Chances not taken
We went into this fired up and ready for battle but things didn't go as planned...
An early freekick conceded on the right was pumped into the box where their tall timber nodded back across goal for their winger to poke home 1-0.
We got into the swing of thing and were starting to dominate midfield when Dunbar punted forward and the ball drifted harmlessly towards Karl with Philippe sheltering through to him.
Then the ref blows and from his eagle eye position 50+ metres away somehow through the mass of bodies, decided Karl had handled outside the area when the ball was clearly inside the line..
The ref then awarded an indirect free-kick which anyone with a knowledge of the game would know was another incorrect decision as it should have been direct. Anyway, the Dunbar player touched the free-kick to his striker to smashed into the unguarded right corner of the net, 2-0.
Some of our players were by now very upset with the ref and it was affecting their game and some bookings followed
We continued to pin Dunbar back and a quality cross from Terry was chested down by Rod at the back post with nothing but the motionless keeper to beat but he struck it too close to said keeper who somehow turned it around the post.
We tried to regroup at halftime and refocus.
In the second half we continued to dominate but the Dunbar defense held strong with multiple blocks and last gasp clearances.
Both Neil and Terry had opportunities but again they went begging.
With about 15 minutes left, Darren accidentally handled and let out a few expletives but nothing particularly vulgar. Rather than warn him, the ref took the opportunity to issue a second yellow and reduce us to 10 men
Even a man down we still dominated but the game petered out.
A very disappointing result considering the opposition didn't create a single chance from open play
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