Arifiyyah

"Good morning Giovanniland! I am your host for the 1st World Cup of Football, Vanessa Desniana, and I bring you more news directly from Steskia, United Adaikes. The Matchday 2 games for all four groups have taken place, and unfortunately for Giovanniland, our team only managed a goalless draw against Pallandole. Luckily, all other teams in Group B also drew their matches, which means Giovanniland still has nearly the same chances of qualifying for the knockout stage."
"During the entire match, the Esquadra Nationale continued its attacking style from the match against Fhaengshia. However, unlike the previous match, not even one goal attempt succeeded for either side. The coaches even tried to switch from 3-3-4 to 3-2-5, but the Pallandolean defense did not allow any goals from the Giovannilandian strikers. In the end, Pallandole was a formidable opponent, and they have shown their good defense by drawing both Libterraria and now our team." Vanessa then showed some images of the match highlights, which were all goal attempts or interesting defenses as no actual goal was scored. She was then replaced by Karlo Nakamura-Edrense as he finished preparing to present the second part of the daily Football Report. 
"As you can see, this was our quick retrospective of Matchday 2 for Giovanniland in the 1st World Cup of Football. It's a fact Giovanniland must step up their attack in the next games if we want to qualify for the next round. Tomorrow we play Larxia, which arrives from a draw and a loss in previous games, and we must capitalize on this opportunity to counterattack their players if they desperately want to score," commented Karlo.
Karlo then moved on from talking specifically about Giovanniland, and proceeded to present overall rankings for all World Cup groups and talk about some interesting matches. "In Group B, it was a pretty interesting matchday for the other teams as Vanessa said before, because all Group B matches ended as draws. Despite that, Giovanniland fell one ranking as the other draws did indeed have goals, and therefore Fhaengshia took the second place. Overall, Dalimbar leads the group with four points, while Fhaengshia, Giovanniland, Libterraria and Pallandole all follow with 2 points. Closing the group, Larxia has stayed in last place mainly as a result of their defeat against Dalimbar.
"Other groups, however, have seen more action: Fujai and United Adaikes both top Group A with 4 points each, despite a draw between both of them in Matchday 2. Zoran and Badgeria are the leaders of Group C and D respectively, both have managed to win all of their matches so far and thus have 6 points. Only two teams are yet to earn a point, namely Alchera and Italia, because they lost both games in Matchdays 1 and 2, however there is still time for them to score. All other teams have at least earned a draw, scoring at least one point." Karlo then finished talking and the Giovannilandian Football Report officially ended for the day.

Zoranian Times Live!
The screen shows Quiyakaso shivering in the cold as he did not bring clothes for colder weather.
"H-h-hello people of Z-Z-Zoran, m-my name is Qui-Quiyakaso and I am here in the c-c-c-cold to report the results from the last two m-m-matched because w-we had some t-t-trouble with our pro-producer. S-s-so far our t-t-t-team has won both of its games. In the f-f-first game against I-Irador, we won 2-0 after s-s-some unfortun-n-nate plays made b-b-by the Iradorian team. In last n-night's match we b-b-beat Italia 1-0 a-after some m-masterful control ov-over the midfield by o-our team. N-now o-our team d-did not s-stand f-f-for the n-national anthem in b-both m-matches. I asked the c-c-coach about this and h-he said that the t-t-team 'did not f-f-feel comfortable p-pledging their a-allegiance to the f-flag of the g-g-government that b-b-bombed its own people.' T-they claim to n-n-not recognize the GDC as their g-g-gov-government and o-openly d-denounce the C-corporate Union, s-s-saying they f-f-favor those t-troublesome m-monarchists. T-they f-f-f-faced backlash f-from the NACZ w-who did not a-a-agree with the player's p-p-political m-m-message. B-b-but at the s-s-second m-match, they c-c-came onto the f-f-field burning the zoranian f-f-flag, which caused the UA fire department to put i-i-it out w-with a fire e-ex-extinguisher. This r-r-resulted in f-further ba-ba-backlash from the NACZ who w-w-warned them that th-this would not be t-t-tolerated."
A random United Adaikian in shorts and short sleeves walks by and looks at Quiyakaso in an odd manner before shaking their head and continuing on their way.
"T-the coach did n-n-not comment on the p-p-player's actions and i-i-instead t-t-talked about the b-b-blades in the cleats of the players t-t-that they pl-plan on u-u-using i-i-if thing g-g-go badly and h-h-having the r-r-refugees f-f-fill the goal to p-p-prevent the other team from s-s-scoring a goal. W-w-we will see h-how they play tonight i-i-if my ass doesn't fr-freeze off in this h-h-horribly cold weather."
From off screen someone said,
"Uh Quiyakaso, it's only 24oC it really isn't that cold."
"Sh-sh-shut up! D-don't laugh at me!"
Suddenly the sound of squawking seagulls is heard and a flock of Dilberian seagulls descend upon Quiyakaso.
"NOOOO! THEY FOLLOWED MY SCENT!" Quiyakaso exclaimed before running off camera being chased by Dilberian seagulls.

Nation Name: Arifiyyah 
Discord Info: Arif Nazhim#6764
A few sentences about your nation:
Arifiyyah is a Country that loves peace. The system of government used in this country is an absolutely monarchy system and ruled by Sultan Arif Nazhim 1 also known as Sultan Arif of Arifiyyah. Orangutans are our national animal and we use the Ringgit Arif currency. Most people and the government really like football. The country also has a car brand which is AA (Arifiyyah Automobile)
Map Claim: *mark as X*

Close Win Against Hertfordshire and Jammbo   Good Day to all Arifiyyah FA football fans. Arifiyyah National Team collected 3 points on the day of the second match against Hertfordshire and Jammbo. "The team did a proud performance tonight. Even though it was just a closed win, I am still satisfied with the performance of our team," said the team's head coach. The coach also informed us that the injury that happened to the team captain, Safiq Ahmad was a sad thing but it was not an obstacle to give a strong rivalry in the tournament. The 19-year-old who made his first appearance, Muhammad Nazhim, also put in a stellar performance last night after scoring 2 goals in the second half. The head coach is also likely to appoint the young player in the starting line-up in the next match to replace the injured Safiq.

credit:TWP WORLD CUP OFFICIAL MEDIA BY UNITED ADAIKES 
The following are the results of the second day of the match in Group C.
Arifiyyah FA will facing Zoran tomorrow. "The match against Zoran later we did not expect to win, but we still hope to get points from this game to stay in second place of the table"

Hosts take last minute goal to draw!
Bringing the confidence they had from their win in their last game, the Fujai Landslag made the hosts sloppy with their snappy ball possession as well as timely tackles to intercept the ball from the Panthers. The about 40, 000 United Adaikes fans in the Main Stadium of the New Thraproy Sports Complex were stunned as Fujai scored first in the 29th minute with a well-placed goal after a feint that deceived United Adaikes goalie Dexter Marsh. The home fans were silent during the rest of the first half while the Panthers were trying to regroup.
Fresh legs and pep talk from UA Manager Dylan Burke in half time were the key when the United Adaikes National Football Team played with renewed vibrancy and alertness, with other pundits saying they saw a different team in the second half compared from the previous half. While the fans were getting restless and impatient when the home team will score with only 7 minutes remaining, a perfectly-timed tackle by Peter Knight to a Fujai player with the ball was picked up by Benson Schroeder. A pass to Billy Jordan initiated the counter attack as a header by Kolton Dale in the 84th minute coming from a high cross from Jordan tied the game. The goal reignited the spirits of the United Adaikes fans and were just elated and relieved that they managed to get a goal and a draw in this match and still in contention for a place in the knockout rounds.

HT: FJA 1-0 UAD
FT: FJA 1-1 UAD

As the camera pans to the courtyard in front of the WCF stadium, Blubberman is seen silently weeping. As the camera pans closer and closer to him, he takes out a handkerchief, wipes his tears and puts on a fake smile before facing the camera and beginning his monologue.
"Hello, everyone! From Steskia, United Adaikes, we at Santo-Dominian Cable-Satellite Network Channel 3 bring you live coverage of the 1st World Cup of Football! Our coverage of WCF1 is brought to you by our generous sponsor, Überschuss Automobiles! I, Approctoflecticus Blubberman, will be your host for the entire duration of WCF1. And we've just received news that the results for Match Day 2 are in! Let's get to looking at and analysing them. Starting with Group A! Let's look at these graphics."

"It seems that Match Day 2 is mostly indecisive for Group A! Teralyon prevails over the footballers from K66, resulting in a comeback win of 3-2! Other than that match, however, every other Group A match ends in a tie! Both Fuentana v. Nagaraningrad as well as United Adaikes v. Fujai end in a 1-1 tie, with all four teams being unable to score more than their respective opponents. It seems that they are all quite skilled at preventing each other from scoring. Haha!"

"And as we move on to Group B, we see that the craziness continues! All Group B matches on Match Day 2 end in ties! In the first match, Fhaengshia and Dalimbar are both unable to score more points than the other. The same can be said for the second match between Libterraria and Larxia. These two matches both end in a 1-1 tie. In the third match, both Giovanniland and Pallandole are unable to score any points at all! Therefore, that match ends in a 0-0 draw. Nobody wins in Group B!"

"The situation is slightly better in Group C. In the first match, both Irador and Reçueçn are unable to win any points, resulting in a 0-0 tie. In the second match, Hertfordshire and Jammbo loses a 2-3 match to Arifiyyah, with their losing margin being exactly same as the winning margin that they had for their victory against Italia yesterday. In the third match, the war-torn nation of Zoran extends its one-day victory streak and wins against Italia in a 1-0 win!"

As the graphic for Group D shows up, Blubberman starts tearing up, but takes out his handkerchief again, wipes the teardrops again, and resumes his monologue with the fake smile on.
"And in Group D, we have the exact opposite of Group B! All Group B matches on Match Day 2 end in victories and defeats depending on which side you're on, with no matches ending in a draw. In the first match, Alchera continues its unfortunate losing streak, with Tara and Cambray scoring a 2-0 victory against them. In the second match, Badgeria continues its strong performance and dominates the match against Dilber, winning a 2-0 victory. In the third match, Santos-Domini...Santo..."
Blubberman struggles to deliver the bad news. A producer comes into view, rushing to pat Blubberman on the back. Blubberman then resumes his monologue.
"In the third match, our country, Santos-Dominius, loses against Nieubasria in a 0-1 match. Truly a sad defeat. Now, let's go over the general situation of the teams as the dust settles after Match Day 2."
"In Group A, Fujai and host country United Adaikes, both from Polaris, take the lead! Teralyon and Nagaraningrad are also doing fine. K66 and Fuentana, however, will need to put in more effort and make comebacks if they are to stay in the competition and win. In Group B, Dalimbar is the clear leader in terms of overall points, while Fhaengshia, Giovanniland, Libterraria and Pallandole all hold their own. Larxia, however, must fight back if it wants to survive and thrive in WCF1."
"In Group C, Zoran and Arifiyyah are leading the pack, while Reçueçn and Hertfordshire & Jammbo are also doing pretty well. Irador and Italia, however, are under the threat of elimination and must win the upcoming matches to increase their chances of staying in the competition. In Group D, Badgeria continues to dominate with its strong performance, while Tara & Cambray is close behind. Our home country of Santos-Dominius and our opponent today, Nieubasria, are on equal footing. Dilber, rocked by the doping scandal, is doing poorly, and the same can be said for the team from Alchera. Both must claw back if they want to take gold."
"And that's it for Match Day 2! Congratulations to the winners and the leading teams! I also want to applaud the teams that are holding their own and doing well, though they might not be ahead of everyone else at the moment. As for the defeated teams, it's still not too late to make a grand comeback! I'm Approctoflecticus Blubberman, and this was Match Day 2 of the 1st World Cup of Football. Stay tuned to SDCSN Channel 3 for coverage of the WCF, and see you tomorrow!"
As the camera pans away from Blubberman, he is seen weeping and bursting into tears as he whips out his handkerchief. The screen then goes back to the SDCSN Broadcasting Centre and the sponsor screen shows.

Close Win Against Hertfordshire and Jammbo   Good Day to all Arifiyyah FA football fans. Arifiyyah National Team collected 3 points on the day of the second match against Hertfordshire and Jammbo. "The team did a proud performance tonight. Even though it was just a closed win, I am still satisfied with the performance of our team," said the team's head coach. The coach also informed us that the injury that happened to the team captain, Safiq Ahmad was a sad thing but it was not an obstacle to give a strong rivalry in the tournament. The 19-year-old who made his first appearance, Muhammad Nazhim, also put in a stellar performance last night after scoring 2 goals in the second half. The head coach is also likely to appoint the young player in the starting line-up in the next match to replace the injured Safiq.

credit:TWP WORLD CUP OFFICIAL MEDIA BY UNITED ADAIKES 
The following are the results of the second day of the match in Group C.
Arifiyyah FA will facing Zoran tomorrow. "The match against Zoran later we did not expect to win, but we still hope to get points from this game to stay in second place of the table"

Häřtferdsierndeambeu Fűtbočil Fedȩreisn: Matchday 1 - Review
VS.
Italia 2-3 Hertfordshire & Jammbo (HT: ITA 1-3 HAJ)
Goals: Roger Runcis (9'), Yuuma Novak (23'), Afuro Tytarenko (38')
Injuries: Jeremy Clarkson (69'), Damian Hristov (76')
Pre-Match Review
Hello and welcome to the first of matchday reports by the HAJFF. These will serve to recap on the entirety of events that transpire before, during and after matches played by the Paradigm Compass. This first piece is of our narrow 2-3 victory over Italia. Really though, that score is rather kind to the Italians. Fact of the matter is that we utterly dominated the first half and it could easily have turned into a 4-1 or 5-1 kick up the backside for them if it weren't for poorly timed injuries and well timed counter-attacks. No point in dwelling on negatives, let's instead focus on the many positives that came with our debut match and despite being close on face value show that we could hardly have made a better start to the Football World Cup. It was even done wearing the instantly recognisable dark purple and blue vertical fading striped kit that has come in for ridicule by Adaikesian's and other foreign fans alike. Funny thing is that the goalkeepers grey and pink vertical faded stripe kit is even worse. So bad in fact that Hart was kindly condescendingly told by Head Physio Lisa Lazarenko and Goalkeeping Coach Heckyl Sprūde to ignore the fits of laughter emanating from outside the team coaches, lest he have an anger filled breakdown, as the Paradigm Compass rushed to the Pirates Arena for our first match of the tournament.

A sane persons reaction to the outlandishly horrible goalkeepers away kit. Good thing Lisa & Heckyl prevented this outcome with Hart. We wouldn't have blamed him if he had reacted like this.
 
First Half Review
With crisis averted, Italia got the match underway. Perhaps they had planned on holding onto the ball and attacking immediately given our high line. This was not an advisable option. They must not have realised that the main strength of this team is its variability. We can switch from defensive to offensive patterns like the flick of a switch, and that is what we did. Alternating to a 4-4-2 we overwhelmed their offensive between two neat lines of players and snatched the ball from their possession. With control now in their camp the HAJFF switched back to the 3-1-3-1-2 and took charge in offense. It was therefore little time before disgraced magician Roger Runcis showed his former employers at Troupe Handrica just why they were wrong to dismiss him all those years ago, launching a sublime volley into the right hand side of the net that definitely did not include him slightly setting the ball on fire. Honest. With that totally legit goal the HAJFF had taken the lead. That really set the precedent for the first half as Italia were unable to even get close to them, let alone have any chances in the shooting department. No wonder then that Yuuma Novak struck the second of the match home, not unlike a king throwing his lance at the enemy. Of course this only served to strengthen our control and at this point in the match there really wasn't any feasible way to compare the two teams. We were just on another level to them, the performance was astounding even the staff members who can be rather hard to surprise. 38 minutes gone and Afuro Tytarenko added more joy for us and misery for the opponents. How this scoreline was even there with such ill-fated preparations is anyone's guess. God alone knows. The Hertfordian fans in the stands were cheering their heads off and they would have been forgiven for thinking that this was going to turn into a bloodbath. Certainly those of the team on the benches and in the stands thought the same. Here's a hint for ourselves to take in for future matches. Never celebrate too early, because Italia managed to pull a consolation goal jolting the substitutes, reserves and staff into a forced upright position and gave them a timely reminder that this was the highest level of football. Falling asleep or slacking off is simply not an option. Clearly Italia were not going to just drop dead, so while we had run the show in the first half, it was setting up to be an interesting second half. Time would only tell if this would be the case.
 
Second Half Review
The HAJFF kicked off the second half with gusto having learnt their lesson from when Italia scored in the 44th minute. Of course, an excavation of the match was in order as the HAJFF returned to ruling the match, however this time we were unable to break down Italia's defences, despite the clearly motivational half time talk that managing duo Frisk & Flandre dished out. It all proceeded as a constant rinse-and-repeat of the HAJFF trying and failing to break down the newly rejuvenated Italia back line. It was meant to get better, but instead it got not-better, as Jeremy Clarkson found himself having to hobble off the pitch with an injury. Who here suspects that May deliberately planned this as revenge for having the chainsaw wedged in his car? It would not surprise us, especially with the rather suspicious time the injury took place. With Clarkson off the pitch and replaced by Satori Kornijchuk, Italia took advantage of the slight gap in the teams mental focus and managed to make it 2-3, thereby pulling themselves back in with a chance despite how unlikely that seemed. Damian Hristov decided it was time to mentally drain the opposition in submission through his own cruel tactics. Please note however that when someone makes it known with pride that they got their current talent from a freaky science experiment that forcibly draws out the user's hidden potential, people are going to want to target that person. Just so happened that Damian was that person. Resultant factor of him being forced into the medical room and the knowledgeable hands of Lisa Lazarenko & Vekar Griķis. On came W. D. Gavrilov, the former royal scientist to King Mečislavs I who is actually watching from the stands himself with a familiar smile spread across his face. W. D. Gavrilov is one of the few Hertfordians or Jammbians completely fluent in Wingdings and all of its spin-offs. Does not help when no one else can understand them. Maybe that is why the remaining 14 minutes + 3 minutes of added time seemed like nothing more than a confused mess for both teams. Full time came, and the confusion ended with relief that Hertfordia hadn't fallen victim to an unfortunate set of circumstances. The first match ends in a deserved 2-3 victory for the Paradigm Compass.
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Post Match Review
Well that ended with more drama than we had hoped for. Even so, a win is a win and we must continue with training for the next match. Clarkson's injury is unknown but the ape that May would call an 'infantile pillock' should be out for 2 matches. As for Damian, it was discovered by Lisa & Seishirou Jukums that he had suffered a fractured rib that will keep him out for 6 matches. That kick to the chest by the Italia midfielder was definitely on purpose. We hold unpleasant thoughts of that person in our minds. The Stig is imagining what the culprit would look like if pushed through a desk fan. All we know is that Jeremy & Damian will be side-lined for the time being and replaced on the first team by Satori and W. D., who will no doubt easily fill in the hole left by the currently injured. The win took us to 2nd place in the group, with Zoran on top after they defeated Irador 2-0.
 
Next Time...
We, in our second match, will kit up in the black, dark green and gold outlined cross shirt with dark green and black with gold vertical border shorts and green socks (excessively long kit description is excessively long) to do battle with the Orangutan Rangers, representatives of Arifiyyah. Their last match was a 0-0 draw with Reçueçn leaving them tied 3rd in the group after Matchday 1.
 VS.
With all that said and the next match now firmly lodged into your minds, it is time to end with a note on Dilberian drugs: You can dope your players through the roof for all we care, just keep them away from us or we shall insert sharp things into your heads and torsos. Well, if the Hertfordian mafia doesn't get there first. We hear Dilberian drugs could make for a lucrative market in the criminal underworld. On that bombshell it is now time to end, cheers for reading and goodnight!
                 

First Day of the TWL World Cup
  good day all Arifiyyah FA football supporters. It seems that our team gave a warm rivalry when facing Recuecn yesterday. "I am proud of the performance of our players yesterday. Recuecn also gave a very strong competition. I am sure the next match will be a challenge for us as well. But we are ready to face it!" said the 57-year-old head coach.

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Results of the first match of Group C
Credit:TWP WORLD CUP OFFICIAL MEDIA by United Adaikes
"We can not feel comfortable yet because there are still many matches to be faced."said the Captain. as usual the players are undergoing good training to face the next team. Arifiyyah FA will face Hertfordshire & Jammbo national squads. We hope that both teams will give their best performance.

Häřtferdsierndeambeu Fűtbočil Fedȩreisn - Pre-Tournament Report

Hello and welcome to the first report related to our very own HAJFF! If you are wondering where on earth the news organisation is, you're reading a piece by them. We are the news for our own team, the HAJFF is officially bringing all you loyal fans at home and here abroad the low down on the Paradigm Compass and their hopefully plentiful exploits during this World Cup of Football. That's right, these news updates are coming straight from the horses mouth. Deal with it.
We apologize for not writing this yesterday as we were meant to. Admittedly, we were a bit late for everything. We are still filling in the form for the 17 main staff members that work behind the scenes and whose efforts are vital to keeping the team together and preparing them for the challenges to come. Why were we so late? Well, May decided that before we departed on the trains and boats to here in United Adaikes that he had to do pre-flight checks. Even though we had no plane, and it took many hours. So long in fact that the old editor got tired of waiting and we had to appoint a new one. Yep, the editor doing this is new on the job. Wish him luck! Either way, no matter how unfortunate our reporters and editors are, they will always be better off than that Quiyakaso bloke.

James May continuing his pre-flight festival of analness. Even though we never used a plane.
The Hertfordshire and Jammbo National Team enter the team hotel, with no paparazzi at all because we threatened to cut out their tongues with scissors if they tried anything funny
Ah, it would appear that our representatives have arrived. The 52 main members depart the coach, adorned in dark green, gold and black. Er, hang on. Why is the Prime Minister there and why does he look like a leading member of the mafia?!

Prime Minister Clarkov Jammbonevych Furutani, dressed for no apparently ready reason like a mafia boss. No wonder fans have taken to call him Caporegime Jammbo.
A-Anyway, back to the report. It is very late in night, so we presume they will want to get some dinner and go to bed, before training for tomorrow's game against Italia... is what we would be saying if we made this piece in time. In reality, our game against Italia has already finished and with unsatisfactory time limits for training. Even so, led by our sublime commanding 17, the Paradigm Compass donned their rather garish dark purple and blue kits (grey and pink for the goalie) and managed to put Italia down 2-3 in a great struggle of a match. The report for that will come later, as well as our report preceding the match against Arifiyyah, in which the team will suit up in the black, dark green and gold uniforms and do battle with this ambitious outfit. The goalkeeper will be wearing a white kits with gold cross and black borders on said cross. Actually, when the home kits were revealed in our initial post, many Adaikesian's and foreigners alike mistook us for the team represented by Saint Mark. That's despite the saints not even being in this tournament. No wonder they thought that though, the goalie home kit looks fittingly angelic.

The home shirt for the HAJFF goalkeepers: Hart, Dharkon & Keiki. No, this is not worn by Saint Mark's players.
To clear up all doubt, no, we will not be bringing live updates from training and anything other than the matches themselves and pre-match reports. Quite frankly, we do not understand why the other teams are doing that because we don't see the point in wasting our teams valuable time in speaking to some reporter. We simply do not care about it. Also, to be honest, the HAJFF might just be the weirdest team in this tournament. Have you seen the makeup of this lot? Only the Dilberian Doping Dogs can really surpass us in oddity. Don't tell us we aren't strange! Better yet, don't tell us that it is bad to be strange! As some of our reporters might say, 'Pride in Uniqueness'.
Right, that about ends our first proper report on the Football World Cup. Worry not Hertfordians and Jammbians, we will not let you down with a pathetically late report again. You know exactly what is next because you are intuitive and we do not need to tell you something that is almost certainly known already. We will say this to all those paying attention, as we speak Clarkson and Hammond are sabotaging the car that May brought along all the way to United Adaikes. Serves him right. On that bombshell it is time to end, thank you very much for reading, goodnight!

Exclusive camera footage from our RM Richard Hammond, of Clarkson about to wedge a chainsaw into May's Suzuki SJ.
 
                   

WITH THE WILL OF OUR MAHARADEN
WORLD CUP OF FOOTBALL AT UNITED ADAIKES
NAGARANINGRAD - PRK66
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
FEBRUARY 22, 1421
VS
1-1
DRAW
Astounding performance by Nagaraningrad National Football (NNF) teams. For a tiring ninety minutes straight match with no substitution, NNF players are stand strong still while the opponent are manage to keep it steady and exhausted. NNF with unorthodox 3-4-3 formation are successful  to quick counterattack when freekicks happens in NNF field area.

The Lineup of NNF during first match against PRK
Even the starting eleven aren't the player that are considered a key aspect on the field. Like the Adhyakarta's Twin Midfielder, Bimo and Zaki, Famously tall Back Tegoeh "Tonjang" Tanjoeng, The Oldnatives Citizen Forward Ali Noerdin M. Top, and The one who soon become a Ningrad, Aditya Bach Dim with The House of Sinaga.
Lots of action in the literally middle of the field as NNF players overwhelmed PRK players also lots of missed opportunity and near goal shots from both sides. The NNF captain it's seems in fog of war, as he struggle to manage an attack and that distraction seems lead to slip out by offensive player of opponent's side. Thankfully, the counter-attack is quickly equalize the score to 1-1 by Jaka Wiranagara with assist from Soerjono.
NNF Head coach, Raden Jaka Batoebara responded "A great shows of strength by our player today. For full ninety minutes, we manage to hold and overwhelmed their middle-field as hoped. However, we can't manage to break the tie due to the eye and communication of the field are way in the back as we suspected it will impact the game. We had discuss it with Heroe Soebandono and as for today the captain role will be held by an experienced Midfielder, Bambang Karajan."

Bambang Karajan (MF), The Captain of NNF after the 1st match
Head coach added for the preparation "we will do a 4-4-2 diamond formation which is more fluid changes to defense 5-3-2 formation or offense 4-3-3 formation and bringing back the Twin on the midfield, Bach Dim as starting Goalkeeper, and few round up on the back".

estimated NNF Lineup for the next match against Fuentana
For their preparation on the next match against Fuentana's "odd  crab formation", the Head coach simply say "Tomorrow, we will dine with melted butter and they will questioning their existential in the field. The match will be a flying circus". With a laugh, it shows confidence that NNF will win tomorrow's match.

The hosts take win in opener!
After at least an hour after the opening ceremony, the United Adaikes National Football Team swayed with the cheers they received from the fans in the 70,000-seat Main Stadium in New Thraproy Sports Complex. Teralyon opened the first half but it was the Panthers who scored first in the 18th minute with a Collin Maddox volley from a Billy Jordan assist. Teralyon evened the scores before half time with a well-placed goal in the 44th minute that nearly silenced the crowd for a few seconds.
With the restart of play in the second half, the Panthers controlled the possession of the ball most of the half. Whenever Teralyon intercepted, United Adaikes just displays wondrous defense and regains possession. Jordan finished the scoring for the Panthers in the 78th minute coming from a Kolton Dale miss hitting the lower left goal post.
The next opponents for United Adaikes will be the Fujai Landslag who also won in their opening game against Fuentana. Teralyon will be facing K66, who drew with Nagaraningrad with a goal apiece in their game.
HT: UAD 1-1 TRL
FT: UAD 2-1 TRL

First Day of the TWL World Cup
  good day all Arifiyyah FA football supporters. It seems that our team gave a warm rivalry when facing Recuecn yesterday. "I am proud of the performance of our players yesterday. Recuecn also gave a very strong competition. I am sure the next match will be a challenge for us as well. But we are ready to face it!" said the 57-year-old head coach.

Credit:SDCSN3
Results of the first match of Group C
Credit:TWP WORLD CUP OFFICIAL MEDIA by United Adaikes
"We can not feel comfortable yet because there are still many matches to be faced."said the Captain. as usual the players are undergoing good training to face the next team. Arifiyyah FA will face Hertfordshire & Jammbo national squads. We hope that both teams will give their best performance.

First Day of the TWL World Cup
  good day all Arifiyyah FA football supporters. It seems that our team gave a warm rivalry when facing Recuecn yesterday. "I am proud of the performance of our players yesterday. Recuecn also gave a very strong competition. I am sure the next match will be a challenge for us as well. But we are ready to face it!" said the 57-year-old head coach.

Credit:SDCSN3
Results of the first match of Group C
Credit:TWP WORLD CUP OFFICIAL MEDIA by United Adaikes
"We can not feel comfortable yet because there are still many matches to be faced."said the Captain. as usual the players are undergoing good training to face the next team. Arifiyyah FA will face Hertfordshire & Jammbo national squads. We hope that both teams will give their best performance.

"Hello, everyone! From Steskia, United Adaikes, we at Santo-Dominian Cable-Satellite Network Channel 3 bring you live coverage of the 1st World Cup of Football! Our coverage of WCF1 is brought to you by our generous sponsor, +238flowers, because flowers are appropriate for every occasion, even the WCF! I, Approctoflecticus Blubberman, will be your host for the entire duration of WCF1. And we've just received news that the first match day has concluded and the results are in!"
"Starting with the results in Group A. Let's look at this graphic here."

"And we've got some pretty similar matches here! In the first match, our generous host United Adaikes beat fellow Polaris nation Teralyon by 2-1. The same happened in the second match, where the northern nation of Fujai beat our Auran friend Fuentana, also scoring a 2-1 victory. In the third match, however, we saw quite some action from both Nagaraningrad and K66...so much action that the match ended with a 1-1 tie! For more details and specifics, I will direct you to these countries' respective media outlets. Moving on to Group B!"

"Speaking of ties, we've got two ties in Group B! In the first match, the teams from Giovanniland and Fhaengshia were both unable to best the other, resulting in a 1-1 tie. In the second match, Pallandole and Libterraria both failed to score even a point, resulting in a 0-0 tie. In the third match, however, the strong team from Dalimbar pulled ahead of their competent opponents from Larxia and managed to win a 4-3 victory! Now, let's get to Group C!"

"Some great matches in Group C! The team from Zoran, despite hailing from internal strife in their homeland, managed to persevere and win a 2-0 victory against the players of Irador! The football team coming from Italia posed a strong challenge, but failed to win against Hertfordshire and Jammbo, losing in a 2-3 match. Finally, we have another tie, this time with Arifiyyah and Reçueçn both unable to score points throughout their entire match, resulting in a 0-0 tie. Now, it's time to move on to the results for Group D!"

"In this first match day, Group D was where the drama and the action was at! In the first match, the great team from our homeland, Santos-Dominius, handily defeated Alchera and won a 4-0 victory, the second-biggest margin of victory so far. Woo! In the second match, the players from the Polaris country of Badgeria pummelled the team from Nieubasria, winning a 6-1 victory in the most lopsided match in the entire World Cup of Football so far! Good job to Badgeria! In the third match, our Auran friends from Dilber faced off against the giant Polaris nation of Tara and Cambray. Notably, both teams were able to hold their own against each other, and managed to prevent the opposing team from scoring any points at all, resulting in a 0-0 tie."
"And that concludes Match Day 1! As we eagerly wait for Match Day 2, let's review the general situation of the teams. In Group A, Fujai and United Adaikes have emerged as the stronger teams, while K66 and Nagaraningrad hold their own. Both Fuentana and Teralyon, however, are in a bit of danger due to their losses. In Group B, Dalimbar has become the clear leading force, though Fhaengshia, Giovanniland, Libterraria and Pallandole are all respectable opponents. Larxia, however, will have to do some catching-up if it desires to stay in the WCF and advance to the next rounds and the finals."
"In Group C, Zoran and Hertfordshire & Jammbo are the frontrunners! Arifiyyah and Reçueçn are also doing a good job. Italia and Irador, unfortunately, are in danger of getting eliminated from the WCF, and must utilise their strengths if they are to make comebacks and win the competition. In Group D, Badgeria and our home country, Santos-Dominius, are the leading teams! Woo! Both Dilber and Tara & Cambray are also doing quite well. Sadly, Alchera and Nieubasria are at danger of being eliminated due to their heavy defeats, and will have to put in all of their effort if they are to survive and thrive."
"And that's it for Match Day 1! Congratulations to the winners and the leading teams, and 'good job' to the teams that are holding their own and doing well, though they may not be leading right now. As for the defeated teams, don't fret! It's only day 1, and you can still make comebacks and fight back, so don't worry, and keep fighting till the end! I'm Approctoflecticus Blubberman, and this was Match Day 1 of the 1st World Cup of Football. Stay tuned to SDCSN Channel 3 for coverage of the WCF, and see you tomorrow!"

NAGARANINGRAD NATIONAL FOOTBALL
ARRIVAL AT UNITED ADAIKES
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
WITH THE WILL OF OUR MAHARADEN
FEBRUARY 21, 1421
Hopeful and Prepared, one of the baggage carried every players and official crew to World Cup of Football that held in one of the eastern nation in Polaris, United Adaikes. Huge effort is prepared for this event with extensive exercise, practice, and endurance building for every players. As they arrived at United Adaikes, they will automatically dubbed as an Ambassador and will represent Nagaraningrad in United Adaikes and to rest of the world.
The player flew from Nagaraningrad's Kartarajasa Airport at five o'clock AMT (IAT +0)and arrived to United Adaikes at ten o'clock PET (IAT -2). After landing, the player are forming two lines with their bags while the crews is taking care the other equipment to the trucks.
As per this day head coach of Nagaraningrad National Football (NNF), Raden Jaka Batoebara hasn't announced his starting eleven player yet and his responded "After this landing, we will go straight to practice and possible another endurance building and possibly will announce the starting player from twenty three players flown here today. They are the player with greatest ability to carry and discipline. we have prepared and with the will of our Maharaden, me and the rest of the teams and crew are optimistic we gonna win this".
For a plan on the first match, Head Coach already chooses the unorthodox formation 3-4-3. with this formation, Head Coach is confidence with enough defense to counter attack and possibly to overwhelmed the opponent.
When we try to ask a question to one of the player, one of the NNF crew forbid us to interfere the players for not to distract their focus on the match. After a some time passes, the Buses specified for teams and crews arrive and taking them to practice location.
Well, with hope, pray, and wishes from home. Good luck to the teams and make all Nagaranites proud.

As a surprise to all, the Dilberian Doping Dogs showed up.  We misunderstood the term "world cup" and showed up with the same roster from the rugby tournament .  Their Garish kit, and love of "performance enhancing substances" makes up for the inability to not carry the ball around.  Paisely is probably the goalie though.  Knowing only offense, the Dopin Dogs quickly checked the internet for what was the most aggressive formation and is running a 3-4-3
 
Player coach is Ivan Mihovilovic
 
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Injure my players: yes
Assign my players yellow cards: yes
Assign my players red cards: yes
Godmod injuries: yes
Godmod scoring: no
Godmod other events: yes
 
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Arifyyah FA Arrived At United Adaikes
Good day all local football fans. It looks like the Arifiyyah FA team has arrived in the tournament host country, United Adaikes. Surely everyone is excited to see our national team perform on the international stage. "Winning or losing is the second thing. What I want to see at the moment is the performance of the players." said head coach Ong Kim Liau. The superiors are very grateful to the Host for providing the best facilities to the Arifiyyah FA team.
Not to be missed is the Ultras Orangutan, the largest fans team has also arrived there with their drums. "We will help the team by cheering from the stadium seats," said the Ultras Orangutan Leader. Formation 2-2-4 / 3-3-4 / 3-4-3/2-1-2-1-4 will be used in the tournament later.

The coaching staff is sure to bring down quality players in the starting line-up. "We had to sacrifice the national league match for the sake of my National Squad as the team captain promised to play wholeheartedly," said Safiq Ahmad as the national team captain.

Arifyyah FA Arrived At United Adaikes
Good day all local football fans. It looks like the Arifiyyah FA team has arrived in the tournament host country, United Adaikes. Surely everyone is excited to see our national team perform on the international stage. "Winning or losing is the second thing. What I want to see at the moment is the performance of the players." said head coach Ong Kim Liau. The superiors are very grateful to the Host for providing the best facilities to the Arifiyyah FA team.
Not to be missed is the Ultras Orangutan, the largest fans team has also arrived there with their drums. "We will help the team by cheering from the stadium seats," said the Ultras Orangutan Leader. Formation 2-2-4 / 3-3-4 / 3-4-3/2-1-2-1-4 will be used in the tournament later.

The coaching staff is sure to bring down quality players in the starting line-up. "We had to sacrifice the national league match for the sake of my National Squad as the team captain promised to play wholeheartedly," said Safiq Ahmad as the national team captain.

Arifyyah FA Arrived At United Adaikes
Good day all local football fans. It looks like the Arifiyyah FA team has arrived in the tournament host country, United Adaikes. Surely everyone is excited to see our national team perform on the international stage. "Winning or losing is the second thing. What I want to see at the moment is the performance of the players." said head coach Ong Kim Liau. The superiors are very grateful to the Host for providing the best facilities to the Arifiyyah FA team.
Not to be missed is the Ultras Orangutan, the largest fans team has also arrived there with their drums. "We will help the team by cheering from the stadium seats," said the Ultras Orangutan Leader. Formation 2-2-4 / 3-3-4 / 3-4-3/2-1-2-1-4 will be used in the tournament later.

The coaching staff is sure to bring down quality players in the starting line-up. "We had to sacrifice the national league match for the sake of my National Squad as the team captain promised to play wholeheartedly," said Safiq Ahmad as the national team captain.

Please do not post in this thread if you are not a participant. Also, no OOC posts, please.
Welcome to the 1st World Cup of Football! If you are a participant, you can start posting about your nation's football (soccer) team (logo, players, kits, and any other related information). You can also post about your team's preparations for this inaugural event!
Another important thing to include in your roster post is the "role play permissions". If you want to role play while making sure that the other RPer(s) won't do inevitable things you don't want to happen to your team, you can post these below outlining what the other RPers can or cannot do, for example:
Injure my players: yes/no
Assign my players yellow cards: yes/no
Assign my players red cards: yes/no
Godmod injuries: yes/no
Godmod scoring: yes/no
Godmod other events: yes/no
The last three permissions, godmodding, is the role playing unrealistic or unbelievable things happening. So if you want a more realistic experience for your team (and what we hopefully want in the games for the duration of the tournament), you can ask other RPers not to godmod in your matches. You can also add, leave, or remove any role permissions you want. It's your team, so we will let you dictate the way your team plays (as long as it is realistic).
Also, you can include what we call a "style modifier". This is a number between -5 and +5, which indicates if you are a defensive (leaning to negative numbers) or an offensive (leaning to positive numbers) team. However, this won't affect your chance of victory. If you also don't put one, you'll automatically get a neutral modifier (0.00), and that is just fine.
There are also some teams that are not citizens and are not in the map. This announcement will tell you that it might be hard raking up the wins. The teams who are citizens and are in the map can (emphasize on can, not are) be ensured of a win if they face a team who is not a citizen and is not in the map. Certain handicaps are also in place for those waiting for their applications to be accepted in citizenship and/or a place in the map. However, it has been evident that the scorinator can still give surprises in the results it gives for every match (trust me when I say, a newcomer in an international rugby competition managed to eliminate the defending champions and snagged 3rd place).
If you have any questions, you can always ask me in Discord or in the OOC thread. If you forgot where that is, it is here:
 

"Good morning viewers from Giovanniland and the world! I am Vanessa Desniana and will be your Giovannilandian Football Report host during the 1st World Cup of Football." She briefly stops for a moment in order to show the landing airplane in which our team is coming. "Watch out! Our football team has just arrived here in Steskia, United Adaikes, and soon they will be preparing for their first game against The Reds from Fhaengshia, which will take place at the Sports Arena of Steskia."
*landing airplane noises*
"Oh, look! Our team's airplane has just landed and the players can be seen disembarking. First our main goalkeeper Klaudio Spindola, then the backup goalkeepers... now the defenders, then the midfielders, and finally the strikers!" A fair number of fans cheer from afar when the three main strikers appear—Gustavo Zapata, Pietro Takeda, and Klementina de Abreo-Floryo—which are among the youngest members of the Esquadra Nationale and also rising celebrities on social media. "At last the entire team has disembarked and is now entering the inner airport, where they will then travel to a training site near Steskia to prepare for their game."
*Vanessa disappears from the screen and the renowned sports TV presenter Karlo Nakamura-Edrense appears*
"We've just had live coverage of our national team arriving in United Adaikes," says Karlo while more information about the Giovannilandian team appears on the screen. "Now back in Giovanniland, you will now see interesting information about the Esquadra Nationale! Our team is part of Group B together with the nations of Pallandole, Larxia, Dalimbar, Libterraria, and Fhaengshia. As my colleague Vanessa said earlier, we'll be playing all the group stage games at the Sports Arena in the city of Steskia, and our first game will be against the Andolian nation of Fhaengshia." The screen then switches to display other interesting data. "There will be 5 matchdays during the group stage, and Giovanniland needs to stay in the top four of the group in order to advance to the knockout stage. Then there will be a round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finally the coveted Final and the 3rd Place Match."
Karlo then pauses a second time, now to show the revealed Giovannilandian lineup for the first game against Fhaengshia. "Our coach Tiberio Levino has chosen a 3-3-4 lineup for this game! He also could move Gabriella Orfeo from the midfield to the attack to form a 3-2-5 if needed, though I assume this will only be needed if Fhaengshia scores but Giovanniland doesn't," he commented.
The lineup then disappears from the screen, and Karlo finishes: "That is all for today! Tomorrow we will prepare a special report on the Giovannilandian match against The Reds from Fhaengshia. See you then!"

Badgeria Football 
Kit: Home and Away 

Formation: 4-3-3

Subs:  
Goalie: Russo
Defense: Dreiwitz, Was, Mathis, Lane
Midfielders: D Godchaux, Kimock, Kadlecik
Forwards: Metzger, Hamilton, Seals
Style Modifier: -2
RP Permissions: Yes to everything except godmodding events

Group Stage Draw

 

Arifyyah FA (Orangutan Rangers)  


All Player are Male

 
Head Coach:Ong Kim Liau
Arifiyyah FA Official Logo

 
Arifyyah FA Official Kits

 
PLAYER HOME KITS

GOALKEEPER HOME KITS


PLAYER AWAY KITS


GOALKEEPER AWAY KITS
RP Permissions:
Injure my players: yes
Assign my players yellow cards: yes
Assign my players red cards: yes
Godmod injuries: no
Godmod scoring: no
Godmod other events: no