🏆 Regular season champions face off: DNA & Plyrs in top form | OneFootball

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It's the duel of two champions - this year's Regular Season winner DNA meets last year's champion Plyrs United. However, in the Icon League cosmos, the Regular Season Championship is far less significant than winning the final tournament.

Winning the Final 8 is the big goal, and the winner gets to call themselves Icon League Champion. For one of the two teams, this dream ends early, as they face each other directly in the quarterfinals.

We've summarized who has the better chances and what the title chances look like. Here's an overview.

DNA Athletics

DNA Athletics made it to the Final 8 final last year and then failed against FC OneFootball. This year they want the title. Their team head Niklas Sommer has made this clear on several occasions.

They have significantly improved compared to last season and were able to win games by a large margin towards the end of the season. This was a long-standing criticism.

They play a very mature football and a clear game idea can be recognized. DNA scored the second most goals in the regular season and conceded the second fewest goals of the Final 8 participants.

DNA has very strong individual players, but also works excellently as a team. "No one is too vain to pass the ball in front of the goal," praised Akbakla in an interview. The goalkeeper was named Goalie of the Season and is one of the key players. Another key player is Darko Bodul, who won the individual award for the best player of the regular season, the Icon of the Season.

Assessment:

DNA Athletics is a clear title favorite. They have so far impressed with their individual class, but also through their team spirit. Anyone who wants to win the title this year will likely have to get past DNA.

Plyrs United

The Plyrs barely qualified as the eighth for the final tournament. On the last match day, they had to sweat for a long time because they could have been overtaken by three other teams. But in the end, they made it, and that's all that counts this Sunday.

However, the signs could be better. The Plyrs have not won any of their last three games. Two of these games very clearly with once four or five goals difference. But they can also do differently, as they impressively demonstrated with their 9:2 victory against The Pack.

The clear key player is the league's top scorer, Stefan Winkel. He has already scored 18 times for the Plyrs this season and is their life insurance. Winkel also made it into the Team of the Season. DNA needs to pay special attention to him.

Assessment:

The Plyrs enter the final tournament as clear underdogs, but they can certainly surprise in this role. Although they come to Berlin with three consecutive defeats and recent weak performances, they have league top scorer Stefan Winkel, a player who can make a difference at any time.

DNA will go into the quarterfinals as the clear favorite. They won the duel between the two teams in the Regular Season with a 7:5 score.

Moreover, the form curve and table situation speak a clear language, but in a knockout game, anything is possible.

Who do you think will make it to the semifinals? Write it in the comments!

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