Maroubra United 1 - 2 Sydney Uni

Second half to forget

We returned to our bumpy goat track (as Redfern respectfully referred to it) on a warm sunny Sunday morning.
The team layout was pretty clear in advance with everyone in familiar roles
Midfield was strong from the start and defence was limiting the oppositions chances on goal. Any corners conceeded with dealt with
The planned changes were made with Pao going upfront for Luke which quickly paid off with Justin putting the ball through for Graham to chase as the keeper hesitated. Graham busted a gut, getting there first and putting the ball over the keeper into the top right corner, just reward for his efforts
Player for player, we were bettering them all over the pitch with re-enforcements coming at the right time before the break to ensure we saw out the half.
The half time talk clearly laid out what was required for the second half but then we went out and completely ignored it.
Their best player was given the freedom of the park and he duly punished us. We started to foul in desperation which played into their hands with their dead ball expertise. We were fortunate that one of the training ground routines that ended up in the top corner was ruled out for offside, most refs wouldn't have disallowed it. But another needless foul 30m out caught us napping as they played it short to their star player who put it in the top corner.
After that we finally woke up and took control again but try as we might, nothing would fall for us and goal mouth scrambles were somehow cleared one after another.

Lets put this down to a learning experience and get it out of our systems Wednesday night.