“So the Sandstorm chances of a trophy ended here, much like the afterlife of Kik'im the Dirty who goes off to the great Salt Plain in the Sky to kick the countless prone dwarves strewn across the landscape.

The match was off to an inauspicious start when Kik'im was re-killed with the first action of the match, a very large fist ending what had been an unpromising career which had delivered even less. Smeg the Undying then left the pitch and the hope of avoiding too much damage by putting dust goblins on the line to avoid the big guys getting hurt was beginning to look a bit silly. Ozzy then decided he quite liked it on the LOS and wasn't going to move from his spot and the Sandstorm were beginning to look like they were in trouble. and they were... 1-0 down not long after.

Still, a riot gave them plenty of time to get the equaliser. Sandstorm immediately wasted it doing much of nothing on and around the halfway line generally being incompetent and useless whilst the Dust ground them down. Eventually Khok'tap and Mugg made a break for it and despite being caught and sacked managed to bundle the ball over the line at the last second. 1-1 at halftime.

However, down a Tomb Scorpion for the second half things were not looking good. Smeg the undying decided he didn't fancy this half either and left the pitch almost immediately. Players then started to leave the pitch steadily with the game turning into the Sandstorm trying to hide the ball with ever fewer players. Eventually there was only Khok'tap trying to hide behind a Tomb Scorpion. Unfortunately he hid himself a bit too far back and left himself too much to do to run it in. There was a last gasp effort at throwing Nipnop into the endzone but it wasn't to be. 1-1 and into extra time.

With only 10 players managing to hobble out for the second half it was going to be tough. Sandstorm won the toss and elected to receive giving themselves a chance. Unfortunately they were soon swarmed by Dust players. They valiantly tried to make their way down the pitch with Khok'tap eventually just having to do everything himself (as usual!). He valiantly tried to dodge past the 5 players surrounding him but was just caught at the last. Khok'tap turned and harried the ball carrier all the way but to no avail. The Zandri Dust go on to the semi finals.

2-1 to Zandri Dust.

Coach's note: There was a criminal waste of my last remaining team reroll on T16 attempting an impossible TTM. I was tired, it had been a long game and it was fun. No regrets. Except now. Looking back, it was a terrible decision. Probably influenced by not giving myself the chance of scoring. Idiot. It also nealry got Khok'tap killed which is even worse.

Then I thought the Dust extra time T7 was their T8 and picked a skull instead of a push because I thought that made the TD attempt harder. It didn't, he just strolled in in two turns...

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