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Old 10-06-2006, 05:36 PM   Sacred Victory Post #121
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Page 5 \o/

Winter was now in full swing and the Brazilian league was drawing to a climax, with just 8 games remaining it was a straight fight between Hermann Aichinger and São Paulo. Despite the Santa Catarina side having the advantage at this stage, leading pundits failed to see past São Paulo as the next champions of Brazil.

Meanwhile the three hired assasins were still patiently carrying out the reconaissance of their targets. None of them were bored with their long assignment in Brazil, the incentive of a nice, large cheque was enough to keep them going throughout the many months they had already spent in Brazil. It had been part of their mission, to carry out the painstaking research of their targets. That way they could complete the perfect kill at the perfect time, no-one would ever know who had either ordered or carried out the hit. Even if the NPD were accused, there would be no evidence to incriminate any of their members. And as for the Russians, they would be long gone before the authorities even began their investigation. It appeared a fool-proof operation, but of course appearances can be deceiving.

Vladimir's suspicion of Nikolai had failed to recede over the past month. At first it seemed as though he had a renewed enthusiasm for the mission but now he was nowhere to be found again. In fact, unbeknown to either Vladimir or Sergey, Nikolai was in São Paulo. His name wasn't Nikolai either. His name was Alexandyr Filiminov and as a small child he had been evacuated to Britain from Chechnya. He was an extremely bright child and eventually graduated from Oxford university. Because of his knowledge of Russian and because of the situation Britain faced with the Cold War he was recruited into the British security services and from there he became an MI6 operative infiltrating the Iron Curtain and providing valuable information for the British government. All that had ended 20 years ago and since then a desk job at the Ministry of Defence had been the closest he had come to action. But now there was a new threat and he relished the chance to get back into the field, although he was certain this would be his last mission as he was to turn 40 in the new year. He walked down a side alley on one of São Paulo's busy streets and up to a side-door on one of the large buildings. He punched in a security code and the door unlocked itself, allowing him to enter.

Inside was a large room, sparsely decorated and furnished. In the corner a young woman, also an MI6 operative was sat at a computer. He walked towards her and placed a blank CD on her desk.

"Proof of the NPD's involvement, don't lose that, it could stop World War Three. Hopefully pictures of them ordering the deaths of innocent people will be on the front cover of every newspaper in the world soon. That should finish them for good."

"Have you found out when the hit is to take place?"

"Yes, its quite elaborate actually. 11th December, at the home game against Corinthians, which is at night. Sniper on the roof and then a helicopter extraction. Thankfully I wasn't chosen to actually do it or we may have had a problem. I've been a bit sloppy, they may be suspicious but we should be fine"

"Just keep your cover until then, we'll do the rest."
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November/December 2011

After the humiliating defeat against Santos, we had to bounce back straight away, especially with our lead at the top of the table reduced to just two points. We did just that against strugglers Sport Recife, a first half hat-trick from Wellington effectively sealing all three points within 45 minutes. Whoshington made it 4-0 not long after the restart, before Aloisio grabbed a late consolation for the visitors. A comfortable 4-1 win for us and now just seven games stood between us and the title.

Unfortunately we were to suffer a major set-back in our next game with a rare home defeat. Vitoria had been as much of a suprise package this season as we had been and they were very much in contention for a Copa Libertadores place. They came to the Baixada and just before the break took the lead through attacking midfielder William. They doubled their lead early in the second half through Chrystiano, much to the disgust of fans and staff alike. We managed to pull one back but it was far too little far too late as Wellington grabbed a goal in stoppage. That 2-1 defeat was costly as São Paulo had lost to Paranaense the day before and we missed the oppurtunity to extend our lead at the top.

São Paulo briefly went top after a victory against Coritiba, but we didn't waste our game in hand. We managed to thrash Cruzeiro 5-0 to restore our lead in the division. It was former Cruzeiro academy player Whoshington that got the scoring underway after around 20 minutes. Then came another Wellington hat-trick which came about in the space of about half an hour. The striker was having his best season yet with us and was well on his way to reaching 40 goals for the season. Substitute Maycon rounded off the scoring in the second half, finishing a comprehensive 5-0 win that kept our title dream very much alive.

Once more São Paulo re-took the lead in the table. Unfortunately this time we couldn't restore ourselves to the top of the league. Our game in hand was against Vasco, and to begin with it looked very promising as Whoshington gave us a 1-0 lead after just 4 minutes. However, Vasco took their time and slowly wore us down, by half time they had a 2-1 lead. That lead was made safe late on in the second half as Anderson sealed a 3-1 win and left us a point adrift of São Paulo.

This time it was us up first and we could settle for no less than a win against Bahia, a side that had caused us problems in the past. It was a gallant response from the players after losing the league leadership, as we outplayed Bahia convincingly. Whoshington and Galvão gave us a hard earned 2-0 lead before half time. Saulo scored for Bahia to give them a glimmer of hope, but Wellington and Ale sealed a comfortable 4-1 win. Back to the top of the table we went but for how long would we stay there?

Not long as yet again São Paulo won to re-take the lead. A disappointing 1-1 draw with Fluminense meant that we could only draw level with them in the table, and with a game in hand São Paulo were sure to extend their lead to three points. But much to everyones surprise they lost 2-0 to Gremio, Fernando Genro and Pedro Junior severely damaging the seemingly title bound São Paulo. That meant that with just two games remaining we were level on points. It really would be going down to the wire.

Or so we thought as we entered December. Our record against Internacional had been very good up to now, but the Porto Alegre side seemed to have an added fire for this game and they put us under pressure immediately. It wasn't long before the pressure told as Brazilian international Diego slid home for 1-0. Wellington managed to grab a great equaliser but unfortunately it was the beginning of the end for us as just minutes later Rafael Sobis restored the lead. News from São Paulo came in that Palmeiras were holding our title rivals at 2-2, so if we could have found an equaliser we would have avoided disaster. but football is a cruel game at the best of times. Colombian striker Danny Cano wrapped up a 3-1 win for Inter and as we staggered dejectedly off the pitch we learnt that São Paulo had grabbed a last minute winner against Palmeiras. That left us three points adrift with just one game remaining. We therefore needed to beat Corinthians by three clear goals and hope São Paulo lose their final game. The dream was still alive, just about anyway. We now had to prepare for the biggest game of our lives against Corinthians.

Results
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">********************************************* ************************************************** *********************************************Sport Recife 4-1 H TV First Division Wellington(3), WhoshingtonVitoria 1-2 H First Division WellingtonCruzeiro 5-0 A TV First Division Maycon, Wellington(3), WhoshingtonVasco 1-3 A First Division WhoshingtonBahia 4-1 H TV First Division Galvão, Ale, Wellington, WhoshingtonFluminense 1-1 H First Division WellingtonInternacional 1-3 A First Division Wellington**************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************** </pre>
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Old 10-06-2006, 10:49 PM   Sacred Victory Post #123
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11th December 2011

Hermann Aichinger vs. Corinthians

It was nearing kick off and for the first time in his career, was so nervous he wondered whether he could handle the pressure. He only needed to take inspiration from his players who was so fired up for the game, their collective energy and enthusiasm was contagious. The Baixada was at full capacity, 18,000 roaring fans, desperately clinging onto the title dream that still existed. In 90 minutes time there would either be huge disappointment or joyous celebrations. At the end of the day, it had been a great acheivement by the team and whatever the result, Hermann Aichinger fans would certainly be very proud of their team and what they had accomplished. Barbosa continued in goal, while Matheus was the only absentee in the back four. Clecio came in to replace him, joining Para, Lucas Rocha and Leonardo. Pinzon and Juliano were on the wings, while the tried and tested partnership of Fagner Galvão and João Paulo continued in the centre. Teenage sensation Pablo Correa was left on the bench while Whoshington and Wellington started up front. Wellington was two goals short of 40 for the season, and he would certainly look to try and acheive this milestone against his former club of all teams. Corinthians were slightly under strength and the inclusion of inexperienced yet undoubtedly talented youngsters Paulo, Raphael and Silva e Silva was either an invitation to attack or a warning to defend, only time would tell. Kick off approached.

***

Up on the roof, swathed in black and totally invisible to the crowd below, Sergey lay prone observing a wide vantage point through the scope of his Dragunov rifle. He had a perfect view of the pitch and technical areas, not to mention the open air directors box. He would take down Wolfgang first and then fire at Sam before he had the chance to escape into the tunnel. It would be hard, but Sergey was an accomplished marksman.

10 miles away, Vladimir and Nikolai waited on a remote helipad. The hit was to be completed on the stroke of full time, so they had around an hour of time to kill before taking off. Vladimir was totally unaware of the situation that was about to unfold over the next 90 minutes. Nikolai quietly contemplated how he was going to apprehend Vladimir.

***

The match kicked off. Tempers were obviously high and within two minutes Edcarlos received the game's first booking. The game to a while to settle down and it was Corinthians that started to string together the first few chances. Jose Roberto Silva e Silva, a former transfer target of Sam's had a great shot saved by Barbosa. Just a few minutes later the 21 year old midfielder had another great chance that just shaved the crossbar and went out. This Corinthians domination was soon repressed as against the run of play Juan Guillermo Pinzon converted a Leonardo corner and put Hermann Aichinger 1-0 in front. As it standed Hermann Aichinger were still in 2nd but only by a point, they still had to hope Botafogo would beat São Paulo. Plus they needed a few more goals. That need was soon satisfied as Pinzon got another goal, this time a spectacular volley from range for 2-0. Wellington got the precious third just before the break, now a São Paulo defeat would deliver the title to Hermann Aichinger. But news from the city was that the game was still at 0-0, not good enough for CAHA. The referee brought an exciting first half to a close. 3-0 to Hermann Aichinger, São Paulo being held 0-0.

***

"It should be half time, lets go"

Nikolai and Vladimir leapt into the helicopter, Vladimir taking the controls and preparing for take off. The small, black helicopter took off into the night and began to head towards the Baixada....

***

Meanwhile, the second half was starting. Both teams were going for it and hence it was a scrappy and even opening to the second half. However it was Hermann Aichinger that delivered the killer blow, Wellington scoring his 40th goal of the season, making it 4-0. Game over for Corinthians. The rest of the game was spent listening to news from the São Paulo game, still 0-0. Hermann Aichinger could have had 5 or 6 but in truth their minds were drifting elsewhere. A stadium-wide sigh signalled that São Paulo had drawn with Botafogo and therefore one the league by a solitary point. The dream was over for Sam Cox and his men but it meant Copa Libertadores football next season and a real chance of winning the league next season.

***

Up on the roof, Sergey prepared to take his shot. Through the telescopic sight he could see Wolfgang sat with his head in his hands, a clear shot, an easy shot. He squeezed the trigger gently, adjusted his aim due to wind direction and slowly began to pull back the trigger, in an instant the shot would be taken and the next on its way. But just as he tried to pull the trigger, the rifle was kicked out of his hands and two men dressed in some kind of Special Ops outfits were holding machine guns pointed at his head. They instructed him to slowly get to his feet and keep his hands where they could see them, they had British accents. He obeyed but at a snails pace to buy himself time. It was at that point that he could hear a helicopter approaching.

Up in the helicopter, Vladimir looked down at where Sergey was supposed to be waiting for extraction. Instead of that he saw two men pointing guns at his comrade. He banked left sharply.

"We have been compromised, time to leave!"

"Don't move, keep the helicopter steady"


Vladimir looked to the left and saw Nikolai pointing a hand gun at him. He pulled out of the sharp bank and levelled the helicopter, he reduced speed and slowed to a steady hover. He was a mercenary not an extremist, he ideally wanted out of this alive, especially when he sensed a deal would be forthcoming.

"Land this thing, and you can go free along with the fee for this job, as long as you give us information."

"Information on the famous NPD, of course, considering you have made a very nice offer. However, I trusted you once, why should I trust you again?"

"You have the assurance of the British Government"

"Again, how can I trust you?"

"Enough of this, land the plane and tell us everything you know and we will forget this ever happened"


***

Down on the roof, the sight of the helicopter made Sergey feel immensely betrayed. Those two have betrayed me to the West, he thought bitterly. Unaware of the deal that was being offered to him and Vladimir (and for all he knew Nikolai), he now only though of revenge on the two "comrades" that had apparantly betrayed him. With lightining quick movements he snatched hold of one of the soldier's guns and pointed it skywards. The soldier still had hold of it and wrestled with Sergey for it, however Sergey had his finger on the trigger and released a burst skyward. The other soldier fired a short burst into Sergey's chest, who went down instantly. Cursing his partner's carelessness, he looked skyward and realised what a grave error they had made.

Smoke was billowing into the cockpit.

"What the hell was that?"

"Someone shot at us, they've hit the fuel tank. We're losing fuel and power"


The internal computer in the cockpit began buzzing incessantly, the helicopter began to roll around in the air, Vladimir furiosly struggled with the controls trying to regain balance. Five bullets had torn through the underbelly of the chopper and now they were losing fuel and spouting smoke and flames. It became clear that they would have to try and crash land it, but chances of survival would be slim. Rather more worringly they had drifted right over the stadium which was still packed with people.

***

Sam heard the commotion before he saw it. Screams and shouts and what sounded like a helicopter. He had just been about to go down the tunnel when he heard the shouts and screams and now he ran back onto the pitch. What he saw horrified him. A small helicopter was spinning out of control towards the south stand behind him. Spouting smoke and flame as it went, the rotors seized up and the helicopter began to plummet towards the screaming people hurrying out of the south stand. It was like something out of a nightmare, Sam braced himself as the fireball began to speed towards him........
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Old 10-07-2006, 12:26 AM   Sacred Victory Post #124
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First Division Final Standings 2011

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ================================================== ================================================== ====================Brazilian First Division 2011============================================== ================================================== ======================== Pos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D Pts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1st C São Paulo 38 22 9 7 64 33 +31 75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Hermann Aichinger 38 22 8 8 89 57 +32 74 3rd Corinthians 38 19 6 13 74 47 +27 63 4th Flamengo 38 19 6 13 62 57 +5 63 5th Vitória 38 18 5 15 67 59 +8 59 6th Internacional 38 17 8 13 43 38 +5 59 7th Grêmio 38 17 7 14 55 60 -5 58 8th Vasco 38 16 8 14 70 65 +5 56 9th Atlético Mineiro 38 16 6 16 60 58 +2 54 10th Santos 38 14 10 14 58 58 0 52 11th Cruzeiro 38 13 13 12 47 55 -8 52 12th Fluminense 38 13 12 13 59 60 -1 51 13th Palmeiras 38 11 16 11 55 61 -6 49 14th Coritiba 38 14 6 18 60 62 -2 48 15th Atlético Paranaense 38 11 15 12 58 53 +5 48 16th Bahia 38 12 9 17 47 61 -14 45 17th Botafogo 38 12 9 17 42 58 -16 45 18th Sport Recife 38 11 5 22 60 74 -14 38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19th R São Caetano 38 11 5 22 54 71 -17 38 20th R Portuguesa 38 8 5 25 40 77 -37 29================================================ ================================================== ====================== </pre>

2011 League Information

First Division

Champions
São Paulo

Runners Up
Hermann Aichinger

Relegated
São Caetano
Portuguesa

Top Scorer
32 - Wellington (Hermann Aichinger)

Player of the Year
Wellington (Hermann Aichinger)

Young Player of the Year
Luis Eduardo Hurtado (São Paulo)

Second Division

Champions
Nautico

Runners Up
Americano

Relegated
Fortaleza
Ponte Preta

Top Scorer
20- Carlinhos Bala (Santa Cruz)

Third Division

Champions
Joinville

Promoted
CSA

Top Scorer
15- Romulo (Caxias)
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12th December 2011
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Hermann Aichinger had been celebrating a famous 4-0 victory against Corinthians, which saw them narrowly miss out on the title, when one of the most bizarre accidents in recent times occured. Not long after full time, a small helicopter veered directly over the stadium and began to lose control. Eye-witnesses report seeing copius amounts of smoke and flames eminating from the helicopter, suggesting it had suffered some damage which most certainly caused it to crash. It then began to spin directly towards the south stand, where thousands of fans still remained. Fortunately it lost all power and plummeted on to the pitch, averting the mass casualties that would have occured had it hit the south stand. However, the pilot and co-pilot were both killed in the crash and the resulting explosion killed 4 fans who had been on the pitch at the time. Unconfirmed reports suggest that up to 15 people are in critical conditions in a local hospital, their identities so far unknown.

This has been without doubt the most tragic thing to affect a football match in recent times and a club spokesman offered formal condolences to the 4 fans that were killed in the accident. Despite the severity of the incident, no structural damage was caused to the newly expanded ground, although it was scant consolation for the 4 lives lost. Several witnesses outside the ground reported hearing gun-fire shortly before the crash, fuelling speculation that the helicopter was shot down, the reason will surely be determined in a police investigation.

Local police have confirmed an investigation is under way but have admitted that it is unlikely they will get to the bottom of the accident: "Whilst we are launching an immediate investigation, it is a difficult task to try and identify the bodies of the co-pilot and pilot. Because of this it is unlikely this case will be solved any time soon, we have no leads as to how this happened".
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New Year Transfer Update 2012

Out

Paulo Roberto - San Lorenzo - £950,000
With both Para and Jorge Gimenez making the right back position secure, unfortunately we decided that we would no longer require the services of Paulo and mid-way through 2011 he was placed on the transfer list. However his decent performances in 2009 and 2010 had not been forgotten around South America. San Lorenzo came in and snapped him up for just short of a million pounds, Paulo had no hesitation in making the switch to Argentina.

Leonardo - Palmeiras - £625,000
Leonardo had been ever present in the left back position for us the past two seasons, however it was a position we felt we needed to strengthen. Palmeiras had always made themselves known to be interested in Leonardo and they eventually got their man.

Diego Morais - Pasching - £500,000
Diego had been an important player for us at one point and in 2008 he netted 29 goals for the season but that was a fair while ago and since then he has made little impact for the team, however he secured a move to Europe. Pasching in Austria were keen to have him and the deal was completed.

Gomes - Coruripe - £400,000
Gomes was an academy player, in fact the first decent prospect our youth setup had produced. He was promoted to the senior squad in 2011, but made little impact making only 2 appearances. Third Division side Coruripe made an offer of an impressive £400,000, an offer which we could not refuse.

Released Players
-Jonathan, now at Londrina
-Rodrigues (Under 20), now at Maruinense
-Jose Paulo Pacheco (Under 20), now at Chapadinha
-Fabio (Under 20), now at 4 de Julho
-Everaldo (Under 20), now at Caxiense
-Marcelo (Under 20), now at Jaguare

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In

Roger Andrade Silva
"Roger" 15, DR - Free
Juninho Pernambucano recommended explosve young right back Roger to me at the start of the transfer window. We signed him up immediately and he looks set to become one of the stars of the youth team this season

Henrique Alves dos Santos
"Henrique" 20, D/WBL - £3,000,000 - Sport Recife
Under 20 international Henrique was an ideal replacement for the departed Leonardo. The youngster had started out his career at Third Division side Anapolina before earning a move to Internacional in 2009. After a fairly average two seasons with Inter, he then went to Sport Recife in 2011 a step backwards career-wise. However he excelled for Sport and was an integral part in their relegation survival. In that season he became a regular in the Brazil Under 20 side and to date has 13 caps and 1 goal to his name. A big signing for us.

Carlos Alberto Raposo
"Carlos Alberto" 19, GK - £975,000 - SE Gama
Started out as a youngster in the Goias academy, from there he went to play for SE Gama in the Second Division and at the age of just 17 became first choice keeper. A much needed addition as cover for Barbosa, Carlos immediately took the chance to further his career.

Wilson Viana
"Viana" 18, DM - £2,000,000 - Fortaleza
A fantastic prospect, Viana is a long term replacement for Fagner Galvão. Blessed with amazing ability we had to fend off a number of other sides to secure his signature. A major transfer for Fortaleza who will fin £2,000,000 crucial in their quest to bounce back from relegation to the Third Division.

Under 20 Promotions
-Raphael 17, ST
-Jorge 16, AMRL
2012 Hermann Aichinger Squad
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> *************************************************P layer Apps Conc********************************************** ***-Barbosa 93 128-Carlos Alberto 0 0************************************************* Player Apps Goals********************************************* ****-Para 112 7-Henrique 0 0-Matheus 171 4-Lucas Rocha 39 1-Clecio 157 20 -Jorge Gimenez 44 6-João Paulo 141 20-Fagner Galvão 94 14-Ale 132 19 -Juliano 159 34-Juan Guillermo Pinzon 68 10-Viana 0 0 -Maycon 125 17-Moises 27 3-Jorge 0 0-Pablo Correa 55 23-Whoshington 85 47-Wellington 172 130-Raphael 0 0</pre>
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I know I say this every time, Xenon, but this is completely gripping, and utterly brilliant. My hat is off to you, my friend.
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Once again, thank you very much chesterfan. It's always nice to hear from someone that has been reading from the start :thup:. I think we are entering the latter stages of this story, with this coming season (2012) possibly being the penultimate one. All things must come to an end and I think this one has almost run its course, unless I can persuade myself to complete a decade as CAHA boss. However I am thinking of writing a spin off or possibly a short story in the future, so the game will be kept running after this story comes to an end.

The structural damage that had been sustained had been repaired fairly quickly in time for the new season. However the emotional damage was proving to be tough to deal with, the death toll eventually rising to 7 fans. A memorial service was planned at the stadium and a statue was commissioned to comemorate the fans that had been lost. Sam and four time fan's player of the year Wellington, placed a wreath at the foot of the statue, before the gathered crowd observed a minutes silence. The club then pledged that all the players would wear black armbands for the remainder of the season as a mark of respect. The police had abandoned their investigation and the identities of the two pilots remained unknown. The thought that this accident may have had a sinister input, was a thought that often entered Sam's mind, but he at least considered the matter between him and the NPD resolved, but he was never sure as far as the German organisation was concerned. This was a terrible way to see in the New Year, especially given the superb performance that the team had put in last season. Runners up in the league after just 6 years previously being in the Third Division, now they had the Copa Libertadores to look forward to. Wolgang was present at the memorial ceremony and after it was finished, Sam went to have a word with his chairman.

"How are things?"

"It's difficult to say, all I want to do is find out who did this. To be honest I have a fair idea. How are the new players?"

"Settling in well, Viana looks a class act"

"I should hope so, two million for an 18 year old is a big gamble for a club like us."

"He'll come good, so anyway you were saying you think you know who was behind the crash, you don't think it was an accident?"


Wolfgang solemnly shook his head.

"I think this one is to do with our 'friends' over in Germany..."

He chuckled to himself.

"It is supposed to be my homeland, but I face threats from every direction in the place I used to call home. I feel much more at home here."

It was at that point that Sam began to think of his own homeland. Six years had gone fast and he hadn't really thought of everything he had left behind in England. But now he felt a pang of homesickness and he began to realise he needed to think about when he was to return. Not yet though, he thought. But Hermann Aichinger was not a job for life and he began thinking about his options.
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Copa Libertadores 2012 Group Stage Draw


Group A
Bolivar - (Bolivia)
Cerro Porteno - (Paraguay)
Flamengo - (Brazil)
Pachuca - (Mexico)


Group B
Cruz Azul - (Mexico)
Hermann Aichinger - (Brazil)
Nacional - (Uruguay)
The Strongest - (Bolivia)


Group C
Cobreloa - (Chile)
Deportivo Municipal - (Peru)
Independiente - (Argentina)
Vitoria - (Brazil)


Group D
Bella Vista - (Uruguay)
El Nacional - (Ecuador)
Pumas - (Mexico)
São Paulo - (Brazil)


Group E
Atletico Paranaense - (Brazil)
Colo Colo - (Chile)
San Lorenzo - (Argentina)
Sporting Cristal - (Peru)


Group F
[i]Alianza Atletico - (Peru)
Deportivo Cali - (Colombia)
Deportivo Tachira - (Venezuela)
River - (Argentina)

Group G
America - (Colombia)
Caracas - (Venezuela)
Olimpia - (Paraguay)
Racing Club - (Argentina)


Group H
Barcelona - (Ecuador)
Boca - (Argentina)
Corinthians - (Brazil)
Univesidad Catolica - (Chile)

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Santa Catarina State Round Up 2012

At first I had thought that the state championships were an over-long and unneccesary distraction from the season ahead, but now I find it a useful exercise in preparing the players, getting their fitness up and allowing the strikers to re-discover their goalscoring form after the end of season holiday. It was also useful in settling in the new signings. However it was a competetion that we had performed in poorly in past years, under my management we have only won the competetion only once out of five attempts and it was my aim to reclaim the title. We were drawn in Group 2 alongside Third Division sides Avai, Criciuma and Tuburão who were all tricky sides to play against. Joining those teams were non-league sides Chapecoense and Guarani de Palhoca, a team we have racked up many goals against. Qualification should be a certainty and we got off to a great start, knocking 7 past Guarani de Palhoca. We had lost a few players who were off competing at the South American Under 20 championships, always an annoyance at this early stage of the season. Plus Barbosa and Juan Pinzon were off representing Brazil and Colombia at senior level for the first time. But despite that it was a comfortable win with Juliano, Ale, Whoshington and João Paulo all scoring plus two penalties converted by Para.

Next was a tricky trip to Tuburão and we ended up on the better side of an 8 goal thriller. Wendel Brasilia gave the home side a shock lead, before Wellington and Whoshington were both on target (Whoshington twice) to put us 3-1 up at half time. But in the second half, Tuburão struck back through Rubens to make it 3-2. Whoshington secured his hat-trick to restore the two goal cushion late on, but not long after that Rubens got his second to make it 4-3. In stoppage time Wellington netted his second and ended the game 5-3, a spirited display from Tuburão.

It was another close game at home to Criciuma although we seemed to have wrapped it up. Two goals from Wellington and one from Ale put us 3-1 up, as Fagner Galvão had carelessly put the ball in his own in the first half, with just four minutes remaining. However we were complacent and Raimundo Filho and Franklin rescued a 3-3 draw. But it was the only points we would drop in the whole group phase. An easy 4-1 win against former bitter rivals Avai followed, Correa and Pinzon making scoring returns along with goals from Wellington and Whoshington. Alysson grabbed the consolation for Avai.

Chapecoense put up some stubborn resistance in the next game but two early goals from João Paulo and Pablo Correa gave us a 2-0 win. Guarani de Palhoca gave an improved performance as this time they only let in three goals, all of them in the first half. Wellington, Moises and Pablo Correa all on target.

Tuburão received a good hiding when they visited us, Pablo Correa netting a hat trick inside 12 minutes. Fagner Galvão and Wellington added two of their own in a rampant 7-0 win. A comprehensive 5-0 win against Chapecoense followed, João Paulo netting two, his midfield colleague Galvão just the one, plus two outstanding free kicks from Juliano. The group was rounded off with a comfortable 2-0 win against Avai, Whoshington and Pablo Correa sealing the win.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ================================================== ================================================== =========Brazilian Santa Catarina State Championship Group 2 - 2012============================================== ================================================== =============Pos. Team P W D L F A G.D Pts.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Q Hermann Aichinger 10 9 1 0 40 7 +33 282. Q Criciuma 10 5 3 2 23 11 +12 18-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. Avai 10 5 2 3 14 12 +2 174. Tuburão 10 2 3 5 14 23 -7 95. Chapecoense 10 2 2 6 9 24 -15 8-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6. R Guarani de Palhoca 10 0 3 7 8 31 -23 3================================================= ================================================== ==========</pre>

Semi Final Draw
Hermann Aichinger vs. Marcilio Dias
Figueirense vs. Criciuma


After failing at this stage the previous two seasons, we were handed a semi final tie that we couldn't really mess up. Marcilio Dias were making their first semi final appearance in a long time. We produced a confident display in the first leg, Pablo Correa scoring twice and Fagner Galvão also on target to give us a 3-0 lead. However there was a small glimmer of hope for Marcilio Dias as right winger Souza scored late on to reduce the defecit to two goals.

Marcilio Dias had played fairly well in the first leg but they were totally outclassed in the second, Whoshington, Pablo Correa and two goals from Juan Guillermo Pinzon sealing a 4-0 win that sent us into the final with a 7-1 aggregate win. We would go on to face Figueirense who had defeated Criciuma 4-3 on aggregate.

Final
Figueirense vs. Hermann Aichinger

Our last state final appearances was also against Figueirense, then it had taken penalties to beat the Second Division side. However you could have argued that back in 2009 Figueirense were a much better team than us. But now there was a huge gulf in class and we should claim an easy win over two legs. Over 20,000 people packed the Orlando Scarpelli in Florianopolis for the first leg. And after just two minutes it looked as though our now trademark stutter in this competetion would strike again. Romulo sent the home fans into raptures as he scored a fantastic goal to give Figueirense an early 1-0 lead. We didn't play at all well and in the second half it looked to be heding for disaster as Osmar doubled Figueirense's lead. A late goal from Pablo Correa pulled it back to 2-1, but we would go into the second leg a goal down.

Thankfully Pablo Correa levelled the tie after just 7 minutes had been played in the seccond leg, a sublime chip making it 2-2 on aggregate. It was a close game that once again looked to be heading for penalties until Juan Guillermo Pinzon netted the winner late on. A 3-2 aggregate victory allowing us to get our hands on the state trophy for a second time.

Results
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ************************************************** ****************************************Guarani de Palhoca 7-0 H Santa Catarina Para(2), Juliano, João Paulo, Ale, Whoshington(2)Tuburão 5-3 A Santa Catarina Wellington(2), Whoshington(3)Criciuma 3-3 H Santa Catarina Ale, Wellington(2)Avai 4-1 A Santa Catarina Pinzon, Wellington, Correa, WhoshingtonChapecoense 2-0 A Santa Catarina João Paulo, CorreaGuarani de Palhoca 3-0 A Santa Catarina Moises, Correa, WellingtonTuburão 7-0 H TV Santa Catarina Galvão(2), Correa(3), Wellington(2)Criciuma 2-0 A Santa Catarina Para, WhoshingtonChapecoense 5-0 H Santa Catarina Juliano(2), João Paulo(2), GalvãoAvai 2-0 H Santa Catarina Correa, WhoshingtonMarcilio Dias 3-1 A TV Santa Catarina Semi Leg 1 Galvão, Correa(2)Marcilio Dias 4-0 H TV Santa Catarina Semi Leg 2 Pinzon(2), Correa, WhoshingtonFigueirense 1-2 A TV Santa Catarina Final Leg 1 CorreaFigueirense 2-0 H TV Santa Catarina Final Leg 2 Correa, Pinzon******************************************** ************************************************** **********************************************</pre>
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