Red: Tufan, Oz, Daniel, Kevin, Richard, Toby
Yellow: Martin, Ahmet, Colin, Keith, Gerald
A great turnout after only one had confirmed by Thursday night. Yellow started with a man down.
There was only one goal in the first half, can’t recall who got it, sorry, bit out of sorts today, hangover etc etc. Yellow almost equalised when Gerald dribbled forward after a pass released both him and Colin beyond any defenders, two-on-one against the keeper. He timed his pass to perfection to Colin three yards out, leaving the keeper stranded…easy-peasy tap-in. Well that’s what should have happened only he scooped it over. He’ll have nightmares tonight.
A brief discussion about sides at half time resulted in nothing being changed. Yellow were quicker out the blocks, and Colin made no mistake, again a quick counter-attack releasing him down the middle and calmly dinking over the keeper, nice. He threatened another as well, eluding tackles to strike only for the ball to hit the post and roll across the goal to safety. Daniel saw Richard escape down the left wing and sprinted forward in support but Martin, alert to the threat, marked him yard for yard to meet the cross with perfect precision to chest it into his own net, 2-1.
Nervy stuff from both teams for a little while and then Daniel strode down the right wing and nutmegged the keeper with a tight-angled toe-poke. 3-1 and calm restored with ten minutes to go. But alas, it then became basketball. Yellow immediately replied with Ahmet getting on the scoresheet. Red restored the two goal lead, Ahmet banked another, Red again restored the gap and once again Ahmet fired in, a five minute hatrick. Too little too late though. And there was some right dodgy passing in there today, last week’s farce was better than this!
Final score: Red 5 – 4 Yellow