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As soon as the teams were announced Eddie117 took to social media to announce his consternation at being given a team with only one defender. No one displayed much sympathy and he was asked to do his best. His response included an acronym which we must give the benefit of the doubt as to its meaning. The clear thing was that Eddie117 indicated quite early on that the situation was singularly difficult for his side and significantly better for his opposition. For balance though, keen observers will note that the team against Eddie's All Stars was not the same team that had humbled them the previous week. Indeed the only survivor was Coach Hagenius who had backed four other players and Guest Colin, whom he had never seen play, to join him in defeating the All Stars again.

Inspired by the steadying hand of Eddie117 the All Stars were 4 - 1 ahead by the end of the first 18 minutes. The mercurial Guest Arthur had scored a hat-trick and Guest Sav had been given the Freedom of North London by a scientific assist from Eddie117 that took the whole of the Blue Bibs team out of the game.

18:23 on the clock - The ball went over and rolled under a locked gate out into the street. This unexpected break in play should have been a chance for the Blue Bibs to get into a huddle and re-group. In fact if Austin, Andyhibbert, Ellislewis123, MarkA or MGure had been playing the players would have been called into a huddle. If MSGomes were on the pitch they would have been dragged. But in this new age, ballers mainly stayed in vicinity of their last known position like chess pieces awaiting the next move. When the ball came back the next move was dealt by Guest Sav who finally banged in the goal we knew he had in him and had waited for since last week.

Blue Bibs 1 - 5 Eddie's All Stars

To be fair if you are five one down and Guest Gustavo has not scored then you know that there is a whole world of hurt still supposed to come.

Guest Simba was keeping like a Chancellor of the Exchequer, nothing was given for free and anyone with a goal in mind had to work hard to earn it.

27:00 on the clock - If you are early career and you want to learn about the value of a defence splitting pin point, daisy-cutter pass then look no further. Only Jumhal's superb reflexes from Guest Gustavo denied Eddie117 another brilliant assist.

VAR Check

28:51 on the clock - VAR is asked to look at a potential issue around a goal scored at the point of the White Bibs change of keeper.

VAR sees Guest Simba pass the ball to Guest Arthur within the confines of the penalty area as they swap roles as goalkeeper. Guest Arthur takes control of the ball within the area and back heels it to the departing Guest Simba who does not see it and it ends up with Naz who scores.

VAR Verdict: The new keeper returned the ball to open play. The resulting goal stands.

Naz joins the rarified group of players who have scored two televised goals within the same minute. Indeed that group may be so rarified that he is in it on his own. We shall confirm when the club's stats are eventually collated.

32:42 on the clock - if you have a high definition screen, zoom in on the All Stars new keeper, and note that he is actually on his mobile phone. Wait, hesitate and listen. In the history of our football we have never seen a keeper on his mobile phone during competitive play. Never. This supreme confidence even tops the days when Jermaine would play with his hands in his pockets.

Gustavo came to the party on 34 minutes and began his long delayed world of pain which comprised a hat-trick in four minutes to draw level with Guest Arthur as lead scorer on the night. By 41 minutes on the clock BILZ96 brought up his own hat-trick and joined the battle for the match ball.

Managerial obfuscation is the practice of causing the observer not to see something that you are doing in plain sight. If you revert to Eddie117's pre-match statement, it is clear that it was genius. Essentially he misdirected the opposition and no one saw or thought of the fact that by telling everyone that he had no defence suddenly Guest Eren became the unaccounted for quiet catalyst who could quietly sit back and help pull the strings of what would become a memorable tactical display.

Match Ball is awarded to Guest Gustavo who scored four goals.

Post Match Interviews

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Final Score

Blue Bibs (Naz's Warriors) 9 - 13 White Bibs (Eddie's All Stars)

Match awarded to White Bibs (Eddie's All Stars)

Let's do it all again next match at Tottenham Wednesday FC.