Scoreline misleads (a bit)
Lunch time on Mothers Day was not exactly the ideal time for an over 35s game - (thanks ESFA) but we still had 13 souls on board by kickoff with Leo arriving soon after.
From the off we seemed to be under pressure with their midfielders running at us at pace. Their first was top drawer with their right midfielder cutting in all the way from the right side line and then shooting left foot to the bottom corner, perfectly placed between the post and Karls out-stretched fingers.
We soon got our game together and after some excellent work through the middle by Keith & co was expertly finished off by Yoshi with a solid strike to the corner - 1-1.
Then their Centreback almost scored the OG of the season, deftly chipping his keeper but the ball bounced and just cleared the Mascot bar
For a few brief moments the thoughts of actually getting a result against these guys crossed our minds
Their second came from a wickedly deflected shot after a corner wasn't cleared, another from a penalty as a shot cannoned off Kevins arm when on the goal line
After that it all becomes a bit of a blur for me with the body shutting down all non-vital functions in a bid to survive but I'm told it was 1-5 at half time. Does anyone know what happened??
We had our weekly halftime talk about concentrating on our game, trying to play football, etc, etc and we boldly changed to a 4-4-2 with Yoshi moving more forward alongside Keith
Within a minute of the game resuming, our plan was bearing fruit with Mascot having not one but 2 efforts on goal.
We boldly soldiered on and finally started to play like we think we do in our heads.
Leo replaced John with Yoshi dropping deeper and Leo moving upfront
From there on, we played some really good football with a good chance falling to Keith and unmarked easy headers for both Leo and John, which neither managed to get on target - 10 pushups please boys, on second thoughts, make it 50!
After a late tacke by Selim, which he quickly apologised for, the Mascot player became aggressive and Francis quickly stepped in to defend his team-mate. With things escalating, we immediately subbed Francis, informing the Ref. The Mascot player continued to carry on and was duly booked for his foul mouthed tarade.
The odds on Francis being our first red card of the season have now shortened dramatically with some bookies suspending betting but there are still good odds to be had on a number of others
So the second half finished 0-0 which was pleasing with the Defense finally playing as a cohesive unit and great to watch, Mascot were continually caught offside and their frustration grew
Well that's the last division 1 side out of the way, onwards and upwards for the rest of the season!
Team:
Karl, Frank, Kevin, Rod, Justin, Francis, Terry, Selim, Yoshi, John, Keith
Interchange: Leo, Pete, Dennis
Out: Tom, Nelson, George, Jimmy, Steve, Nap, Jason
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