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Both offenses struggled to make any impact with their running games in the first half. Any yards gained on the ground were “hard yards”.
The second half started poorly for the Lions, after a bad snap and 2 penalties they were facing a 2nd and 28 situation. This time they kept it on the ground with Kofi Campbell (Birmingham Bulls) making a gain of 13 yards, but this only meant that the Lions had to punt. 6 plays later the Lions were trailing by 21:0, an 88 yard drive culminated in a 13 yard run for Christian Porschmann (Dusseldorf Panthers), the kicker was again on target for the PAT. The kick off was fielded by Jeremy Simms (London Olympians) who returned it to the 40 yard line. Some strong running from Kofi paid dividends, but not enough to trouble the scoreboard.
The fourth quarter saw the Germans controlling the game and running down the clock, until with less than 7 minutes remaining quarterback Mike Friese (Braunschweig Lions) picked out Porschmann for a 26 yard score, his second of the day. The PAT was good leaving the Lions on the wrong end of a 28:0 scoreline. Worse was to come when that man Porschmann run into the endzone from 22 yards out, giving him his hat-trick. For once the accuracy of the kicker deserted him and PAT was no good. The number 1 seeded team now held a 34:0 lead, which was how the game would finish.
GAME MVP’s
GB LIONS - Brian Long – Doncaster Mustangs
GERMANY - Christian Porschmann - Dusseldorf Panthers
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