The last season was a very positive one for “The Blues”. The fans, a bit sceptic at the beginning due to the 6^th place achieved on the previous season (2015/2016), started to become more and more enthusiastic along the year, as the performance and consequently the results were quite good.

In fact, until the very end, at least the 2^nd place and consequently the promotion was a real possibility for FC Euroatlas! The champions – FC Luxair – had a comfortable advantage but the group of teams “chasing” them, where “The Blues” was placed when there were 3 games to end, had a difference of 2/3 points between them… The scenario was quite hard, as FC Euroatlas had basically to win all matches and also wait for a “bad day” from one of the direct opponents in order to reach the 2^nd place.

Unfortunately, a completely unexpected defeat at home (1-2) against FC Eisebunn 97 (team which was relegated in the end) crushed team’s moral and any hope from the fans on getting something more…

However, there are two important details to highlight… First, the arrival of “fresh blood” to the team had clearly a huge impact. Some new and younger faces, after a successful integration period, brought more speed and power to the team. And second, as consequence of that, talking a bit about statistics, “The Blues” had already more points at the end of the first round of the league than the ones they had at the end of the previous 2015/2016 season.

We were almost there this time… But we will be there at the end of the next one! That’s for sure!

By EM