:25 PM   #5
Portiere
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European Supercup

At halftime, Ricardo Portiere was steaming. His halftime rant in Verona’s famed Bentigodi was certainly not in keeping with his normal calm demeanor. He told his side that they were embarrassing themselves in front of 39,000 spectators, and a few other choice things as well. While not quite a rant worth of his legendary fellow countryman Izude Jestor, it was rather epic, and well deserved. Perhaps his dynasty was over before it started.

Ladislav Hoffman, Man United’s star striker, who cost them a cool 71 million from Chelsea (yeah, after the Nymar disruption this doesn’t seem like big money, but this was United’s 2nd highest transfer ever in this universe), had taken United’s two good chances and put them both away, shredding our defense like it was made of armatures rather than star internationals. Aberystwyth had accomplished nothing of merit.
Off came under performing AM Nouri, and on came Sócrates, glowing with confidence. The team would shift to control. This sub would change everything. At the 60 minute mark, CM Valeri fed the Brazilian who beat his marker and put the ball in the corner from the right side of the 18. Game on. Four minutes later, Sócrates took the ball from the left wing, found Typek who again fed Sócrates, who slid by two defenders as if they were statues and put the ball in the net. And just when it seemed like things couldn’t worse for United, a defender misplayed a backpass right to speedster Gonçalves who raced past the United keeper, put the ball in, and ran to the corner. After a useless first half, suddenly Aber were on top. They would shift back to counter and bring on Nicolás Barrientos for Patrick Peters to see the match out. And despite a few nervy moments, the first title was theirs. Portiere, thought delighted with Gonçalves’ supersub MOTM performance, said the side has to get its defending sorted if it is going to challenge for the Champions League and defend the Club World Cup. But if Aber could bottle the magical six minutes of the second half, they would strike fear into the hearts of any side in the world.
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