Mosconi Cup 2007 - Strickland vs. Souquet - Last 3 racks 2/3

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jordidonosti
December 23, 2007

Souquet defeated Strickland 6-4 to give the Europeans an overall 9-6 lead but there were some ugly scenes at the end of the match. The German celebrated his victory with his team mates and then we...

Souquet defeated Strickland 6-4 to give the Europeans an overall 9-6 lead but there were some ugly scenes at the end of the match.

The German celebrated his victory with his team mates and then went over to shake his opponent's hand. However, the furious American hurled abuse at Souquet and threw his hand away from him.

That led to an angry exchange as Tony Drago (pictured) screamed at Strickland, who was being booed by the crowd, before someone, either a European competitor or fan, threw a dummy at the US player.

The match had been threatening to boil over as Strickland complained to referee Michaela Tabb twice about her positioning of the 2-ball in the rack as The Pearl was also arguing with the spectators as well.

With the score at 5-3, just as Strickland was about to shoot he looked up at The Kaiser and said 'you're more lucky than you are good!'

Commentator Jim Wych was unhappy with Strickland's antics. "We've seen it all before," said Wych.

"But I can't stand the way he ended that match. You should shake your opponent's hand with respect and he made a big mistake. Earl is losing a lot of fans."

Souquet added: "He (Earl) is sometimes a tough opponent but I actually like to play him. Sometimes he goes over the line and he called me some names.

"On the first day we did not act or play like a team and the team spirit is much better now. We have a three-game lead, which does not mean anything.

"We've got a long way to go to get over the finish line."

Souquet took the lead when he sunk the 9-ball into a blind pocket before an illegal break from Strickland followed by a foul in his next shot took the score to 2-0 to the German.

He broke and ran out the next and Strickland did the same in the fourth. He scratched off the break to extend the German's lead back to three before a golden break by The Pearl, the first of the tournament in its 15th match, made it 4-2.

A misjudged safety from Souquet on the 2-ball helped take it to 4-3 but Strickland smashed the cue ball off the table during the break and with ball-in-hand The Kaiser did the rest.

Now on the hill, Souquet lost the ninth rack but claimed the tenth for a valuable victory.

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LewBeii (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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Such a prick, Strickland. Drago is a legend!

joewizard100 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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Hes a good guy don't be so harsh. Everyone has a bad day im sure you have.

LewBeii (1 week ago) Show Hide

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See where your coming from don't get me wrong, but still he is always complaining about something. Anyway, my main point - love Drago :P

johnjamesindiatoo (2 months ago) Show Hide

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Earl "The Girl" Stickbreaker!!!

demonbre (3 months ago) Show Hide

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5:24 - What a pathetic dick.

PooJiraiya (4 months ago) Show Hide

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earl is the happy gilmore of pool XD

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bwong21 (2 months ago) Show Hide

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He's more like the real Shooter McGavin..POW POW

LewBeii (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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Not quite, everyone loves Happy Gilmore xD

LeonFleisherFan (5 months ago) Show Hide

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A player can cheer as much as he or she likes - after they've offered their opponent the after-match handshake. Everything else is just impolite.

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