World Cup Final - Manager's update 2

It's quite exciting to be writing my second blog entry on the eve of Titans appearing in the Division 2 Gay World Cup Final.

The club continues to attract worldwide media attention: http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Detail.aspx?axd=DetailPaging.Search1&axs=077065505%2c77016235%2c77016200%2c77016124%2c77015843%2c76306071%2c76097754%2c76097695%2c76064998%2c76062795%2c76062406%2c73159731%2c72874437%2c73159710%2c73159621%2c73159668%2c2531046%2c1589793%2c75877583%2c1589638%2c1589627%2c497895%2c4978930&id=77065505
and http://es.noticias.yahoo.com/afp/20070927/foto/pen-argentina-homosexuales-eb0e2dd522b60.html

However, let me update you with the events from the last few days. In yesterday's games, Titans Red (my team) played London Leftovers in the last 8 of the division 2 tournament. Things become a little confusing because Titans Red had to play in yellow. We won our London derby 5-0. Meanwhile, Londons Yellow (Sally's team, playing in red) drew their match against Seattle Rain, 0-0. This resulted in them having to have a penalty shoot out, which was in front of possibly the biggest crowd that the Titans have played in front of (about 300) and featured on last night's Argentinian local news.

Their victory meant that the Titans teams came head to head in a quarter final. It seemed quite strange for the Titans squads to be playing each other in the World Cup and the searing sun of South America was a long way away from Sunday training at Richmond's Old Deer Park. The Titans motto of "one squad not two teams" fell by the wayside for 60 minutes as both teams fiercely fought for a semi final place. Titans Red (my team) eventually won 4-0 leaving the Titans Yellow to take part in a penalty shoot out to try and secure a place in the semi final. Despite a valiant effort, they lost out to Chile.

Today Titans Red played their semi final game against Philadelphia Falcons. We quickly gained a 3-0 lead but by half time the Falcons had drawn level. The Titans went 4-3 up in the second half only for Falcons to draw level. The game ended 4-4 which meant that the tie had to be decided by a penalty shoot out. The first 4 Titans penalty takers calmly scored their goals and when 2 Falcons missed their target, we were assured of an appearance in the Gay World Cup final.

Tomorrow's final takes place at the Estadio Defensores de Belgrano (http://www.defe.com.ar/estadio.htm?PHPSESSID=8eb5b0028856f0095ec321c149a22a8d) and kicks off at 11am Argentinian time (Saturday 29th September 3pm UK time). Our opponents are West Hollywood. It seems that we have the support not only of the UK teams and our Danish friends from the Euromix team but also of the rest of the tournament's competitiors.

Whatever the result, the Titans squad has done me proud.