Week 3 Hungry Hungry Hippos vs nonkweli

According to the weather report, it’s 56 degrees mostly cloudy 10% chance of precipitation, 62% humidity winds WNW 10 MPH. This is a playoff game between 11 seed and undefeated underdog Nonkweli Versus 6 seed with a record of 1-0-2 Hungry Hungry Hippos on turf field #2. Kickoff is scheduled for 7pm. Will we see Nonkweli get an upset here tonight or will HHH be Hungry for a victory? This is HHH’s 2^nd time to be game of the week. The HHH looks to be playing a man down because they are missing several girls. One of the guys on the team has to be a sub which means it might tire the HHH out.

Nonkweli starts the game with the kickoff. It looks like Nonkweli is taking advantage of being up a player and scores quickly three minutes into the game. Ryan Maisel scores to make it 1-0 Nonkweli. HHH is looking very sluggish and is not playing good defense or offense to start the game, because two minutes later Nonnie Onyekweli of Nonkweli scores to make it 2-0. HHH need to get focus on the task a head or it could be a long game for them. HHH’s Matteo with his fancy footwork, speed and skill scores to make it 2-1 with ten minutes left in the first half. Nonkweli is getting very greedy and starts taking a lot more shots than HHH but those shots go wide. Matteo looks to have a great opportunity to score on a breakaway however Nonkweli will her skill and athletic ability is able prevent the speedster Matteo from tying the game up. With a minute left in the first half Adel of the HHH is able to score and tie the game up 2-2, and that’s how the half ended. I think the HHH looked out of place to start the game because they are missing several key players that could have helped Nonkweli from scoring. It just looks like Nonkweli wants it more than HHH.

The second half begins with HHH with the ball. This game is looking very physical. About three minutes into the second half Ryan scores a second time for giving Nonkweli an 3-2 lead. This game is turning out to be a very competitive game. Nonkweli has had more chance to score to make it 4-2 but HHH’s goalie with his excellent ability is able to stop Ryan from scoring. The HHH goalie was out of position and leaving the net open but he dove and was able to block the ball from going in. Sonia the captain of HHH scored from the corner. Adel and Matteo say it was a “very sick and nice shot from the corner” with about four minutes left in the game making the score 3-3. But Eric from Nonkweli scores to make the score 4-3 and that’s how the game ended in Nonkweli favor. HHH just wasn’t that hungry for a victory.

It was a very hard fought game. Being down a player and missing a few key players really hurt the HHH’s chances of winning the game. After the game I had a chance to talk to Nonkweli Robin Atkinson, who said “We played awesome and they were down 1 and we only had 2 subs and we got discouraged when they scored two goals but we knew we could win with them being down a player, and they were tired and we just kept pushing. It was awesome being the underdog and beating the 6 seeded HHH.”