In their last home game in the regular season, the Division Team (6:0) welcomed the Blackvalley Wild (3:2) last Saturday at the Ravelin. The Vikings were only able to win the first leg by a hair’s breadth with 16:14 and everything pointed to an equally tight second leg. But this time, the Wilds couldn’t contain the Vikings.
In the second drive, the Vikings tanked up to the guests’ 5-yard line, but then got stuck and tried a field goal on the fourth try, but the kick from close range went past the uprights to the side. The guests didn’t fare any better in the subsequent drive, because their field goal attempt also failed. Just before the end of the first quarter, the first touchdown could be celebrated: Hadji Ali Moments expired 48 Yards into the end zone of the wilds and Michael Tomasin transformed the PAT to 7-0 lead. After that, the Wilds fought their way deep into the Vikings’ red zone, but were then stopped and stopped by a shared sack of Paulo Trindade and Patrick Schlosser even be pushed back significantly. This forced the Wilds to attempt a field goal, but this one was no good and with that, the Vikings’ offense came back onto the field. After several first downs Illya Hapak a short pass and then ran another 25 yards for a touchdown. After a successful PAT and in the pouring rain, the 14:0 leadership in the half-time break.
After the break, the two teams neutralized each other and it was a sack of Domenic Reichenauer at the beginning of the last quarter the first highlight of the second half. After that, the Vikings offense had to give up the ball shortly before the opponent’s red zone after a turnover on downs, but they won in the first play Paulo Trindade the released ball and its subsequent return could only be stopped shortly before the end zone. Jakub Ovecka then ran the last yards for a touchdown and a 21:0 lead from the point of view of the home side. After common sack through Patrick Schlosser and Ingvar iGerdinum and with only 5 minutes left on the clock, the Wilds were now forced to fold and the Vikings Defense knew how to use this perfectly: Daniel Neuwirth intercepted a pass attempt on his own 10 yard line and returned the ball across the field for a touchdown. After a penalty against the wilds and a sack of Daniel Khopp the guests had to punt from their own red zone, the Victory Formation of the Vikings came onto the field and knelt to win 28:0.
“We had a good game plan, which the players – on both sides of the ball – executed very well and that’s why today’s victory – even with this somewhat unexpected clarity – was more than deserved”has shown Head coach Emmanuel Gatzakis very satisfied with the team performance and the victory. With the 7th win in the 7th game, the division team is already ahead of the last regular season game #1 seed of their conference and therefore their playoff game will take place in Vienna. In the Semifinals on July 8th on the Ravelin so it comes to a firecracker duel Vikings Division Team vs Tyrolean Raiders II. You couldn’t wish for more excitement and explosiveness, but before that the Vikings are going to the Klosterneuburg Broncos on June 24th. In the last game of the regular season, the division team could even write itself in the history books of the club, because an away win would also mean the Perfect Season mean and that is not an everyday occurrence even with such a successful club as the AFC Vienna Vikings.
Vikings Division Team vs. Blackvalley Wild
28:0 (7:0/7:0/0:0/14:0)
- Juni2023, W/Footballzentrum Ravelinstraße
Scorer Vikings: Neuwirth (TD), Moment (TD), Hapak (TD), Ovecka (TD) Tomasin (3x PAT)
2023-06-13 12:56:07
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