The penultimate Gameweek of the season sees four Fantasy Managers go head to head in the Fantasy Football Scout Cup IV Semi-Finals. A win here not only earns them a place in the Grand Final next week, but guarantees them one of the two big prizes.
With a recap of how the Quarter-Finals played out, here is how the Semis line-up…
Semi-Final #1 –Â Ninja_Fit_Saints Vs. redsareback
Ranked 1,576th in the world, Ninja_Fit_Saints is the second highest ranked competitor left. Last time out he beat elana_s 49 – 37, with Ben Foster’s nine saves, Chris Samba’s Bonus Points and David Silva’s double Gameweek being the key differences. That winning margin could have been wider had Ninja Fit Saints played his top-scorer Charles N’Zogbia.
His opponent, redsareback, must’ve been extremely confident of victory last Saturday lunchtime when the Fantasy Premier League squads updated, revealing a 36 point lead over Joel Farthing before a ball had been kicked. But watching that enormous lead erode away must’ve been equally unsettling. With goals from Nemanja Vidic, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Javier Hernandez, Luis Suarez and Peter Odemwingie, the tie finished surprisingly close. A David Silva goal on Tuesday night would have been enough to complete the shock victory, but as it was it ended 39 – 30.
Semi-Final #2 –Â Biscanators Vs. Mr Hat
Making his way into the Semi-Final, Biscanators beat competition favourite daniel.mf 65 – 60, in easily the rounds highest-scoring tie. Matching each other almost blow-for-blow, it was again those Foster saves and that Vidic goal that proved the difference.
With daniel.mf out-of-the-picture, it falls to Mr Hat to be the highest-ranked Fantasy Manager in the Semis, despite a red arrow this week. Falling to a still very impressive position of 819th in the world, he overcame hamyai_hamyai 49 – 48 by the narrowest of margins.
I’m sure you’ll all join me in wishing our Semi-Finalists the best of luck for this coming Gameweek. I’ll bring you the results, along with a preview of the Grand Final, next week.
