Yellow: Bruno, Steve, Oz, Tufan, Julius, ?
Red: James, Richard P, Richard N, Kevin, Daniel, Gerald
Almost 6-a-side so we took on a random! A great turn out for Fathers Day! And they’d sort of cut the grass. The small pitch was increased in size a couple of minutes after the start and then we got properly underway.
James was the first to score, loitering far up the pitch he took a long pass and slotted in. Yellow’s response came shortly after and then the random got a second. Steve took a clearance in the face for the second time in two weeks. Daniel fluffed an easy chance to equalise, somehow stopping himself from stroking in a cross from James but Richard N stepped up to put one in shortly before the break. 2-2.
Yellow started with more oomph. Bruno and Julius had only met once before but they continually linked up well in attack and with tricksy Tufan, accurate Steve and the talented random, they were a constant threat, and in an usual position , Oz was particularly safe for them at the back too. Bruno broke quickly whilst Tufan sprinted ahead down the right wing. The through-ball was perfect, Tufan taking a touch and firing in from a tight angle. And they quickly notched up another.
Red looked down and out and certainly seemed to lack the killer instinct. You may recall Richard N completely missing a volley last week. Well this time he connected with one but it still went for out a throw. However James took on the baton and completed missed the ball with his chance to volley a cross. And Daniel was having a nightmare, skying two more chances. And then in the last 10 minutes it was Richard P who finally got something for his team, taking a pass down the right and firing in a low daisy cutter. Nice!
Daniel finally got something to save his bacon, sweeping in a cross from James from about a yard out. And then with about half a minute to go, Richard N ended up with the ball in the left corner. He managed to elude two tackles, glimpsed the goal and fired low towards the near post. It hit Steve and the post, and ricocheted in. Shock for Yellow, but not as much as for Red.
Final score: Red 5 – 4 Yellow