Weekend September 1-2, the world cup of FISTF was played in les Herbiers- Vendees. Two of our players were there. Jaime Silva and Aggelos Tsakiris.
Saturday we had the individual competition. Both of them participated in the open category. Jaime Silva had a group with Kasper Bennett (later on he made it all the way till the final) and the American Zach Walker. Jaime finished second of the group as he lost against Bennett 0-1 and won Walker 2-0.
At the same time Aggelos had in his group Karl Heinz Haider and Carlos Flores (wr no 2). In his first game he draws Haider 1-1. So the last game against Flores was “a matter of live or die”. And the legend of Tsakiris was there. A great victory 1-0 sends him to the next round as top of the group.
So both of them made it to the last 32. Unfortunately both of them didn’t manage to qualify in this section. Jaime lost 1-3 against the Maltese Samuel Bartolo and Aggelos against the Austrian Robert Lenz (who scored the winning goal 2 minutes from time).
Sunday we had the team event. Our players faced one another for a ticket to the semi finals. In quarter finals we had Greece against Portugal. Portugal was the winner and so Jaime gained this fight and the metal. Portugal didn’t manage to go further as they lost in the semis against Malta.
Their individual results in the team event were: Jaime won DeHaas (Holland) 2-1, and lost against Intra (Italy) 1-4, Koutis (Greece) 0-1 and Bartolo (Malta) 0-2. Aggelos won M.Schultz(Germany) 2-0 and lost against Loureiro (Portugal) 0-3
We were there and this was just the beginning of a much promising season.
Go Kickers, Go.
Saturday we had the individual competition. Both of them participated in the open category. Jaime Silva had a group with Kasper Bennett (later on he made it all the way till the final) and the American Zach Walker. Jaime finished second of the group as he lost against Bennett 0-1 and won Walker 2-0.
At the same time Aggelos had in his group Karl Heinz Haider and Carlos Flores (wr no 2). In his first game he draws Haider 1-1. So the last game against Flores was “a matter of live or die”. And the legend of Tsakiris was there. A great victory 1-0 sends him to the next round as top of the group.
So both of them made it to the last 32. Unfortunately both of them didn’t manage to qualify in this section. Jaime lost 1-3 against the Maltese Samuel Bartolo and Aggelos against the Austrian Robert Lenz (who scored the winning goal 2 minutes from time).
Sunday we had the team event. Our players faced one another for a ticket to the semi finals. In quarter finals we had Greece against Portugal. Portugal was the winner and so Jaime gained this fight and the metal. Portugal didn’t manage to go further as they lost in the semis against Malta.
Their individual results in the team event were: Jaime won DeHaas (Holland) 2-1, and lost against Intra (Italy) 1-4, Koutis (Greece) 0-1 and Bartolo (Malta) 0-2. Aggelos won M.Schultz(Germany) 2-0 and lost against Loureiro (Portugal) 0-3
We were there and this was just the beginning of a much promising season.
Go Kickers, Go.
