Saturday 12th December
Thang Long Pitch
2:00PM Kick Off

Late arrivals to the pitch from nearly everyone involved (including Mr Hung!) meant that we had a short and somewhat uninspired warm up before kick off. At the rather warm and sticky time of 2:00PM.

1ST HALF:

This poor preparation instantly showed. A mix up at the back and failure to clear our lines on 2 occasions led to their opening goal. Smashed in from close range.

After managing to string a total of about 4 passes together, we lost the ball and they scored again. A long range effort from outside the box eluding Mirko.

And then they scored again. This time, I must say, with a wonderful dipping volley.

After dribbling through two midfielders and then flummoxing three defenders, their Token Hercules laid off a simple tap in (this being his 4th assist) to their striker. 4-0.

It is at this point that I would like to add some quotes into the match report. All focusing on one of the opposition players.

“There is not enough space on his body for all his muscles!” – Mike

“He looks dangerous, we’ve just got to do a hatchet job on him” – Mike Clark

“*something racist*” – Floyd (and probably Allan)

All these lead nicely to the words Coach Pat responded with:

“Guys don’t worry. I’ve watched all their highlights and he really isn’t good. Nothing to worry about.”

Its only now that I’m wondering whether he was being sarcastic…

2ND HALF:

I’d like to say this was our Istanbul. But it wasn’t. What we did do though was absolutely dominate proceedings. Tenacity, aggression and a real willingness to fight for everything proved too much for our opponents as they suddenly panicked being on the back foot. We put the ball in the back of the net on about 3 or 4 occasions (all after the referee had blown his whistle) which showed that with our energy came real chances to get back in the game. It was not to be and the final whistle went.

Everyone played a huge role in our second half showing but special mentions to our MOTM nominees, Mike Clark, Aron and our winner, Stuart.

I’d also like to thank you (wankers) teammates for giving me the special privilege of a 2nd Turkey award. It really means a lot that even when in the opposition box and playing in an advanced role, I can still manage to elaborately fuck things up. It’s coming though Coach Pat. That goal. Its coming I tell you.

This video is in homage to the (tosser) referee.

Highlights

Written by Luke McDonnell