Victoria in semi-finals
Tuesday 17th of June was held the second quarterfinal of the Tallink Cup 2014. Victoria versus Silja Symphony at Kaknäs stadium (Stockholm) – kick off 12:00 local time.
Victoria won the group A with maximum points and Symphony qualified as a second from group C. Victoria has been very successful all the years (silver, gold medals and last year 4th place) and now again in playoffs. Symphony reached to quarterfinals also in last year´s tournament, but then they lost to Romantika. Victoria and Symphony have met in football field 2011 (3:2 for Victoria) and 2012 (7:1 for Victoria) and 2013 (0:0). History favors Victoria and also they are in a good move this year, but as all we know the ball is round and unpredictable. Let's see how the battle between home port of Stockholm and home port of Tallinn will be clarified this year.
The game started and lasted and ended in general with the dominance of Victoria. Symphony did fight well, but it was not enough this time. Score was opened but Victoria's striker Toomas the lotsofgoals Kaldma on the eleventh minute. Victoria did before half time whistle 2 more and didn't give too much room for their colleagues form Sweden. Half time score 3:0 for Victoria. On the second half the picture of the game didn't changed very much. Victoria had many chances to score and they resulted additional 4. Altogether, above mentioned mister the lotsofgoals did from them hat trick plus 2 more. In the very end of the game Symphony managed to score their goal of honor. Unfortunately a small injury happened during the game, where Victoria's player collapsed with Symphony's goalkeeper and Victoria's player need some medical help with his eye brow. Mnjahh, what to do, sometimes these unfortunate things happen in football. Despite of the result of the game, Symphony had performed a good tournament and we salute you and see you again next year.
Final score Victoria versus Symphony 7:1 (half time 3:0). Good play and netted strong victory – Victoria in semi-finals again. Congratulations! Well done guys!
Goals:
Toomas Kaldma (Victoria) 11´ 1:0, 17` 2:0, 35` 4:0, 51` 6:0, 55` 7:0
Martin Vilokas (Victoria) 25´ 3:0; 38´ 5:0
Jordan Purser (Symphony) 61´ 1:7
Cards:
Torbjörn Liljehammar (Symphony) - yellow
MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the game was Toomas Kaldma (Victoria).
Referee: Jari Raminen
Victoria´s opponent in the semifinal will be clarified on 19th of June in Helsinki between Superstar and Silja Serenade. Also the quarterfinal Baltic Queen versus Tallink Office will be played on 1st of July in Tallinn, from where Hotels team is waiting for their opponent to semi-final game.
Taavi Tiivel
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