Our next knockout phase game is against the Japanese team RoboDragons. Kickoff is currently scheduled for 3:00 PM. However, the previous match between RobôCIn and Immortals seems to be delayed. The game will likely start around 3:15 PM. The game setup is still ongoing. We are playing in blue.

First Half

5:00 Kickoff for RoboDragons and the ball is out of bounds. We are currently struggling with ball placement, narrowly succeeded. Duel in RoboDragons’ half. Another close ball placement. RoboDragons’ strategy has obviously crashed but it’s currently ball placement, so they can restart their strategy now in a timeout. We use this timeout to change a parameter, hoping to reduce collisions. RoboDragons take a long time to restart their strategy. We continue. Our number 4 obviously has a problem. We make a bot substitution. Ball placement on the midfield line for us.

4:00 We keep shooting towards the goal but the reception isn’t quite right yet. Corner kick. Chip over the defense and goal for us. The score is 1:0 for us. But some of our bots are causing problems.

3:30 Constant ball placements and we shoot directly at Dragons’ bots. Unfortunately, little progress in the game in this situation. Many ball placements, unfortunately, only moderately successful on both sides.

2:30 Intense duel in front of our penalty area. Luckily, we can save it. But we did not cover ourselves in glory. We need to take out two robots.

1:30 Ball placement. It is noticeable that the high temperature in the hall is not good for the robots, and we detect more overheating, so we currently have very few robots on the field. Right now, we have only 8 robots. Wrong decision by the referee. Dragons rightly contest a referee’s decision, the foul is overturned. We have more robots on the field again. Hopefully, problems won’t arise again so quickly. RoboDragons also occasionally commit double touch. Ball placement for us. This time we make it. Corner kick for Dragons. Fast and exciting game on both sides. Double touch on both sides. Corner kick for Dragons. Card spam from the autoref. The red card for Dragons should probably be overturned soon. Discussions at the referee’s table. The red card was justified.

Halftime. The second half begins with 8 vs. 10 robots in our favor due to many cards for Dragons.

Second Half:

5:00 RoboDragons partially switched to white shells, but the pattern color remains the same. We stumble in ball placement but still manage to make it. RoboDragons’ strategy crashes again. This time we take the chance and convert the shot, 2:0 for us.

4:30 Some unclear situations on the field. We take a short timeout to fix a few things. Corner kick for Dragons and it looked for a moment like they had no robot in the goal. Lots of hacking in front of our penalty area, but unfortunately, no real progress in the last few minutes.

4:00 We duel across the field but have to pass the ball into empty space just before the goal, as no situation arises. Dragons push us into their penalty area. The referee overturns the foul call again.

3:00 We make some dumb moves in front of our penalty area, but luckily nothing happens. Fortunately, we manage to commit far fewer collisions in this game.

2:00 RoboDragons are once again not moving, but the ball placement and the free kick could go to us. However, it looks like we won’t make the ball placement either.

What is our keeper doing there? That was almost an own goal. Luckily, it went well and the ball rolled out of bounds. Our timeout is not properly accepted. The autorefs do not see an out, but our referees are luckily on the ball. It is noticeable that the vision at the tournament is not as good this time. Unfortunately, the current game is dragging a bit.

1:00 One of our robots loses a duel because it doesn’t shoot properly. We take it out at the next opportunity. RoboDragons commit many fouls and have to take out another robot. The ball rolls over the field a few more times and time is up. We win this game 2:0 and will play next tonight at 6:30 PM against RobôCIn.