Great, so we will start in just a minute. Everything is fixed now. I will refer to you as Team Blue. Jena Vanguard, I will refer to you as Team Black. Okay, so we've got Team Black as Jena Vanguard. Jena Vanguard, are you ready? Yeah! Glacier Falcons, are you ready? Yeah! And Glacier Falcons will be Team Blue, so maybe we will refer to them as well as this. I don't know. Oh, we've got... ooh! Wow, that was amazing! Just really did a great job there. Yeah. For pushing Rich out and getting the quaffer. So now Vengar's... And now they're going to make their first attack. They've got your control. Their attacks are very fast. So watch out, it will be... usually they are very fast and also they are great with their trolls. A troll is the player that is behind the hoop, so maybe they will pass the ball to him. Yeah, like this. He caught it. It's also possible to score through both sides of the hoop. Oh, that's a very good thing to mention that you can score from both sides. Was it a goal or not? I think the goal was called not good. But the shot was still quite amazing as it was with so much pressure and not far away from the goal. Now they're having a short get-together from the refs as they're discussing if the goal was in I think. Yeah, that's what I love about quad ball that the refs really do care so everything is right and... So it was good? The goal was called good. Oh great! So first score. You have there five refs so they really can have an eye on everything. Yeah they can see it from all the angles. So now we have the first attack from Salzburg and Innsbruck with Rich having the ball and shooting. Very nice pass. Unfortunately it was not in the hoops. And there was nobody to catch it. The offense is very swift right now. We see that the vanguards often have blood sugar control in the first minute. They really have an eye on that as they're having quite experienced beaters. It's like a huge advantage to have bludger control because then you can basically control the game. Yeah, if you play it right, it's a big advantage. And there we have the counter attack from Richie, he just slips away and gets back, but he still commits to the drive, pushes through and throws through the hoop. And the goal was good. And it's 10 to 10. Oh they have something to add on, the refs. But Richie is unstoppable, like he plays so well, kudos to Richie. Even if you're as fast as him, you just get the impact from him. The only thing that can stop it is a bludger hitting him. Do you know what the problem is? I don't know. Blue card, delay of game, one minute in the penalty box. Ah, okay. But I don't get why it's a beater that's called delay of game. Yeah, how did it happen? As a chaser, it has to... So with blue card you get a minute in the penalty box, but other than that, it's not as, we could say, huge as a yellow card. Blue cards are usually for breaking some minor rules and when when you score when you do foul like physical foul it's usually yellow card so we could say that blue cards are like minor minor things like it was not on purpose if you hit somebody yeah that's it yeah he's dancing He's dancing! He's dancing, wow. Do you think this is their new strategy? To dance their way to victory? They have a very positive mindset today. As they were winning the first two games. Which they didn't expect, I think, as I talked to them. But they are in good shape and... And on their winning streak. So you saw it. And the Kvaffle... Who's in position for the Kvaffle? Vienna Vanguard? Yeah. He is behind the hoop. Number 47. The keeper, Matthias Render, has the Quaffle and he is going on the offense. He is now looking what are his passing options, what is possible. And they still have bludger control. still have blood control. Wow. That was close. Very good. They're getting behind and then he shoots. The goal was not good. But it was a very good pass. They're taking the reset I think. Yeah. Building up another offensive. With same strategy going down. Maybe they will score right now. He's dancing around. Wow. He's really agile but with two people hanging on him he has no chance. Oh no I am afraid we will have an injury sub. I hope there's no major problem there. Me too but it was quite a nasty fall because he fell on his head first. Yeah and with two people hanging on him. He's standing so hopefully it is good. Maybe they also stopped because it was a bit of a chaos now. Yeah. That happens a lot in quad ball when you are trying to just get into position of the quaffle. You just press on people and then there's like sometimes even six of you, six of chasers trying to get in position of the ball. I think there was some illegal contact from the keeper of Salzburg Innsbruck. They will try to sort it out. Or it was just a substitute because you got a little bit injured or got a hit somewhere. Well right now I'm watching the other pitch there are Danube Dierwolves and Steel City Snidgets playing against each other. It's also a very good game. Also a good game but I think the Snidgets there have to really keep up with the Dierwolves Yeah, because they are like an emulation of, I don't know, two or three teams. Yeah. So it's very hard for them to... Wind, Krems and Graz. And the game resumes. So the game resumes. Salzburg having the Quaffle. The Marcus is trying to get to an attack. Getting one troll behind the hoops. The keeper is doing a very good job of like instructing everybody exactly where they need to be. Because otherwise it gets really chaotic, but there he manages quite well. Wow. Yeah, he has really long arms to catch every ball. Now they're going for a counter attack. Very fast and then he has to stop. There's a beater. Amazing beater. But you see they have a lot of control. Again and again. Wow, the goal was good. The goal was good. We have now a score of 20 to 10 for the vanguards. Okay. After some minutes. And giving instructions so everyone knows what to do. Once again, it's nice to see the opposite strategies. Like, vanguards are trying to play their offensive very fast and Glacier Falcons are like very tactical. Vanguards also focus more on those passing stuff and getting to the sweet spot rather than driving but there... You see? It was a very good tackle. During the passing everything was okay. In the first drive. He got stopped. Wow. It was a great save. Another counter-attack, he has to go through. Another great tackle. And now. And the goal is good. Very good goal. Good positioning. Number 33. Those were very intense, like 20 seconds. Yeah. And how they managed to turn around the game. Left-right, like 20 seconds. Yeah. And how they managed to turn around the game because... Left, right, left, right. Yeah. I think vanguards were in their keeper zone when they stopped them and now they scarred the goal. For the spectators, you are seeing very nice football game today. Like both teams are playing very good and I think you can seeing very nice football game today, both teams are playing very good and I think you can even learn from this game. Definitely, for example the defense of the Salzburg-Innsbruck team is like the 2-2 formation, as they have two tall people by the hoops that catch balls like these and the other points going far outside. And they're just making a little bit of a not that aggressive attack. Making it not that intense. It's good for them to save up the energy because for both the teams it's their third match so they must be quite exhausted. Oh this was amazing. He was subbed in to his energy and this is a free goal. And she scores a goal. But the bludgeon was not that far away from Martin there. Yeah, but I think she was beat after the goal so the goal is good. Amazing. I think she was beat after the goal, so the goal is good. Amazing. And have you seen how the player, I don't know the number, he or she, they intercepted the ball from the air. Like it was amazing. With the bludger? Yeah. That's a skill you have to achieve after training it. Years of practice. Training it for some time. But Richie has the number 14. Oh no, we will have some injury. That looks not that good. And because number three fell on the other beater so it must have been quite a hit. And also the blue beater doesn't look that chilled anymore. Let's hope he's okay. Yeah. He's bringing some water, some ice and everything. Everything is more difficult in this heat. Yeah. It's a full contact sport. Some things always happen or can happen. That's true. That's why you cannot see it but all the players have to wear mouth guards to protect our teeth because it can get quite dangerous and very physical so we have to wear mouth guards at all times. And you also learn how to fall in different situations so you don't fall on your head or break your arm while falling. And so maybe we hope that it's a minor injury or he can still carry on playing. Let's hope for the best. The captains also, the refs also discussing something if they're giving a card or not. Paddy's in the sub zone. So hopefully it will be good. I think he will sub in after some minutes again. Which is also preparing if he, what he is going to do. He is scheming his strategy. I think he will pass it to the troll behind the hoops and then they will try to score from behind. But the other problem is that number 47 is really big, really tall and he's really experienced so he will definitely look and have an eye on the on the throw there. So I think he's going to just... oh there's two beaters with Blasch. Maybe he will try to pass it to number 58 on the right. Or he's going as far as he can and then just shoots. Yeah. Great. On the side, to mix it up a bit, and then a drive, gets the, ooh. The Vengas really cleared this. Quite good. The vanguards really cleared this. Now you see the passing game of the vanguards. Their passing game is the best. Which is really good. Wow! Which will pass the sentence. Ah, no goal. But, yeah, as you said, their passing game is... They are very like... How do you say it? They can play with each other as teammates very good. And they're playing quite compact. Yeah. They have the short distances and run the other ways. So there are no major mistakes in passing. They have great synergy. But the Glacier Falcons also, they made almost no mistakes in their passing. Maybe in the end it will be the game of speed. Or endurance. Yeah. There you see the Vanguards playing the hoop defense. Yeah, I saw it. All four of them had their hands up. Also the beaters. And maybe they don't let the other team to drive or just run into the defense. That looks like a reset. Or maybe an illegal reset as it's crossing two lines. Ah yeah, you were right. And now number 49 is looking for some beaters if you can just go through. And speaking of the beaters game, the Vienna Vanguards are still in position of the two dodgeballs, so they have the control. Yeah. It has been like this since the first minutes and still they are holding up. Which is amazing to see, but not so good for the third team, for the other team. The tactic is, I think, that one keeps always in their, stays always in their zone, and protecting one bludge and the other one uses the second. Like there. They are in stalemate. This is what happens when both players have the same... Wow, another goal. But what I was talking about, the countdown, is when both players are stalemate and trying to battle for the quaffle and neither is going to win. The referee just does the countdown and then goes, I think, to the team on which side it is. Like, the defending team? I think so, yes. So now they call the timeout. so everyone has just one minute to recover, getting through the tactics, trying to adapt something if they... Talk strategy. And during this whole scenery on the left side here, last minute, there was one beater from the vanguard that just stayed behind the hoops with two bludgers. Ah yeah, I saw it as well. Because they are playing very smart. Because if both of the beaters from Vienna vanguards were holding the dodgeball then the other beaters could get immunity and they would not get hit. But like this one she was just having the dodgeballs next to her and not holding them. They couldn't get the immunity I think it's a very smart move definitely, they know what they're doing but I wouldn't want to play against them because it must be so frustrating you're just running for the dodgeball just to be beat I don't really know as a beater how to act if this happens as a chaser I think the strategy is to play a different style and don't adapt to their style. Try to push your thing through. If you have the same amount of players, same amount of experience, maybe it will work. Maybe it will be down who catches the snitch. The score is now 40 for Vienna Vanguard and 20 for Glacier Falcons. The Falcons are still in range. But there we have some pressure from Anita there. Oh no. Which puts some chaos in the game. Some major chaos. It was very chaotic. But Vengar got the ball and still had a larger control, which is unbelievable if you see how offensive the beaters just active. I want to give shout-out to number 23, because I saw her play the last CQL day, or on EQC, I don't remember, but she's just so good. So, shout-out to her. She brings everything to the table. With tackling, really good tackling. And also does great passes. And she even does long passes. That's impressive. Long precise passes with enough power so no one intercepts them. The river again, number 14, building up an attack. Maybe they changed their playing style. We'll see. Oh, maybe yes. there he missed it unfortunately. But they changed it because usually they went for the other throw and now they've changed the sides. I see a blocking here from number 12. Too long at the pass. A bit optimistic. Yeah. But the blocking was very nice to see. Also very effective if you block in the right way. Just get out one player. And now Richie is hiding behind beaters. It's also a very good strategy. And he's running behind the hoop and there he's getting pressured. That was a good play letting him pass to the side and if he's in the corner he just gets pressured by one chaser and one one beater back at the hoops and one quite high to attack, maybe getting budget control. Very good, so now Glacier Falcons will go for the offense. But you don't hear any communication of the Falcons side. Maybe, they said it during the timeout and now it's like silent play. I think this could help them if they communicate and talk to each other more as the vengards do. The vengards are now defending the hoops. Nice block from Ritchie there. Nice plug from Richie there. Amazing goal. And it was all thanks to dodging the dodgeball with the quaffle. Because when you are a chaser, you cannot interfere with the dodgeball, but you can divert it with your quaffle. Because quaffle is not an extension of your body so you can use it as a shield and that's the only way to protect yourself from the beaters. Which there was a kick from Markus just laying on the ground and he almost made a goal with that. Okay, so what they are saying is that the ball went out of boundaries and maybe the wrong player went in there to get it back. But they are also confused. So the ball goes to Glacier Falcons. Much to the dismay of the number 20 who was trying to get the quaffle. I think the snitch will be released in a moment. I don't know what's the game time but... 12 minutes? Okay, that's quite slow. Another 8 minutes of playing until the snitch will be attacked by both runners. The score is 30 to 50 so both teams are in range. And it's very tight, like 20 points, two goals, that's that's almost nothing. So they really have to put a focus on the beta game to get a good bubble around the flag runner. Yeah, that's true. So they have no bludges there. They can just really run through. They have the bludgers there, they can just really run through, have the bludger back. Next to the hoop so... Two bludgers back. Oh no, they lost their chance with no bludgers. I think they're just, the Falcons are holding against bludger control quite well. It is the thing, usually people when they talk about squad ball they just talk about the goals and chasers but really who controls the game are the beaters with their bludger control. With a counter-attack. Wow. By number 12 there with a long shoot and there's a shot. Amazing. Like this is big teamwork. This is big teamwork. It's the passing game. Yeah, knowing your teammate is there to intercept it and just push it through the hoops. When the vanguards got the ball, everyone knew what to do. And the number 20 already ran behind the hoops because he knew that he would get the ball there. It's quite well planned. Even better in action. Good save. It's close. And they're getting pressured quite high now. The point just moves out. Oh, very good. And there he can go. Behind the hoops... That was beat before unfortunately. But they had very good positioning, like they did the square formation, but all of them were able to move so quickly. Almost goal. So they are building now a box, I think, if I heard correctly. So they have every player on each side and can pass those long passing options. And there we have a block from 27. Oh, it was just a moment of hesitation and it goes down the ball. Unfortunately, there was no one to intercept the pass from 27. Because they're playing really fast. But when the first hesitation was, the blue team got the ball. So they're really doing their job quite well today. Oh, I love this strategy. When two chasers just run into each other to confuse the opposing team of who is going to... To cross. Yeah. Cross the ball yeah who that will be also beat before the beat is a really good of the vanguards because the vanguards have still two bludgers isn't it yeah that's true no I see one Amel here Where is the third bludger? Oh yeah, they have it. It's just the orange. Keeping an eye on the Quaffle game. And also keeping the bludger control. Now they're doing the tactics where one Peter goes back in their defense. And holds one more. Now the beaters are running into us. So that was it. You got some close-up of beater number 57 or 51. I don't know the font. 51 I think. Yeah, 51. He really did a good job to intercept number 44 of the Vengors. Yeah, and now they turned around. And the counterattack was started then. Because now the Glacier Falcons, they have two bludgers. So now they are in control of the... It was a really good play. Great. Especially if you keep in mind that he's 17 years. Yeah. At the moment he's just so tall but it was very good tackle attempt from number 27 but number 8 is just too tall wow a second chance maybe Wow! Second chance maybe? Amazing! And now they made it! And they are still in range! 40 to 60! Wow! They are still keeping up! I'm just surprised that the hoop survived it. Because like two chasers fell on it. They appeared like this. Or four this may. Heatwave break. Oh great. So now. Another timeout. Yeah, I think it's the heat stoppage. It's not like a timeout because they didn't say by whom it was requested. So now we've got five minutes of nothing. Of just the players getting their bottles filled up with water and maybe going into the shadow. I would advise them to go into the shadow for a bit. I think they just might start talking about the time when the flag runner comes on the field. Yeah. And how they deal with it and with speeders and the the bubble around them. Yeah. The flag runner is very fast it's one of my teammates number 56, Kristoff, and he caught the snitch last game so he's quite good. As you played against him you always said just keep an eye on 56. Yeah. He's really fast. He's very fast. I would love to play against him one time. I think you definitely will. Which team are you from? I'm from Linster. Ah, yeah, but you are injured. I'm injured, yes. Unfortunately. Maybe next year. Maybe next year. Next year we will play against each other and finally you can play against number 56. I hope so. other and finally you can play against number 56. I hope so. It is really fast and really agile and yeah and he has a brother and when they are together on the pitch it's like they are unstoppable. It's a fusion of them. Yeah the synergy of siblings just passing the ball around. That's our hidden phantom menace. So he will be more a run snitch, another contact. Yeah. He will be just running around, playing with his speed and trying to exhaust the... But we will see who the seekers are, because I think both teams have some pretty great seekers. But we will see who the seekers are, because I think both teams have some pretty great seekers. So for the spectators what you will see will be once again very even game. I don't know from the blue team, from the black team I know that they have also some very fast seekers. Number 3 for example, if you see that. There is a beater there. And he is really really fast and also experienced in seeking so your mate will have a hard time. Two more minutes of the heat break and the Veena vanguards have retrieved to the shadows to get some much needed shadow, but the glacier falcons are still on the pitch in the sun. And this is the final day of CQL because this year we had only two game days. So it was all quite like pushed together we could say. But then you can see many, many matches on one day which is very cool. Yeah, that's also great. That's what I loved about EQC, that's European Quad Bowl Championship this year. Because in European Quad Bowl there are two divisions basically and this year both divisions played on the same sporting area and the EQC like dates were the same for both the divisions so there were 56 teams from all of the Europe and just so many players and yeah also the community is just amazing in this sport in my opinion it's one of the best things it's just you don't have teammates you have friends. Yeah. And also I love like even when you are in opposing teams after each game we hug each other and we are like all friends there's like no hate between the teams. And during the game you respect each other most of the time, hopefully. So the game is resumed and Wow How can they run in this heat and after so many minutes of playing? They both want to win so yeah They have to commit 110% at least. Now you see a drive attempt but going outside again, passing back. Maybe they will use the reset? No no no. Give them time. Now the ball just moves around. They slow down a bit. The event is quite stable there from the blue team. Ah, yeah. As they are not moving that much. They are adapting to the offense, of course. But the troll is just waiting for the pass. Wow! That would for the pass. Wow! David Bieter worked a bit too late as number 23 played really really fast there and got to the shot. And Vienna Vanguard managed to get bludger control. I didn't have an eye on that, no. I think they used the... because both of the blue team beaters shot on number 23, so they've just picked up one ball and one they already had. And still the goal went through. A win-win. Now we have a long shot attempt from blue team, got caught by number 33. Maybe another attempt will be here. That goes a little bit too high and... Oh, she lost her broom. It was unfortunate. The snitch is on the pitch, so now we will get some close up of the snitch because I think the catch is maybe like the most interesting part of the match and everyone wants to see it. of the match and everyone wants to see it the goal is to catch the sock with tennis ball attached on his lower back and he's allowed to push you around as a seeker he can do pretty much everything he can even take your broom and when he does it you have to recharge but you as a seeker you can do nothing as a flag runner you cannot push him you cannot grab at him. You just have to jump around and being really fast. And after some minutes he gets some handicaps. And it's going to be hopefully a bit easier to catch it. So the game on the other pitch is finished I think, they called a snitch. And the game on our pitch is stopped because there were some fouls in play. Or yeah, the referees are now discussing. They look very serious in their circle just discussing things I think it depends on if the goal is called good or not and they're arguing and agreeing on okay so this score is 50 for Vienna vanguards and 50 no 80 for Vienna vanguards and 50 for glacier Falcons so they are still trying to keep up And the Seekers are also on the pitch. Wow from Glacier Falcons, number 99. Now I think the game will change a lot because maybe the beaters will be focusing on the Seekers and not on the Coiffle. So maybe it will be good for Glacier Falcons to score some goals. Wow! Was it a good tackle? Like a rude tackle about everything. We will see. Because with tackles... As he kept hanging on to the number 14, it was like maybe contact from behind as he grabbed another attempt. Other than that it was just much impact. Because the rules with tackles are pretty strict so we don't hurt each other. And sometimes it's quite difficult to discern if the tackle was good or not. Or from behind or in motion. And therefore we have five... Referees? Referees. Yeah. To detect all that. And also one interesting thing is that the flag runner is also considered as a referee because he cannot belong to either of the teams playing and he's supposed to be a neutral player so he's considered as a referee as well. He has to do his role in an objective way. But in the first minutes that we saw the number what is his name number 56 Kristoff, he really ran quite much on the field. He moved between all the lines. And as soon as the first handicap, which is like he has to keep the distance five meters left and right of the midfield line, I think he has to adapt his seeking style. Or running style. Because I'm thinking the first handicap is after 5 minutes. And it's like they can only run on the midline. And then the other handicap is that they can only use one hand. Ah, the catch was good! Amazing! And the Bengals are winning the game? I think they are. Quite depressing for the team blue now, as they are keeping really good. Yeah, they were just trying to catch up and... But it was a very nice game. Very good game and we saw some great plays from both of the teams. They played very good and very fiercely. It was just down to the catch. So Vienna Vanguards are now in the lead I think. I don't know if maybe there will be a finale after this match. And now they're cheering on each other. Yeah, aww oh that's amazing. So yeah the dark team Vienna Vanguards they won their third match today. It's first loss for Glacier Falcons. So I think they're first place now in the CQ. I think they are. As they didn't lose any game. Wow. Which is quite impressive. So impressive. like once again this was pretty even game so I think both teams can congratulate themselves even the blue team yeah I think we got third place if I'm correct I don't know how they played the first game day but yeah I think they were both will be like on the winner's podium yeah and have you seen the Argonauts I think they will both be on the winners podium. Yeah. And have you seen the... The Argonauts, I think, are second place. Ah, okay. Have you seen the trophy? I haven't seen it. It's amazing. It was here in the morning. It's just this huge shining trophy. So I envy them a little bit that they will get it because, yeah, I would like to have the trophy at home.