Round 9 Scotch vs Mercedes Saturday 21st June 2008 A Grade Scotch 4 - 3 Mercedes Brilliant effort boys!! Nothing less than we deserved with the overall control we had on the game and the number of chances that we created. Overall a very balanced and intense performance by all 14 players. Our main aim now is definitely to maintain this form and ensure we can get some consistency with our performances as we know we can account for anyone on our day. Mercedes had a younger and slightly different lineup to their dominating team of last year, but still one we obviously didn't think we would be able to score four goals past. In the 1st 20 minutes we had all of the play and came out firing and this gave us lots of confidence, but two solitary quick breaks coupled with some open defending and clinical finishing we were suddenly 2-0 down. We continued to attack well with our 4-3-3 and had a couple of very good chances cleared from the line, before some lovely work and ball in from the left from Chrissa found Dunsy unmarked to bullet a header in at the near post. What happened a few minutes after this kept us in the game and made us continue our push, when Gazza pulled out a great penalty save against Forster just before half time to keep it at 2-1. Things could have been even better in the last 5 minutes of the half when Dunsy hit the post from another header and Chrissa has a clever shot cleared off of the line. The second half was played with as much if not more intensity than the 1st from both teams, and again saw us miss several golden chances to tie the game. We did get the equaliser when a long shot from Fergie, that Dunsy (who is meant to be a centre back remember!! :o) ) cleverly deflected past the wrong-footed keeper to make it 2-2. Mercedes then made us pay for some sloppy defending on the left that left us out numbered in the middle and scored to make it 2-3 with 20 minutes to play. To our credit no one dropped their head and continued to push, spurred on by our number of previous missed chances and control of the midfield especially. We then drew level with 15minutes to play following some nice build up play through Welly on the right who found Chrissa at the top of the box, who turned well and slotted the ball low past the keeper to his right. 3-3 and the game was there for the taking! In a fast paced last 10 minutes from both teams, it was Chrissa that was the difference for us again, who perfectly smacked a 22yard free kick on his left into the top left corner leaving the keeper no chance. What an awesome way to claim the lead!! Nice work mate!! The last 5 minutes was tense as we dropped five back into the midfield to hold on, with Mercedes bombing the ball forward at any stage to put us under pressure in the dying seconds. To our credit we kept our concentration and held on for a very important win for us. It was a very even performance all over the pitch for us and everyone played their part in getting their result. Apart from a couple of early lapses in the beginning and a clumsy penalty give-away our defence was strong, especially in the air. Gazza was strong in goals all day with several important saves, none more so than the penalty to keep us in the game. Our midfield had the better out of the two teams that was highlighted by Chrissa's two goals and an assist. We looked very dangerous all day up front with Matty and Welly running at the defense all day, and with Rooney doing some incredible link work and being an option and a massive impact for us all day. (Ref's votes add chrissa) 3 votes: Rooney 2 votes: Gazza 1 vote: Dunsy 1 vote: Chrissa B Grade Scotch 0 - 4 Mercedes Unfortunately the start of the day wasn't as happy and inspiring as the end of it!! At 1-0 down at half time we definitely still looked in the match, especially considering we had 3 clear-cut chances in the opening 15 minutes that could have made things very different! It was unfortunately a 15minute patch lack of concentration halfway through the 2nd half again that was our undoing, where 3 quick goals were conceded and put the game clearly out of our reach. Again it was very hard with another 6 changes from last week but for the majority of the game I thought we did quite well and were unlucky not to get on the board in the first half especially like I said. 3 votes: Paul 2 votes: Joshie 1 vote: Quent |
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Sunday, 22 June 2008
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