Around The Continent: Week 8 Full of Lopsided Scores
[tps_title]Around the Continent[/tps_title]
Portugal
Playoffs
The quarterfinals kicked off this past weekend. The Porto Mutts who finished first in the North made mincemeat of the Algarve Sharks in the first quarterfinal with a 102-0 shellacking. Then the Lisbon Crusaders, second in the South were to take on the Paredes Lumberjacks, third place in the North but the game was postponed pending a ruling by the Portuguese American Football Association.
Romania
It was a week of lopsided victories in Romania. The Timisoara 89ers destroyed the Resita Locomotives 61-0 while the Bucharest Rebels overwhelmed the Mures Monsters 54-7. The win boosted the Rebels back into top spot in the South East conference dropping the Warriors to second. The Cluj Crusaders are first in the North West undefeated at 4-0.
Russia
The Russian league kicked off with eight teams in action. The Podolsk Knights beat the Moscow Black Storm 27-0 in the season opener. The Moscow Spartans beat up on the Moscow Dragons 34-0. In a weekend of blank scores the St. Petersburg Griffins whipped the Jaroslavl Rebels 38-0. And in the only win over a team that scored, Moscow United beat the St. Petersburg North Legion 14-6.
Serbia
In the only game in Serbia this past weekend, Beograd Vukovi beat Nis Imperatori 27-8.
The Novi Sad Dukes top the standings at 3-0, followed by Vukovi at 3-0, while Pancevo sits in third at 2-1.
Vukovi Belgrade fell behind in the first half to Istanbul’s Bogazici Sultans in a Champions League East match-up only to recover and go on to win 34-19.
Slovakia
The Slovakian league was idle this past weekend. Action resumes May 16 as the Trnava Bulldogs play host to the Nitra Knights.
