Our next knockout phase game is at 6:30 PM against the Brazilian team RobôCIn. Both teams are already preparing on the field and both are ready. The referee is asking about colors and side preferences. We are playing with blue patterns and our transparent shells. The Mid Size League is bombarding us with balls. The problem is that their balls are almost as big as our robots and thus pose a real danger.

First Half:

5:00 CIn fails the first ball placement. It’s our turn and we play good passes in RobôCIn’s half. But they are also strong and just as quickly the ball is dangerously close to our goal again. Our number 7 wants to be substituted.

4:00 Corner for RobôCIn but we defend very well. This is definitely a match between two equally strong opponents.

3:00 We have a corner. And the ball is out again. The referee places the ball manually. We have to take out a robot due to a yellow card. Corner for us. RobôCIn has too many robots on the field. We fumble a ball in RobôCIn’s penalty area and it bounces off their goalkeeper into the goal. 1:0 for us.

2:00 Kickoff and ball placement for us. Unfortunately, we can’t agree on which robot should place the ball and fail the ball placement. Duel at the midfield and little progress in the game. We take out another robot due to cards. Both teams can’t really move the ball and the kickoff keeps changing.

1:00 RobôCIn has a corner. Very little happens during RobôCIn’s ball placement. So the corner goes to us. Few seconds left and we can substitute a robot again. It’s also nice to see our robots switching out on their own. We place the ball in the midfield, but unfortunately don’t shoot properly. RobôCIn does nothing during ball placement again. We take advantage of that. But pass cautiously to the back and not towards the goal.

Halftime:

We cool down our robots again. But RobôCIn is also performing some spontaneous maintenance. RobôCIn takes another timeout to fix their ball placement problems. We are still waiting for RobôCIn to end their timeout.

Second Half:

5:00 Kickoff for us and immediately a tough duel in RobôCIn’s half. But both teams are equally good and can’t dribble perfectly. RobôCIn’s ball placement still doesn’t work. Their timeout apparently didn’t help. Therefore, we get the next chance and grab a free kick which we turn into a very dangerous pass combination. Unfortunately, we shoot wide.

4:00 Very close to taking the ball out of bounds and then it rolls into the goal. Unfortunately no goal because it was out before. Good back pass from us. But unfortunately not converted. RobôCIn takes another timeout to fix the ball placement, but it doesn’t work for the next corner either. Our number 7 is stuck and we lose the ball placement. It briefly had no signal.

3:00 Our keeper provokes a very dangerous situation. Luckily nothing happened. Long balls over the field again. But unfortunately, no team can take a real advantage. RobôCIn still can’t do ball placement and we get the free kick if we manage the placement, but it looks bad.

2:00 RobôCIn shoots too fast. Free kick in our half for RobôCIn, that’s dangerous. Duel in front of RobôCIn’s goal. But no real chance for us. We also struggle with ball placement. Timeout for RobôCIn. One last attempt to fix the ball placement.

1:00 Unfortunately, we also keep colliding with ourselves. Luckily, these are not fouls. We take a timeout to implement improvements in ball placement. Hopefully, it works. In a few seconds, a robot can be substituted again. Corner from RobôCIn in their half. Two of our robots are driving poorly and we take them out. Just before the end, RobôCIn’s ball placement works again. A shot at our goal aaand fortunately missed. That was very close at the end but the game is over.

So we play tomorrow morning at 10:30 AM against ZJUNlict and are at least third place in Division A of the Small Size League.