As in previous years, the last game of the Quidditch season is scheduled for the last weekend of May.
The competition method for the Hogwarts Quidditch House Cup is not complicated. All participating teams first take turns competing in the league, and the rankings are calculated based on the relationship between wins and losses and points. Then in May, they will compete against each other from bottom to top.
Take on a challenge.
Because it looks like water bubbling, this format is usually called a bubbling match in the non-magical world.
In this bubbling stage, the winning conditions are not just the calculation of the score of a single game. The team in the lagging position must win by a score that exceeds the league score difference between the two teams in order to be considered a successful challenge. On the contrary, the team in the behind position must win with a score that exceeds the league score difference between the two teams.
The defending team only needs to ensure that the total point difference is not exceeded at the end of the game to successfully advance or win the cup.
This is why in the third part of the original book, Wood kept emphasizing that Harry must contain Draco Malfoy to ensure that the game does not end before Gryffindor leads by sixty points, otherwise they will win.
match and lose the trophy.
All in all, whenever the Hogwarts Quidditch Champions Cup reaches the finals, it is particularly eye-catching.
In order to recover the lagging points, the challenging side will usually launch an attack on the opponent's goal at all costs in order to bring the score to the "kill line" that can win as soon as possible, while the dominant side can choose to attack or attack based on tactical adjustments.
It's a defensive counterattack, so the game is naturally much more enjoyable to watch than usual.
What I have to admit is that Slytherin's brutal attack tactics are quite effective on the defensive end. For several years in a row, they have been adhering to an extremely utilitarian passive tactic. Although it is not that good-looking, it can always help them keep the score.
Trophy.
However, something has changed slightly this year...
The sudden emergence of the first-year freshman team swept the entire Hogwarts. Ravenclaw House suffered two consecutive humiliating records of zero goals. Gryffindor, which lacked seekers, relied on more "sparring training"
The advantages of Slytherin House in physical confrontation allowed them to be ranked second.
After all, although Harry, Malfoy, and Hannah are quite talented as chasers, they still can't compete with the well-developed senior muscular brothers, and Goyle and Crabbe are the batters.
The disadvantages are even greater.
Therefore, the freshmen team's lead in accumulated points in the league is not very large. It is only 220 points ahead of Slytherin House, mainly due to the two 150-point bonus points from the Golden Snitch - this means
This means that if Slytherin House can win by more than 220 points in the final final, it still has a chance to win the cup.
Of course, there is only theoretical hope.
In the minds of the students of Slytherin House, there has never been a year of Quidditch League that was spent in such an atmosphere of despair. Elena Kaslana almost single-handedly succeeded.
Defeated their team - literally completely routed them, or more accurately... knocked them down.
In the face of the whizzing Bludgers, the physical fitness of the Slytherin Quidditch team, which they were once proud of, could not help them resist any more than other little wizards.
The sweeping seven-star tail has now been branded with nearly thirty little stars, all of which are her impressive achievements in official competitions.
A small half of them came from Slytherin, who still had pride, and the remaining half came from the powerful Hufflepuff Quidditch team. Even when facing Hufflepuff House, Elena didn't have any
She was soft-hearted, and almost every game against Hufflepuff House ended with her holding the Golden Snitch while treating the unconscious Cedric.
As for off-site methods, Slytherin students had not considered it, but after Elena and her three-headed dog Luwei blocked the door of the Slytherin common room for a day, the shrewd Slytherins stopped.
Such an unwise attempt.
After witnessing the whole process of the Slytherin House team from struggling to giving up, the entire Hogwarts has acquiesced in the fact that this year's Quidditch Cup will probably be taken away by a group of freshmen. As long as Elena is still in Quidditch.
Floating above the Diqi Stadium, the brutality and danger of this game are actually not much different from the battlefield.
However, for the other three houses, as long as the Quidditch House Cup is not taken away by Slytherin House again, it would be a good choice for the first-year students to win it.
After all, starting from the next semester, the members of the freshmen varsity team will go their separate ways, and Elena, who has lost the team, will also be suspended indefinitely - obviously, the deans will first start to argue about this.
There was a quarrel over the ownership of Bai Mao Tuanzi.
Perhaps it was due to the low morale of Slytherin House and the frequent protests from the little snakes.
The night before the game, with a "Quidditch update notice" from Professor Snape, the morale of the Slytherin House Quidditch team, which was about to hit rock bottom, finally improved slightly.
——The Silver Demon has finally been weakened, and it’s an epic level.
A quiet little corner in the Slytherin common room.
"Listen up, Professor Snape has worked out the best situation for us. Elena will not be the seeker in the finals, which means we don't need to worry about the ubiquitous game in this game.
Walking ball cannonball.”
Marcus Flint sat among the players, slapped a piece of parchment on the table, and said extremely seriously.
"Of course, she will still appear on the court - as a goalkeeper. In this way, her range of activities will be strictly limited to the vicinity of the goal post, and she will no longer be able to chase the Bludger and run rampant in the sky like before.
Already."
"This is indeed good news, although we may have more pressure on the offensive end."
Chaser Adrian Pusey breathed a sigh of relief and licked his lips, "Don't worry, Marcus, the other freshmen are nothing to be afraid of. The three of us will ravage the ground in front of everyone tomorrow.
That arrogant little girl."
"Victory is the best means of revenge. Don't waste too much unnecessary time."
Marcus Flint shook his head, turned to look at their seeker Terrence Higgs, and said with a fierce expression.
"The most critical part of winning tomorrow is you. You must catch the Golden Snitch first after we lead by more than 70 points. This time your opponent is no longer Elena Kaslana. If you continue
If you can't compare to other ordinary first-year students, there's no need for you to stay on the Slytherin team next year."
"Humph, of course...don't forget how we won the Quidditch Cup last year."
Terrence Higgs grinned and asked with a confident smile, "So who is the new Seeker of the first-year team? Is it the Weasley kid we eliminated before? Or should I say
That little Malfoy from a rich family?"
"Unfortunately, it's not the Harry Potter who survived."
"Oh! That malnourished black-haired little guy with glasses? Don't worry, I will make him understand how much talent and skill a seeker position requires. After the game starts, the only chance he has to see the Golden Snitch is when I