SFA League B Playoffs Season 2

Final - GoonerwooG F.c 2 - 1 FC Brighton
Woolgar comes out on top in tactical battle

This match proves that it isn't how much possession you have that counts, it's what you do with it. Despite having only 41% of the ball, the counter-attacking style of GoonerwooG proved too much for FC Brighton, in a battle at The Den.

In a tight start to the game, it was Brighton who had the first opportunity as Ki-Hyeon Seol was bundled to the floor by Marcinho Guerreiro in the box. Referee Petrovic had no hesitation in pointing to the spot. Zdenek Pospech stepped up and tucked the ball in the left hand corner of the net. First blood to Brighton.

GoonerwooG should really have levelled things up on 20 minutes as Theo Janssen fed Angelos Charisteas who shot past Toni Doblas, but also the wrong side of the right hand upright. Lee Chun-Soo almost doubled Brighton's lead on 42 minutes after a long range effort was heading for the top corner, before David James tipped it over. Half time score 1-0 Brighton.

GoonerwooG needed something special, and it came from Janssen in the 56th minute. The Dutch midfielder picked the ball up 30 yards from goal, skipped past the 2 central defenders and fired low past Doblas into the bottom right hand corner. A brilliant piece of individual skill.

The defining moment of the game came in the 63rd minute as Murilo picked out Charisteas in the box, only for Maurizio Peccarisi to try and swap shirts early with the big target man. Penalty given, and penalty converted by Francisco Mendoza. 2-1 to GoonerwooG. Janssen and Charisteas had chances to put the game beyond Brighton but neither took them. The GoonerwooG defense, however, didn't look like conceeding and they held on comfortably to take them to the promised land of the Premier League, and all the riches that it entails.

Good luck to GoonerwooG next season, do the SFA League B proud!