Carlstad Crusaders blank Stockholm Mean Machines in potential playoff preview

lcq24428 (25)in #football • 5 years ago

For the first time in two years, the Carlstad Crusaders topped the Stockholm Mean Machines, making a decisive statement that the Superserien playoffs beginning next week will truly be up for grabs.

Just a week after falling to the Örebro Black Knights for the first time since 1999, the Crusaders rebounded in a big way by holding the previously undefeated Mean Machines scoreless. Sweden’s top passer, Tim Morovick, couldn’t find a moment’s respite in the face of an unrelenting Carlstad attack that sacked him seven times and held Stockholm to just 29 yards net rushing.

It was clear from the start that the meeting between Sweden’s top two teams would be a defensive affair, much like the 18-12 slugfest with which they opened the season. Both offences struggled to gain traction through much of the first half and Morovick succumbed to the pressure on four different occasions. Finally, after a bad snap allowed Christian Kuylenstierna to burst through the Mean Machine lines and tee up Morovick for a hellacious shot from Aslan Zetterberg, a shanked Robin Gavelin Miranda punt set the Crusaders up in Stockholm territory with just over two minutes remaining in the second quarter. Import quarterback Danny Farley quickly took advantage, finding Jacob Bergwall on the fade for a 36-yard touchdown behind Mateo Florez Cardenas. Benjamin Banks Egudive blocked the David Nyhlen extra point and the Crusaders went into the half up 6-0.

The Mean Machines opened the third quarter with a new strategy centered on Morovick’s athleticism and the import seemed hell bent on taking the lead. The dual threat passer called his own number for 23 yards around the left end on the first play of the half, then ran for two more first downs to lead Stockholm into the redzone. Morovick’s mobility would be his own undoing, however. On a final scramble up the middle, the American found himself wrapped up by Christian Kuylenstierna, who ripped out the football for teammate Aslan Zetterberg to jump on.

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5 years ago in #football by lcq24428 (25)

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