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| Fujisawa wins shootout, Grybe retires. |
Division 6:47 was rather uneventful. Fujisawa dominated all but one team, NK Zadar, who they had 1 loss and 1 draw against. This meant that Fujisawa would need to play a qualifier to get into Division 5. The match was versus a stronger team, Mayhem FC. Their manager was fired two months before.
The match did not disappoint. The first half saw some very hard play with both teams recieving yellow cards. Fujisawa scored first with a goal by captain Roy Grybe in the 27th minute. This would turn out to be the last goal of his long career. Mayhem scored 2 minutes later to even the score 1-1. Both teams went back and forth. By half time, the score was 3-2 with Fujisawa in the lead.
In the second half, Mayhem scored in the 67th minute to tie the score 3-3. Fujisawa fought back in the 84th minute to take the lead 4-3. Anticipation of a Fujisawa win was building untill, in the 91st minute, Mayhem earned a penalty kick. MF Alfeo Dionigi scored, making the score 4-4 as regulation ran-out. The match was going to overtime.
Two periods of overtime went by with no scoring. The match would be decided by PKs. Both teams scored on their PKs pushing the score 8-8 into the last round. Fujisawa D Adam Allan scored on his PK, making the score 9-8. Mayhen would need to score or they would lose the match. D Lionel Rooke missed his PK giving the win to the Fujisawa Blacks.
Shortly after the match team captain MF Roy Grybe offically retired. In 125 matches he scored 40 goals (3rd*), 61 assists (1st*), with 101 points (t-1st*). His skill and leadership will be missed.
*All ranks are all-time team ranks
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