European Billiards Team Win Another Point

European Billiards Team Win Another PointGerman billiards duo of Ralf Souquet and Thomas Engert recorded a memorable 6-1 victory to give Europe a four-point lead in the 2006 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup.Souquet and Engert thrashed American captain Johnny Archer and John Schmidt by a score of 6-1 as Europe moved into an overall 8-4 lead.Discuss the PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup
America had won the first match of Day Three but then lost the second encounter. That meant they trailed 7-4 overall in the best of 24 points and needed an inspired performance from the team of Johnny Archer and John Schmidt in the third match of the afternoon.They were up against the German pairing of Thomas Engert and Ralf Souquet, who reached the final of the recent 2006 World Pool Championship, which was held in Manila, Philippines in November.The Europeans made a bright start as Engert twice disposed of the 9-ball to put his team 2-0 up. Europe had been fortunate to win the second rack as American debutant John Schmidt missed a shot at the 9-ball that would have made it 1-1.From then on USA looked a side short of confidence as both Archer and Schmidt made a number of mistakes and struggled for any form.Souquet made it 3-0 and then increased the advantage to four to stun the Americans and delight the home crowd.In the fifth rack Engert started another European spell at the table as the 1-ball deflected off the black 8 and with the balls well placed it became 5-0 and took Europe to the hill.No match in this year's Mosconi Cup had ended in a whitewash thrashing but that prospect was now on the cards as Archer and Schmidt seemed to be playing just to salvage a bit of pride.They avoided a 6-0 defeat by claiming the next but the match was slipping away from them as the European break in the seventh saw three balls go down, although no shot on the two looked to have given America another chance.But an excellent bank shot on the two from Souquet and a later excellent shot to sink the four in the bottom right corner from Engert set up a fantastic victory.

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