/eris/

Somehow the discordant followers of Eris have stopped arguing for long enough to disorganize a divegrass team. Can they reign the strife and win the golden prize, or shall Eris be snubbed once more?

History
Shortly after, /eris/ enthusiastically responded to their invitation to compete in the 6th Infinity Cup. /eris/ is making effective use of its debut to thoroughly embarrass any boards that put actual thought and effort into their team but fail regardless. Upon the submission of our official game plan, a bureaucratic I.C.U.P. official immediately recognized our strategic brilliance in their analytical response:
 * "That's an....interesting team strategy"
 * &mdash; Supporter #76

Only one thing is certain: uncertainty.

Infinity Cup 6
/eris/'s chaotic debut against /yuri/ began with the realization that the team roster import had failed, leaving us with an outdated strategy despite an attempted emergency hotfix. Naturally, the Erisian spectators declared that a loss would be declared RIGGED, and conversely that a win would also be declared RIGGED and invalid. From this followed a wild, thrilling game with many impressive back-to-back saves from Grayface (facing a massive 13 shots on target and denying two 90th minute tie-breakers), an impressive super-sub header goal from Maxwell Atoms after only 4 minutes on the field and a murderous foul in the very first play. A 3-3 tie made it clear that the game, was in fact, not RIGGED and entirely valid.

The next match against /sp/ was somehow more insane, a 4-4 goalfest of counter-attacks and counter-counter-attacks. Any doubt of this being the game of the tournament was erased by a yellow card given to our goalkeeper. Despite only 66% pass completion and an impressively minimalist 5 shots (5 on target, 4 so much on target that they went in), /eris/ was able to secure a draw and become the highest-scoring team of the cup (7 goals). This match has been dubbed by an /icup/ official as "the most entertaining match of the cup so far".

Our final match of the cup was an unpredictable 1-6 loss against /ausneets/, ending our exciting run in the 6th Infinity Cup. Despite us once again scoring the opening goal and the opening yellow card, /ausneets/ were able to shoot five goals in the second half, completing two impressive hat-tricks before the end of the game including a successful counter-attack after a corner kick had left us with an open goal. A second yellow card to [no-one] was no longer an issue as we hectically departed the cup just as remarkably as we had entered.

G-Cup
Main Article: GCUP.

/eris/ is representing Greece in the 2021 G-Cup. I dunno what will happen so come and watch.

The first weekend of the G-cup finished with Placeholder 4 /eris/ dominating Clermont Foot 63 /fscchan/ in a decisive 2-0 victory. While the game was amazingly free of any foul tackles, both teams were denied by equally dubious offside calls, highlighting the risks of only bribing one official. /fscchan/ went on to devastate /japan/ 4-1, preserving /eris/ as the group's leader by a single goal. This meant that in order to advance to the knockout stage, /eris/ needed to not lose by 3 or more goals against /japan/. This was slightly better than last cup, where we needed to not lose by 2 or more goals against /ausneets/.

Match Day 3 had us play a rematch against our debut shitposting rivals, /japan/. Despite a few missing pre-game substitutions (RIGGED!) and a slow start, Emperor Norton broke through in the 62nd minute with an outstanding running first touch and shot in tight space. Soon after, a brilliant layoff header by Eris directly onto The Referee's best foot allowed for a perfectly placed shot, while Eris expertly cleared the path by falling on top of a poor anime girl, sealing /japan/'s fate with a 2-0 victory and securing /eris/'s spot as the leader of the entire group stage (2 wins, +4 goal difference) with an impressive clean sheet. Match Day 3 also introduced our new home stadium, Καλλιστάδιο. Due to neutrality regulations, only friendly games could participate on our beautiful pitch; snubbed again!

The next day paired us up with surprise quarterfinalists /ita/, who had qualified despite not winning a single match since 2018. Early into the game, a fancily-trapped long ball to Norton I enabled him to put it past Gondola, whose lack of arms may not have helped the situation. Another goal by Eris followed soon after, but was eventually rebutted by /ita/'s Lupo Lucio. However, one minute later the ball was already at Eris's foot and sailing towards the back of the net from outside the penalty box. The final seconds of the match had Principia Discordia up on a corner kick, where a contested header was cleaned up by The Referee, resulting in a decisive 4-1 win.

In the semifinals, /eris/ was matched against /dup/, who scored an opening goal which /eris/ were unable to counter in the rest of the half due to a successful defensive wall. However, at the 72nd minute, Norton was able to break through the middle to seize his rightful sovereignty over the Americans with a central through-ball goal. Little did we know that Coronadup was incubating within their wall, beginning a series of goals from them until at 2-3, just seconds before the final whistle, a massive cross pass from the other side of the field let Eris tie with an amazing 12m-long header past the goalkeeper, after /dup/ mistakenly saw fit to waste time passing around in our favorite side of the pitch. Proceeding into extra time, an unfortunate, heavy deflection from Camus's ass slotted the ball perfectly into the bottom corner of our own net. The poor crowd-chosen substitution choice by an Italian viewer wasn't enough to get us back into the game, dooming us to an unexpected Third Place match against the /otter/s.

A vicious contest for The Coveted Third Place Trophy followed with the /otter/s, with plenty of excellent finishes from both teams. However at the 70th minute, it was realized that a botched pre-game substitution had taken off our important bronze defender without our manager noticing (RIGGED!). Seemingly to redeem herself of an embarrassing spaghetti moment in the 75th minute, Eris then scored a bamboozling header from an /otter/ deflection, prompting confusion in the commentary box and a video replay review. However, 14 shots at the goal wasn't enough and the match was tied, with a stalemate at extra time leading us into a benalies showdown. After a back and forth chain of 15 successful penalty shots, Albert Camus once again chose to acknowledge the futility of fußball and kicked the urchin (RIGGED!) over the crossbar, ending the longest match of the G-cup.

Roster
Main Article: /eris/ Roster.

Tactical Summary
00001. Outscore: Sometimes, the best defense is a good offense. 00002. Strife: Othertimes, the best defense is obliterating someone's ankle. 00003. Redund: PES's AI's passing is beyond pathetic. Expect failure and have a player nearby to salvage the attack. 00004. Disorder: Subvert the assumption that bilateral symmetry is inherently right. I guarantee our formation is more right than anyone else's. 00005. Regale: It's alright to get PES'd if we're having fun. (If we're not having fun, then it's not ok and I'll get pissed off.)

Trivia
 Trivia (Goddess of Three-ways)

General

 * Principia Discordia is currently believed to be the only goalkeeper to receive a yellow card in Infinity Cup history.

ICUP Official Matches

 * /eris/ have 0% efficiency
 * In every match they have played, /eris/ have been leading 1-0 during the 10th minute.
 * Eris has scored once in every match.
 * An average /eris/ match involves 7 goals.
 * No team has received a yellow card playing against /eris/; /eris/ has received a yellow card every match.
 * In every game they have played, /eris/ have had 66%-67% pass completion.
 * /eris/'s largest loss was the game where they had their highest ever possession rate by far (44%)
 * In their highest scoring game (4-4), /eris/ only took 5 shots at goal (all were on target)
 * In the group stage of the Infinity Cup 6, /eris/ had the second highest goal count (8) despite not winning a single game.