Check out the AFI Recap of the action from throughout Europe this past weekend

It was another wild weekend of football throughout Europe.

The Danish Nationalligaen was back in action after a five-week break as was Finland’s Maple League which had been idle for two weeks. The German Football League had a full slate of games while six of the eight teams in the European League of Football saw action.

Czech Republic

The Brno Alligators (2-2) won their second straight game against the Prerov Mammoths (0-5) beating them 27-21 to remain in fourth place in the standings.

The Prague Lions (4-1) gained their revenge over the Vysocina Gladiators (3-1) in beating them 28-21 this past weekend. The win atones for a loss to the Gladiators two weeks ago and moves Prague past Vysocina into first place as the end of the regular season looms.

Denmark

The AaB 89ers (2-2) scored on their opening possession and went on to lay a beating on the previously undefeated Søllerød Gold Diggers (3-1), whipping them 33-6.

ELF

The Hamburg Sea Devils (7-1) found themselves in a dogfight in the second half of their game against the Berlin Thunder (1-6) after taking a 21-0 halftime lead but finally prevailed 28-20 to hold onto first place in the ELF North.

The Frankfurt Galaxy (7-1) dispelled any doubts as to who is the best team in the ELF after trouncing the Wroclaw Panthers (3-4) 36-7 in Wroclaw, Poland.

The surging Barcelona Dragons (3-4) won their third game of the season, beating the Stuttgart Surge (2-6) 30-12. The Spanish team has now won three of their last four games after opening the season with four straight losses.

Finland

In a battle for survival in Finland’s Maple League, the United Newland Crusaders (1-5) captured their first win of the season in downing the Wasa Royals (1-6) 28-24. The victory moves the Crusaders past Wasa in the standings, bumping the Royals down into last place.

The Helsinki Roosters (5-1) won the battle of Helsinki after whipping the Helsinki Wolverines (3-5) 42-8 in Finland’s Maple League. The Roosters are in firm control of second place with the win with two games to go.

The Kuopio Steelers (7-0)  asserted their dominance early on against the Porvoo Butchers (3-3) and never let up, trouncing the previously surging Butchers 51-0.

Germany

The Saarland Hurricanes (6-1) simply outmanned the Stuttgart Scorpions (1-7), taking a 33-0 halftime lead and then cruising in the second half to a 47-6 win. The Hurricanes are now the third highest-scoring team in the entire German Football League.

The Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns (7-0) took a 13-7 halftime lead against the Allgäu Comets (4-2) and scored three second half touchdowns to finally pull away from the stubborn Comets for a 33-21 win.

The Ravensburg Razorbacks (4-4) outscored the hapless Frankfurt Universe (0-6)  58-9 over the first three quarters of the game before easing off in the fourth quarter to wind up with a 64-22 win. Six different Razorbacks scored touchdowns.

The Potsdam Royals (6-1) scored 22 unanswered second-half points to break open a 7-7 halftime tie and defeat the Berlin Rebels (1-7) 29-7. The German Football League’s runaway leading rusher, Jake Mayon, scored three of the Royals’ four touchdowns.

 

The Cologne Crocodiles (4-3) needed to keep possession of the football for the final three and a half minutes of the game to finally defeat the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes (2-6) 40-35.

In a battle of heavyweights in the GFL North, the Dresden Monarchs (6-1) outlasted the Braunschweig New Yorker Lions (3-4), beating them 24-19 in front of a home crowd of 1,500.