It was the final round of matches in the Golden State League. FC Antel needs a win to escape relegation. They were rather unfortunate, so to say, to be paired with the defending champions who needs just a draw to retain the title.
It is a common belief among football lovers that it won't be an easy ride for FC Antel looking at the calibre of opposition they'll be facing on the last day of the league.
The much anticipated day came and to the credit of the coach of FC Antel team, all his squad were fit. The same goes for their opponent. It was therefore an evenly matched contest as both teams entered the game with its full squad.
The first half of the game was filled with a lot of fireworks as both teams made several attempts to outwit the other. Unfortunately no goals came.
Then when the second half was resumed the coach of FC Antel made a few changes which includes bringing on an attacker who wasted no time to announce his entry with a goal. The whole stadium which was hitherto silent went agog.
With the defending champions trailing by a lone goal, they all came out to salvage the situation. Unfortunately, that gave FC Antel another opportunity to shock them. The newly introduced striker struck again! It was 2-0 against the reigning champions.
That second goal got the defending champions demoralized. All efforts to spur them into action by their coach proved abortive as they lost courage completely to forge ahead with the game. They never believed that FC Antel will sting them like that. In their complacency FC Antel struck yet again. That made it 3-0 against the reigning champions with the same player scoring thrice - a hattrick!
Few minutes after that third goal, the referee signaled the end of the game. It was a sad day for the reigning champions as they lost the crown to the second placed team on the table who leapfrogged them with a win earlier in the day while it was a jolly day for the FC Antel team as they secured their place in the league albeit in a grand fashion way.
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