World Cup 71 Final

The World Cup 71 Final was a football match that took place on 11 July 2219 at Estadio Nacional in Santa Maria, Felix to determine the World Cup 71 champion. Osarius defeated Pasarga 4-3, with the winning goal coming in the eighty-first minute. The match was the second successive World Cup final contested by Osarius – following their win in World Cup 70 – and the result placed the Atlantian Oceania nation among a small group of back-to-back World Cup winners.

Background

The two teams had met in four previous matches, with three wins for Pasarga, and one win for Osarius. Both teams had won once on penalties. In these games, Pasarga had outscored Osarius by 13 goals to 10. All of these matches were World Cup matches – two of them during qualifying of World Cup 51 – though none had been in the final.

Previous matches between the teams
World Cup 51 Qualifying Round 3, Pasarga 5-2 Osarius World Cup 51 Qualifying Round 12, Osarius 0-1 Pasarga World Cup 68 Quarter Final, Pasarga 1-1 Osarius. 1-1 after extra time. Pasarga won 6-5 on penalties. World Cup 70 Quarter Final, Pasarga 3-3 Osarius. 4-4 after extra time. Osarius won 5-3 on penalties.

The most recent meeting between the two teams was the quarter final of World Cup 70, which Osarius won on penalties. After ninety minutes, the score was 3-3. The tie could not be settled in extra time, which ended with the scores still level, this time at 4-4. Osarius substitute Ezio Grassi went on to score the winning penalty in the shootout.

Returning players

Among the players in the World Cup 71 squads, the following played in the World Cup 70 and World Cup 68 meetings:

Previous appearance of players from the teams
World Cup 68	Osarius: Ruby Fletcher, Roque Acosta, Wesley Kane, Ezio Grassi, Toby Drummond, Adam McBride, Emanuele Riviello; Pasarga: Marzuqah Taahira, Vass Adrián, Szánthó Nyék, Tobias Möller, Michael Müller
World Cup 70	Osarius: Ruby Fletcher, Paolo Bocchetti, Clemente Jaconelli, Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Gabrielle Harrison, Roque Acosta, Fabio Mancini, Wesley Kane, Darell Marshall, Marco Puntoriero, Nicola Costello, Ezio Grassi, Toby Drummond, Adam McBride, Efrain Suarez, Emanuele Riviello, Fabian Padron, Theodore Prince, Tobias Clarke, Salvatore Laccona; Pasarga: Marzuqah Taahira, Jan Macík, Vass Adrián, Szánthó Nyék, Császár Mór, Tobias Möller, Michael Müller

Prior to that, Jermain Lewis – the Osarius national team manager for the matches in World Cup 68 and World Cup 70 – had played in both qualifying matches during World Cup 51, making him the only person to have played a role in all five matches.

Road to the final

Osarius		Round	Pasarga
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Equestrian States	0–0	Match 1	Ko-oren	1–0
Apox	4–0	Match 2	The Sarian	2–1
Unified Sunrise Islands	2-2	Match 3	Brenecia	3–2
Group B winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Osarius 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5 Apox 3 1 1 1 1 4 -3 4 Unified Sunrise Islands 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3 Equestrian States 3 0 2 1 0 1 -1 2		Final standings	Group G winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pasarga 3 3 0 0 6 3 +3 9 The Sarian 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6 Ko-oren 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 3 Brenecia 3 0 0 3 4 7 -3 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
The Holy Empire	2–1	Round of 16	Gloriax	3–1
Nephara	4–0	Quarter-finals	Polar Islandstates	2–0
Holy Republican Empire	3–2 (aet)	Semi-finals	Eura	2–1

Match

Details

Osarius v Pasarga

11 July 2219 16:00

Osarius	4–3	Pasarga
Poynter  31' Grassi  44',  58' Acosta  81'	Report	Möller  21',  72' Mór  39'

Estadio Nacional, Santa Maria Attendance: 87,104 Referee: Thomas Youngston (Felix)

Osarius

Pasarga

GK 1 Ruby Fletcher LB 3 Paolo Bocchetti CB 6 Clemente Jaconelli CB 5 Juan Pablo Rodriguez RB 2 Gabrielle Harrison  34' CM 8 Roque Acosta (c) CM 20 Fabio Mancini  29' AM 23 Andrea Poynter LW 11 Wesley Kane RW 7 Darell Marshall  120' ST 14 Marco Puntoriero  88' Substitutes: CM 4 Nicola Costello CF 9 Ezio Grassi AM 10 Toby Drummond  31' GK 12 Adam McBride GK 13 Efrain Suarez CB 15 Emanuele Riviello CB 16 Fabian Padron CB 17 Fabricio Gallardo RW 18 Jerome Monroe LB 19 Theodore Prince LW 21 Tobias Clarke  120' ST 22 Salvatore Laccona Manager:  Jermain Lewis

GK 1 Takácz Endre LB 4 Lenka Randáková CB 15 Héðinn Olgeirsson CB 2 Marzuqah Taahira RB 16 Jan Macík (c) LW 14 Hugrún Valdimarsdóttir CM 6 Császár Mór CM 8 Szölôsi Oszlár RW 22 Szánthó Nyék ST 10 Tobias Möller ST 9 Michael Müller Substitutes: GK 3 Bognár Lukacs GK 5 Gyôrfy Zsa-zsa LB 7 Gaál Renáta CB 11 Viviano Milani CB 12 Zdenek Moravec RB 13 Jens Reiniger DM 17 Vass Adrián RW 18 Jorit van Kruistum MC 19 Aleksander Espinoza Carrasquill LW 20 Inalén Navarro Montalvo ST 21 Dominik Mauer ST 23 Inèz van Stiphout Manager:  Jullian van Setten

Man of the Match: Roque Acosta (Osarius) Assistant referees: Javier Mendes (Felix) Felipe Jenaro (Felix) Fourth official: Mathias Morrison (Yttribia) Fifth official: Joel Martín Águila Nena (San Jose Guayabal)

Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if still tied. Twelve named eligible substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.