Raiders lose heartbreaker 22-21

In one of the craziest games I've ever been a part of, we lost to the Vienna Vikings 22-21 today.  It's still really weird writing these words - as I'm in shock that it was even possible for us to lose a game we had so clearly in hand.

Matt caught 2 TD passes in the first half and our defensive scored as well, giving us a 21-0 halftime lead.  But in the second half, it was Murphy's law as everything that could happen against us - especially things you normally don't even think about - did.  We fumbled on their one yard line going in.  Random penalties negated huge plays.  We gave up a safety on an intentional grounding call on a pass to our running back.  Still, we held a 21-8 lead with about 3 minutes to go... yet they scored 2 TDs - the last one with 4 seconds remaining - to beat us 22-21.

As I said, we had our chances but it was still a bizarre ending.  The Vikings now advance to play the Giants in the Austrian Bowl.  Our final game will be in two weeks - July 11th - in the Eurobowl Final against the Paris Flash.

Let's regroup Raiders and finish strong.

~ J. Twice