[25th Apr] vs Mercedes (Away)

Scotch B’s 0 – 6 Mercedes B’s  A wet and windy day greeted us at the home of Mercedes with our hastily erected tent providing little shelter as the rain was near horizontal! It was always going to be a tough day for the Scotchie boys with no less than 10 players out injured or unavailable. The game started well for us, with Dain coming close as the keeper came off his line and a desperate defender clattered into post while clearing. From that point it became pretty much one way traffic with Mercedes knocking in several goals before halftime. The second half continued in the same fashion apart from Chris missing a penalty. A tough game that showed glimpses of promise, lets bounce back with a big win against Sacred Heart next week. Best: 3 Josh, 2 Paul, 1 Pandy   Scotch A’s 0 -1 Mercedes A’s The weather remarkably cleared for the duration of the A’s game and apart from one section of muddiness the pitch was still in pretty good condition. Once again, this was going to be a hard game with 6 players having to play the majority of both games. Despite this, we played well with a good chance early after some great wide play by Matty L, suggestions of a handball in the box were waved away by the referee. A slight defensive lapse resulted in the lone goal in the match to Mercedes. Chris had a couple of golden opportunities to pull one back, but couldn’t convert. The second half saw us push numbers forward in an attempt to grab an equaliser. We had a couple of free kicks in dangerous positions which were both wasted and Paul made some good saves as they hit back on the counter. All in all, a pretty even game that could have easily ended up as a draw. Best: 3 QC, 2 Dunsy, 1 Ben