Calanda Broncos win Efaf Cup title in heavy rain
The Calanda Broncos made a dream come true on Saturday evening: The reigning Swiss Champion defeated the Swedish top team Carlstad Crusaders in a duel of two of the last unbeaten teams in Switzerland for the Efaf Cup title. The Broncs won in heavy rain and party thunderstorms and a defensively dominated game in front of 1580 spectators in stadium Ringstrasse 17:3 (7:0, 7:0, 0:3, 3:0) and are the first Swiss team to not only reach the final, but to also win it.
After two weeks of picture perfect summer weather in the Swiss alps, two hours before the game the sky broke and rain started to pour down on the magnificient field in Chur. This more or less didn't stop during the whole game, got stronger in the second half, when some thunder and lightning in the mountains resulted in a very wet and almost bizarre scenery in front of a raucous and exciting crowd of more than 1500 spectators.
The pass-oriented Crusaders were suffering from the beginning from the bad weather circumstances, Quarterback star Rob Curley couldn't establish any passing offense, so that the Swedes already started to mix in Allrounder Mark Leggiero as Running Quarterback in the shotgun. But it was the Broncos who had the better start. After deflected and missed field goal of Tissi Robinson in the first quarter, it was the German-American native, who made the first of the few big plays in the game. Quarterback Sasha Glavic, who was starting for his reconvalescent brother Marko (who gave a comeback on offense on certain series in the second half) completed a 58-yard-pass to Robinson for the biggest gain of the night. Two plays later, Robinson scored on a reverse from 11 yards out. The Crusaders still struggled: A punt in the second half was blocked and gave the Broncos great field position, a couple of plays later it was Quarterback Sasha Glavic, who scored with a short run from the 1-yard-line. The Crusaders finally got something going before halftime, but their comeback tries were destroyed with an Interception of Broncos Safety Matt Hammer. But the undefeated leader of the Swedish national championship were not ready to give up yet and stormed ferociously into the third quarter, got a good drive until the 3-yard-line of the Broncos, but were stopped on third down and had to settle for a field goal (14:3). As the weather got worse, but offense couldn't establish anything anymore. The only other substantial drive happened in the fourth quarter, as the Broncos moved with a couple of nice runs by Running Back Greg Jones in field goal territory. Robinson scored from 41 yards out for the final score of 17:3.
As the weather had a great impact on both teams especially in the second half, the Broncos deserved the win thanks to a inspired and better showing in the first two quarter, when Tissi Robinson and Sasha Glavic scored the only two touchdowns of the game. Too bad, that the nice crowd didn't get a chance to see all the potential that is in both teams, but at the end, everybody - obviously except of the classy and professional Carlstad program - was happy at stadium Ringstrasse.
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After two weeks of picture perfect summer weather in the Swiss alps, two hours before the game the sky broke and rain started to pour down on the magnificient field in Chur. This more or less didn't stop during the whole game, got stronger in the second half, when some thunder and lightning in the mountains resulted in a very wet and almost bizarre scenery in front of a raucous and exciting crowd of more than 1500 spectators.
The pass-oriented Crusaders were suffering from the beginning from the bad weather circumstances, Quarterback star Rob Curley couldn't establish any passing offense, so that the Swedes already started to mix in Allrounder Mark Leggiero as Running Quarterback in the shotgun. But it was the Broncos who had the better start. After deflected and missed field goal of Tissi Robinson in the first quarter, it was the German-American native, who made the first of the few big plays in the game. Quarterback Sasha Glavic, who was starting for his reconvalescent brother Marko (who gave a comeback on offense on certain series in the second half) completed a 58-yard-pass to Robinson for the biggest gain of the night. Two plays later, Robinson scored on a reverse from 11 yards out. The Crusaders still struggled: A punt in the second half was blocked and gave the Broncos great field position, a couple of plays later it was Quarterback Sasha Glavic, who scored with a short run from the 1-yard-line. The Crusaders finally got something going before halftime, but their comeback tries were destroyed with an Interception of Broncos Safety Matt Hammer. But the undefeated leader of the Swedish national championship were not ready to give up yet and stormed ferociously into the third quarter, got a good drive until the 3-yard-line of the Broncos, but were stopped on third down and had to settle for a field goal (14:3). As the weather got worse, but offense couldn't establish anything anymore. The only other substantial drive happened in the fourth quarter, as the Broncos moved with a couple of nice runs by Running Back Greg Jones in field goal territory. Robinson scored from 41 yards out for the final score of 17:3.
As the weather had a great impact on both teams especially in the second half, the Broncos deserved the win thanks to a inspired and better showing in the first two quarter, when Tissi Robinson and Sasha Glavic scored the only two touchdowns of the game. Too bad, that the nice crowd didn't get a chance to see all the potential that is in both teams, but at the end, everybody - obviously except of the classy and professional Carlstad program - was happy at stadium Ringstrasse.
Veröffentlicht am:
14:12:07 18.07.2010 von Broncos_Redaktion
Letzte Aktualisierung
14:12:07 18.07.2010
