BERLI ALLIANZ vs. SAN FRANCISCO OPTX; 3:00AM BST/4:00AM CEST

FINAL

CS:S

FZA

FIFA

DOAF

DOAM

SCORE

Berlin Allianz

6

3

3

1

1

14

San Francisco OPTX

12

4

1

5

5

27

The second semi-final tonight is the Berlin Allianz taking on the San Francisco OPTX. The OPTX have come a long way to get this far, having defeated London Mint on their way to clinching the wildcard spot. Berlin went out at this stage last year, and will be determined not to repeat the "so close, but so far" outcome.

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Game Order

Dead or Alive Female

FIFA

Forza

Counter-Strike: Source

Dead or Alive Male

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Let's take at look at both team's recent results in the world finals so far

If Blaze shows up tonight Berlin's CSS team may be able to pull a win out of the bag.

Goodeh's Predictions

FINAL

CS:S

FZA

FIFA

DOAF

DOAM

SCORE

Berlin Allianz

7

5

2

2

2

18

San Francisco OPTX

11

2

1

5

5

24

These following statistics and headlines were collected, compiled and written by Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner. Records are given by Wins-Loss (points differential)

Berlin Allianz	Head-to-Head	San Francisco OPTX
4-2 (+17)	Franchise Record	17-12 (+41)
24.00	Average Points per Game	22.63
6-0 (+10)	FIFA 08	14-15 (-14)
2-4 (-1)	Counter-Strike: Source	12-17 (-10)
4-2 (+11)	Dead or Alive Male	9-7 (+3)
2-4 (-4)	Dead or Alive Female	27-2 (+96)
2-1 (+5)	Forza Motorsport 2	7-9 (-2)

Fast Facts

Forza
8 out of the last 10 races, SACKAMONJARO has finished 3rd!
Miximup has won 2 of his last 3 races and Optx won 3 out of 3.
Yggdrasil won his first ever race in CGS history against Sydney in the last round.
Miximup is excellent on the Guitar having played for everyone in the practice rooms!

FIFA
Manyna continues to be unbeaten in CGS history across both FIFA 07 and FIFA 08.
Stermy has lost his last 3 matches but finished as the 2nd best in North America.
Stermy has only won two of his last 7 matches.
CSS
The new mixed nation line up has not won a single match so far for Allianz.CSS.
GRT is one of only two players in the semi finals who can win a 2nd World Title.
Berlin lost 11-7 to Carolina in last years Semi Final.
Despite beating Dallas 11-7 in the last round, Optx lost the 3 of their last 4, 10-8.

DOA
If Vanessa wins by 5-1 or better, she would become the first player in CGS history to pass a net +100 point differential.
The_TACTICAL beat Offbeat last year in the Semi Final.
Liefje won her first DOA matches this year, after being winless in 2007.
Liefje also ended Eileen's 100% record in the last round.
NinjaCW has won 3 of his lats 4.
Vanessa says the only thing that intimidates her is her own fear.
NinjaCW has won tournaments in DOA and Karate.
Franchise
Optx have won 6 of their last 7 franchise matches, only loss to Dallas 24-22 in NA S-Finals.
This will be the 130th Franchise match in CGS history.
This is the first time San Fran Optx have been in the World Finals.
Berlin lost by 1 point to Carolina in last years World Semi Final.
The first time the two teams have met in CGS.
Optx average age is 21 years and 5 months.
Berlins average age is also 21 years and 5 months!

Ben Woodward offers Cadred his expert opinion. Photo Courtesy of theCGS.com

Expert Opinion: Ben Woodward

For every game we'll be getting the opinion of a Championship Gaming Series expert. Today's prediction is by none other than Ben Woodward, General Manager of the London Mint who narrowly missed out on the World Finals in the wild card final.

Stay tuned every day to Cadred.org for your Championship Gaming Series World Finals coverage!

FINAL

CS:S

FZA

FIFA

DOAF

DOAM

SCORE

Berlin Allianz

7

5

1

2

2

17

San Francisco OPTX

11

2

0

5

5

23