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konami cup xvi was won by switzerland ftr. beating finland 3-2 in the final.
konami cup xvii was completed overnight. the final for the 6th time, was between jamaica and switzerland, the top 2 sides from the round robin. switzerland had knocked out unlucky greece to reach the final, while jamaica eventually overccame croatia. morocco, norway, cameroon and nigeria had made up the top 8.
the final was certainly the most controversial of all time. jamaica ended the 90 minutes with ony 9 men on the field. even more remarkable was the fact that after extra time, they would be reduced to just 8. having been reduced to 9 men early in the second half, it was all the more remarkable that they came within seconds of lifting the title for the 5th time.
nibblet jones gave jamaica the lead on about the half hour mark. a lead the home side would take into half time. they would also go into half time down a man. switzerland should have found themselves in the same boat, but laurent aabbccbob somehow avoided a second yellow card. jamaica, didn't seem overly affected by the send off of frank sinclair, but in the end assmaster scored to level the game at 1-1. the game was about to see another twist. ian goodison was sent off for jamaica, when it seemed nothing but a foul. moments later however, christain coinco hacked down bobbins henry. by all accounts a third red card was to follow. instead the referee (that bastard) signalled for the free kick. nothing more. much to the bemusement of the jamaicans.
as injury time settled, jamaica won a corner. it was a pinpoint ball from bobbins henry which found nibblet jones who tucked it away. jamaica had the lead with 9 men, time all but up. but in one last sickening twist, cole te whiu surged downfield and won a corner. from the ensuing play roger poo scored a rare goal to take the game to extra time.
perhaps this might have broken the home side's spirit? but jamaica were starting to cause havoc on the counter attack. christensen found space, and set up jones who headed home a third for his hattrick. this left 21 minutes for the 9 men to hold on. que more drama. jamaica than found themselves down to 8, as theodore whitmore was marched. ffs. the jamaicans finally cracked, with 10 minutes to play. assmaster scored twice, before brian be cruely scored a 5th for switzerland. an unsavoury finish to an otherwise superb tournament.
switzerland 5 jamaica 3
