18 July
2013
Venue: Mutual
Opponents: Conberg
TC - lol
Time: 20h30
So after a good mid season break we wereback at the astro
to play our catch up game of the previous half after the game was moved after
being rained out. After winning the toss, it took the guys a while to get into
the swing of things. Most of the guys not used to this ‘running’ thing that the
other team was doing. But what more can you expect. This was the first time the
guys had seen the astro after that Paarl game over a month ago. But this didn’t
look like a Conberg side that was sitting near the bottom of the log. But I love
the way all the teams bring the big guns out to face us. M3 is such a closely
fought league this seaon.
We enjoy a lot of possession, but the guys were still
fine tuning their skills. Shots were wide of the target at the start, but the
strikers adjusting their scopes with each shot saw their striker starting to
find the target.
After stringing together a couple of passes, the ball
came in from the right to find Blake camping on the top D. And as always #1Time
shot into the bottom corner. Mutual 1 – Conberg.
That was pretty much it for the half. There was not much
excitement. Youngster pulling off a save or two to keep Conberg at bay, but we
protected our 1 goal lead. The second half started much like the first did. It
seemed like we were camping in their half. But the goals were not flowing.
Tooori stopped the ball with his knee on the half way
line. Everyone else stopped playing, but no whistle. He then remembered what
his u/10 coach had told him – play to the whistle. He sent a thru ball down the
line to blake who put thru a beat of a 45 ball into the D. Brown chipped the
keeper and watched the ball spin into the goals. Shane Warne couldn’t even make
a ball turn that much. Deflection was going half a meter wide before it hit the
turf, then post and in. Mutual 2 – Conberg.
Aaaaaaah, then our friend Karma joined the party. Top
tackle by Kev in the D onto a Conberg foot. No whistle and we were picking the
ball out the back of the net. It was a top strike by Conberg to put them back
in the game. Mutual 2 – 1 Conberg.
The rest of the game seemed to be us pushing hard for the
safety goal, but as possession was turned over big beat down field and we were
defending the counter attack. After a very close call and 4 minutes to go, it
was time to slow the game down. Tosser shouting at everyone to leave the ball
while he slowly ran around the field taking the hits and slowing the game down.
Somehow he ended up getting a long corner. Taking his
time he then set up in the corner like a Portuguese family. Tackles flying in
from all sides until Conberg forced the ball out the side line. Same thing all
over again. Running down time in the corner with a 2 minutes to go, Tosser gave
a ball back to Pete on the 25. Flipped thru to Brown, who turned and smashed it
towards goal. Demon got a stick to the ball which seemed to bounce off the
keepers chest, then over his head and drop just below the cross bar. Looked
messy but well worked. Mutual 3 – 1 Conberg.
Then it was all about letting the last 20 seconds run
down to earn the first points of the second half.
Final
Score: 3 - 1
Next up we
have Durbanville, who are out to get us. Having a great run of form near the
end of the last half, they boys will want to get one back on us after we beat
them with 10 men early in the first half.
Yours in
awesomeness
Tosser
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