MATCH PREVIEW
A few regulars away this week so we welcome back Pete and Danny to the game!Dim and Balf are the captains and Dim will be looking to open up a cushion at the top with a win this week.See below for teams and colours. 2 set keepers let’s hope for another close game like last week.See you at 5:30! 🔴🔵🔴🔵
TEAMS
MATCH REPORT
The pre match talk seemed to suggest the Blues were in for an absolute hiding, far from it!
The Blues came out of the traps quickly and straight away put the Reds on the back foot. The tactics were a back 3 with Elliot given licence to bomb forward when on the attack. This caused all sorts of problems for the Reds as Dim, Danny and Elliot were linking up superbly and scored some exceptional team goals. The Blues got off to a great start and deserved the lead.
The Reds seemed to finally work out their shape and got more organised. Nathan and Balf were more solid and the tackles finally started being put in. A rocket from Balf and Mike getting on the scoresheet with sheer determination and we had a game on our hands.
The Blue team were definitely playing the better football for the whole of the match. El was playing out of his skin being excellent in defence and superb in his counter attacking play. Dim was fantastic in the middle and his work rate is starting to become a consistency feature in his game. Mart and tommy were excellent at the back and Danny was putting a real shift in up front.
This work rate from the Blues was fantastic and again they put on another spurt of goals to get ahead in the game. Dim scored a few great goals beating his man and blasting it past Pete. Danny scored a nice individual goal and Elliot scored some belters too. The pick of the bunch though was Martin going on a surging run from deep and finishing from the half way line to stun everyone. Think he even surprised himself it went in!
The Blues had built a commanding lead and were by far the better side. The Blues had given everything and were forced to sit back purely to conserve some energy. The Reds then started to dictate the possession and were having long range shots. Andy had a 15 minute spell of stopping everything thrown at him, much to the disbelief of the Reds.
The Blues were 4 up with 10 minutes to and then the tide started to turn. Mike was seeing more and more of the ball and was creating chances from nothing. He scored a few brilliant individual goals to drag his side within touching distance. He then turned into a proper goal poacher by capitalising on a few rebounded shots and finishing clinically to level it for the Reds.
The Blues then started making chances for themselves but Pete made some massive saves at the end.
Scores level with minutes to go and the ball fell to Balf outside the box who curled one to the side of the goal. Unfortunately Andy’s vision was blocked by the defenders and saw it too late, the ball went in and the Reds completed the most unlikely of comebacks.
The final whistle went and the Reds stole the 3 points. Fantastic game and credit to the Reds for not giving up! The Blues will be gutted with this one!
MAN OF THE MATCH
With 9 votes Mike gets MOTM. He was the difference between the 2 teams and almost single handedly won his team the victory this week with skill, top finishing and great desire. What a performance really well played Mike!
Remaining votes went to:
El with 2
Andy with 1
KEY STATS
Mikes performance moves him up 6 places to the top of the tree and is sure to be a serious contender this season. He will be a captain against Balf next week!
The top 6 have all won 2 games each which means its tight at the top and will see plenty of movement over the coming weeks. Exciting season ahead!
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