We had some late withdrawals and unfortunately this time our Savannah friends did not join us.
The tournament saw the participation of Larry Fryer [M.S.C.] , that was in Florida to attend a baseball umpire school and our friend played his best Subbuteo ever.
The format was a little different from the past tournaments: two groups one of 5 players [ Alex Batacchi, Larry Fryer, Roberto Mattoni, Teo Boscaino, and Ludovico Boscaino] and the second with four[Isabel Batacchi, Max Boscaino, Federico Boscaino, Nazareno Boscaino], then Quarters of final, the loosers of these played for the M.J. trophy .
Group "A" saw Alex Batacchi as Winner and Larry Fryer finished second [after winning a very close one against Teo Boscaino], Group "B" Isabel in first and Max Boscaino in second place.
Larry and Alex playing their Group game on the new "Mini Old Trafford".
Quarters of final -
- Alex Batacchi - Federico Boscaino 6-0
- Larry Fryer - Nazareno Boscaino 1-0
- Isabel Batacchi - Roberto Mattoni 1-0
- Max Boscaino - Teo Boscaino 1-1 [ Max winning on shots[2-1] after a fantastic game between father and son.
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| Max winning goal on shots |
The Consolation tournament or Mary Jane saw Teo Boscaino as Winner with victories over Roberto Mattoni [1-0] and Nazareno Boscaino [1-0] -
Alex won his Semifinal with Max almost crusing after scoring a couple of goals in the first five minutes, instead in the other Semifinal was drama.
Isabel Batacchi attacked Larry Fryer in the first half missing a couple of good chances, then Larry with a great defensive plan and good ball possession was able to survive and finish the regulation 0-0, in the Overtime [ they were played two halves of five minutes each] the play was very much even and with no scores ,they went to shots: here, Larry's greater experience gave him the edge winning 1-0 and going to the final.
The final for Third place was won by Isabel 3-0 over Max.
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| Larry and Alex before the final |
In the final Larry tried the same tactics against Alex and was able to close the first half just 1 goal down, but in the second half gave away a cheap second goal and at that point was game over, Alex won 5-0 with a last fantastic goal on a rolling corner....sweet !!!!-
Another fantastic day of Subbuteo at the Batacchi grounds and at the end Larry teached everybody a lesson at " Dominion".
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| Larry proudly pose with his trophy and the original that was played in Farmington CT in 2006 |
![Larry Fryer [M.S.C.] at the Corsendonk Cup](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPg2iOjtWIIOT8cYXvc3xr2QWbOkres4eq-t01ujQcyoLXtDRZ0olnRXRVA191v1VJ_q0nQ3Y2dbmIQNaoL5O_nCsWx1w34GGZQlhxYOZDkrIWmozxD-EoQEzx2VOTnUqL9wFkv-kUicJZ/s230/100_3545.JPG)
