I was aware I was losing and in the end my most desperate of moves saved the day :), although some better luck or smarter play on turn 5 would have done the job too
41% is pretty close to 50%. When you are talking about one single 9v6, the chances of it are more or less 50-50. So I would be lucky to get it, but I would also be unlucky not to hit it.
Don't expect you to know or understand, banana clan sucks.