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Mercury at the EMU Championships
#1
Mercury qualified for the EMU Championships by finishing first in their group. Their results will be posted here.
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#2
Fixtures

5th July
Mercury v New Vaduz

9th July
Austbard v Mercury

16th July - Semi-finals
Winner Group A v Winner Group C
Winner Group B v Winner Group D

19th July - Third-place play-off
Loser Semi-final 1 v Loser Semi-final 2

19th July - Final
Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2
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Quote:Mercury 4-1 New Vaduz
22' - M. Fitzgerald
26' - J. Foxon

34' - B. Großler
63' - W. Fizeau-Blake
79' - J. Foxon


Mercury's EMU got-off to the perfect start with a dominant win over New Vaduz, equalling the débutants' biggest loss. An instinctive diving header from Matt Fitzgerald opening the yellows' account from a whipped Stephen Rydberg delivery before captain Joe Foxon ran-on to and finished a diagonal from his brother Edward with a smart volley only four minutes later. While Senyan-based scoring sensation Bastian Großler made things interesting with a goal ten minutes before the break, after muscling his way past Chris Deacon and shooting just past Kieran Mercury, Mercury's second-half replacement Wilmont Fizeau-Blake restored the two-goal lead from a free-kick. After James Phillips was clipped by Jürgen Meier down the left channel, Fizeau-Blake found the bottom-left corner of the net with a curving effort that cleared the wall and Pascal Müller's low dive. As the match's finale approached, Foxon found a second to add to his personal tally after latching-on to a floated cross in deep from Phillips' flank, using his height to tower above Martin Ulrich and nod the ball into the roof of the net via the arm of Müller, who tried his best to keep the score down. A great start for Mercury as they aim to better their runners-up finish of two years ago, but New Vaduz's first finals appearance will have to wait for something to cheer about.
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#4
Quote:Austbard 0-2 Mercury
77' - J. Partridge
81' - M. Fitzgerald


Two late Mercurian goals guaranteed the team's spot in the semi-finals as a resilient Austbard weren't able to cause an upset. Following their mauling of New Vaduz, Mercury were confident in facing Austbard, who could boast a first World Cup finals appearance pending this year. Austbard were good value for the vast majority of the match, albeit without having the ability to dominate for extended periods, and almost served a few shocks with some good forward play by Eiman Torinal and Hans Almatin. Mercury's defence stood firm throughout and created a good launchpad for the counter-attack which created the first goal. Stephen Rydberg's lobbed ball forward from the back found Joe Foxon, who teed-up Jack Partridge, who had come-on for Edward Foxon in an attempt to score goals, for a scuffed finish just inside the right-hand post from six yards. Within five minutes, a second and decisive blow hit Austbard in the shape of Matt Fitzgerald, who added to his opener in the first game with a snapped effort mid-post-corner scramble close-in. Almatin had an effort near the end for a consolation, but Austbard's search for a first EMU goal will continue into a dead-rubber against New Vaduz next.
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Final Group B table

Code:
Team      Pld   W   D   L  GF  GA   GD  Pts
Mercury     2   2   0   0   6   1   +5    6 (Q)
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Austbard    2   0   1   1   2   4   −2    1
New Vaduz   2   0   1   1   3   6   −3    1

Semi-final fixtures
Nova England v Passas
Mercury v Hamland
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Quote:Mercury 0-0 Hamland (AET; 3-2 on penalties)

Mercury will contest their second ever EMU Championships final thanks to a penalty win over Hamland, stopping the 2012 winners' attempt to reach a fourth straight final in the process. With predictions for the semi-finals hinting that this game would be the more interesting, it couldn't quite match-up to Passas' 4-1 victory in terms of goals, but was a much better contest in regards to its tactical battles throughout the pitch. Both of these teams were the only ones to come through their respective groups with six points, and scored ten goals between them, conceding just once, with this match being a repeat of the epic final of EMU 2012. However, although the result after extra time was the same today, the scoreline wasn't as neither team could break the deadlock during the 120 minutes. With Andrew Miller and Joe Foxon on the field, last year's World Cup's shared golden boot winners, there was no shortage of opportunities to score, but both teams' stoppers were well-matched to their opponents' shots and a number of important saves were made throughout. Going into extra time, Hamland saw more of the ball in the first ninety but Mercury registered more shots, so there was little to separate the teams stats-wise either. During the additional thirty, Hamland had the best chance of the night when Benjamin Craig blasted his shot inches over the bar as he tried to find a spectacular way past 'keeper Mercury, but there was nothing else as close as the game went to a shootout. In the end, Mercury were more clinical with the penalties, with the only unconverted shots being off-target rather than saved.

Penalties
J. Foxon - Scored
B. Craig - Missed
A. Cavendish - Missed
A. Miller - Missed
J. Phillips - Scored
E. Heinhorn - Scored
E. Foxon - Missed
I. O'Hara - Scored
S. Rydberg - Scored
R. Peck - Missed
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#7
*Played 19th July*

Quote:Passas 0-2 Mercury
27' - J. Foxon
81' - J. Foxon


Watch this match here!
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