Conquer the seven hills Part 3: Allee le bleu

For the third time I went to Koenigswinter to play Kick Off 2.

I arrived at 21’00 o’clock. Oliver St. and Freddy B. was allready there, as well as Cornelius H. who host the tournament. Later Michael also arrived so we started around 22’00 o’clock.

Allee le bleu
Before I luckily had 2 friendlies against Freddy, and I found out, that my normal team: Holland really suxx. Because of a mistake when I choosed the teames I played with England and Freddy played Holland and I won 3:0 and saw, that the defence of Holland is more like De Graafschap Doetinchem than Ajax. So I decided to chose another team this time. France was the best team that was left, so I chosed them.

Thorsten B – Freddy B 4:4
The first game is of course allways special, but Freddy played allready so it was not his first match, so the draw was not a first game wonder I think. For the first time this evening the old nassovian battlecry “der Dreherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr” was heard throughout the seven hills.

Thorsten B – Michael 2:1
I took my chances, and the misfortune of Michael started here. First half was ok, I was 2:0 in the lead, but second half, I did not scored, so Michael was able to score the 2:1. In this situation normally I als get the 2:2, but as I said it was not the evening of Michael.

Thorsten B – Cornelius H 1:1
A typical Thorsten – Cornelius game. I scored first, but Cornelius gave the answer, then we both had chances but don’t used them. The thrill of the game was the fun.

So after 3 games I was undefeated before I face the mighty german champion

Thorsten B – Oliver St 0:6-8
Can’t remember the correct score. My aim was to get less than 10 and I reached it. Playing against Oliver is allways a training of my defence.

Thorsten B – Michael 2:1
Again I had much more luck than Michael. So I have to party this time because who knows what will happen next tournament

Thorsten B – Freddy B 4:6
Freddy was allready in a good mood, after his first game he scored more than 10 goals (against Michael), so he started with a fast 0:2. Then suprise suprise, I was able to turn the game to a 3:2 !!!! But then Freddy socred 4 goals in a row: 3:6. But never surrender! I scored the 4:6 but then the game was over. Was also a great pleasure to play.

Thorsten B – Cornelius H 3:2
The game started with a goal by Cornelius: 0:1 then I answered with the 1:1 but Cornelius scored again: 1:2. Now for a while nothing special happend, but then I scored the 2:2, and even that it looked like a draw, I got my chance, used it and scored the 2:3.

I celebrated my victory, cause now it was clear, that this time I reached place 3 in the tournament. This was much more than I espected before and I was extrem satisfied with my Kick Off I played the evening.

Thorsten B – Oliver St. 1:7
After the legendary 1:6 disaster of Oliver against Freddy, Oliver was nervous, because he had to win against me, to win the tournament. Well he started with a fast 0:1, but I was able to answer with the 1:1. Even that Oliver became a little bit more nervous, he was able to reached a 1:3 soon. And in the end it was a 1:7. I scored a goal, so for me it was a good last game. Oliver won the tournament so both of us were happy.

2. Siebengebirgs Open

Yesterday I was once again in Koenigswinter-Oberpleis, to meet with the seven dwarfs

Just when I wanted to leave, I gave a last call to Oliver St. to ask if I should get some Amigas and monitors with me. So he told me, that his car was broken and that he can’t come.

Because Oliver wanted to pick up Freddy, now it looked like I was the only visitor.

No problem. After 1,5 hours I arrived in Oberpleis and after another 1,5 hour we started to play.

My aim was to get used to my new Joystick, so I did not espect to win any points, even that the 3 dwarfs are better than I. But I had luck, and was able to suprise Cornelius in the first game. I won 1-0 what a great start.

But then I lost 0:10 against Push and I saw, that there is a lot of work to get used to the stick. I got 10 times a crossing goal because I was not used to the stick in the defense.

Next game against Michael I lost only 0:3 and I saw, that it will be worth to train with the stick.

I then play the away game against Cornelius and lost 1:4. Even that I had a new stick (Cornelius also had problems with his Competiton) I played in both games better than the last time I played against Cornelius, so overall I was happy with the games.

To avoid another 0:10 I now changed my joystick. Next game against Push I lost 1:3, but I was the better player but failed to score, so we will see next time, when I finally get used to my new joystick

Last game was against Michael, and it was a 2:2 draw. I again failed to score, even that I was attacking all the time. Ok next time

Finally at 1.30 in the morning I left to drive home. I get a little bit used to my joystick, and I enjoyed to play against players that are only a little bit better than I, so my motivation increases a lot.