Campionato Esportiva 24 Final

Campionato Esportiva 24 Final

Event	Campionato Esportiva 24
Dreamplanet Kita-Hinode 1 4
Date	13 June 2019 (2019-06-13)
Venue	Klyde Stadium, Fullham
Man of the Match	Iori Saitou (Kita-Hinode)
Attendance	49,932

The Campionato Esportiva 24 Final was a football match played on 13 June 2019 at the Klyde Stadium in Fullham, Velestria to determine the winner of the Campionato Esportiva 24. The match featured Kita-Hinode, who went into the match as favourites, and Dreamplanet, playing in only their second Campionato Esportiva.

Kita-Hinode won the final 1–0 to lift their second Campionato Esportiva title, defeating Dreamplanet who had the odds of 80–1 from the beginning of the tournament, with goals from Iori Saitou, Cherry Whitecastle and Kalamani Kanani.

Route to the final

Dreamplanet		Round	Kita-Hinode
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Apox	4–1	Match 1	Ceyne Isles	1–0
San José Guayabal	3–1	Match 2	Racing	3–2
Fhulghamous Peninsula	1–1	Match 3	The Golden Lotus	1–0
Group D winner Pos Team Pld Points 1 Dreamplanet 3 7 2 Fhulghamous Peninsula 3 7 3 Apox 3 3 4 San José Guayabal 3 0		Final standings	Group E winner Pos Team Pld Points 1 Kita-Hinode 3 9 2 Racing 3 6 3 Ceyne Isles 3 3 4 The Golden Lotus 3 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
South Covello	3–2	Round of 16	Fhulghamous Peninsula	5–4
Velestria	2–1	Quarter-finals	Apox	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)
Mattijana	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Semi-finals	Damukuni (a.e.t.)	2–1

Match

Summary

Dreamplanet started the strongest of the two teams despite being the underdogs for the final, after a handball by Koetsu Okuyama gave Dreamplanet a free kick, Luis Silva crossed it in the path of Antonio Luis which was able to send a low strike into the goal to give Dreamplanet the lead, Kita-Hinode stayed confident despite being a goal down and Dreamplanet had an ill-advised tactics changed, reverting to more defensive positions. This eventually backfired when Jorge Cardozo's mistimed tackle brought down Cherry Whitecastle in the penalty area, resulting in a yellow card for Jorge Cardozo and Iori Saitou converting the penalty.

In the second half, Dreamplanet closed down on their defensive tactic, trying to grind out a tie that could see the match go into extra time, however the impasse only lasted until the 56th minute when Cherry Whitehouse got on the end of a Raiden Kojima cross and was able to head it in to take the lead for Kita-Hinode, a lead they would never let go of despite Dreamplanet switching to an attacking formation to attempt to salvage the game after parking the bus since they scored, Dreamplanet almost equalised when Aaron Hungar passed it straight to the path of Luis Silva unbelievably tapped it into the post and into the hands of Han Ji-hun who quickly cleared it into the path of Kamalani Kanani who was able to make good contact with the ball and made it three for Kita-Hinode. The Dreamplanetian squad drove forward trying desperately to turn the game around but that only opened room for Kamalani Kanani to get his second of the game and end Dreamplanet's hopes of lifting the trophy.

Details

13 June 2019 (2019-06-13)

19:45

Dreamplanet	1–4	Kita-Hinode
Antonio Luis  10'		37' (pen.) Iori Saitou  56' Cherry Whitecastle  81', 88' Kamalani Kanani

Klyde Stadium, Fullham

Attendance: 49,932

Dreamplanet

Kita-Hinode

GK 1 Filipe Vaz RB 2 Fransisco Jorge CB 3 Jorge Cardozo  37' CB 4 João Pedro  43' LB 5 Rui Jorge  72' DM 6 Paulo Oliveira  52' CM 18 Fábio Henriques  60' CM 10 Miguel Benedito  88' RW 17 Aaron Hungar LW 7 Luis Silva (c) CF 14 Antonio Luis  74' Substitutions: CB 13 Duarte Henriques  43' CM 8 Jorge Resende  60' CF 9 Paulo Figueiredo  74' Manager: Rodrigo Vaz

GK 1 Han Ji-hun RB 2 Koetsu Okuyama  10' CB 3 Etishi Karu CB 4 Raiden Kojima LB 5 Mimi Akazukin  23'  51' RM 6 Juri Kisame CM 7 Kamalani Kanani LM 8 Somporn Metharom  81' RW 9 Arichi Kunorikato  76' LW 10 Cherry Whitecastle CF 11 Iori Saitou (c) Substitutions: DF 14 Granz-maëdel De Charlot  51' LM 19 Hinata Azuma  76' RW 20 Tomoe Mikage  81' Manager: Eleanor Lingard

Man of the Match: Iori Saitou (Kita-Hinode) Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Campionato Esportiva 24 Final

The leading goal from Cherry Whitecastle

Kita-Hinode players celebrating their win.

Overall

Statistic	Dreamplanet	Kita-Hinode
Goals scored	1	4
Total shots	7	9
Shots on target	3	5
Ball possession	46%	54%
Corner kicks	2	5
Fouls committed	5	2
Offsides	2	0
Yellow cards	4	2
Red cards	0	0

Post-Match

Kita-Hinode were crowned champions of Esportiva for the second time in four editions in their first competitive match against Dreamplanet whose heroic performances earned the praise of many footballing nations above them and gave the team a clear determination to avenge their loss in the World Cup qualifiers and in the next Campionato Esportiva. It had been the first time since Campionato Esportiva 21 that a team outside Pots 1 and 2 had made it to the final which was Kita-Hinode's winning run, and in a twist of irony the final was the most recent Pot 3 winner blocking what would've been the most recent Pot 3 winner, Pot 3 of the Campionato Esportiva 21 also had 3 teams out of 4 make it to the final 4 in this Campionato Esportiva, only Buyan missing out as a result of being an ex-nation.

Kita-Hinode had now 2 wins out of 4 finals, having a 50% win rate in a major final and a 100% win rate since becoming Kita-Hinode, this was Dreamplanet's first ever major tournament final and the best Pot 3 showing since Ethane's quarter-final run in Campionato Esportiva 22.