Cucuy Out Hustle Aztecas For Second Season Win

Azteca FC - Cucuy FC 0:3

This Sunday we played the Azteca FC, rumored to be a first division team. Right from the start, it was clear this would be another close one. Azteca had good passing skills and a lot of speed, and put a lot of pressure on our midfield and defense. CNate in goal had to show of his skills several times to keep his team from falling behind. On one occasion he missed the ball but did manage to body-check the attacker, which should have been a penalty against us, but the ref did not call it. For the rest of the game, when skill was not on our side, luck definitely was.

The first goal happened after Carl out hustled an Azteca defender and won a ball back that was already lost. A quick pass to Eddy, who made a long cross behind the defense to Karol. The ball bounced right in front of Karol but he managed to lob it over the keeper storming out at him for the 0:1. We had some more chances to score but in summary Azteca had probably slightly better chances, including a nice distance shot that missed our upper ninety by about half an inch.

The second half we had to play without Karl who injured his knee, hopefully, it's not too bad. Azteca came out very strong and controlled the game for the first 15 minutes. They had three major chances they could not score on thanks to our defense that had a great day. At this point in the game it could have been 3:1 Aztecas if it wasn't for Freddy and Jason who both had another awesome game. While Aztecas were still wondering why it was still 0:1, Karol got the ball in midfield, saw Cary run into position on the right and passed it over to him. Cary was tightly marked but ran past his opponent towards the goal's short corner. When everybody (including the keeper) was expecting a pass into the middle, he took a shot right at the keeper who let the ball pass through his legs for the 0:2. After that, Aztecas let up on their pressure, and towards the end we were able to score even the 0:3, a nice shot from Chris on the right after a pass from Karol. The other highlight of the second half was Dan chirping at the ref until he finally gave in and gave him a yellow. It was great to see everybody play with so much effort and heart.

Goals: Karol 1 (Eddy), Cary 1 (Karol), Chris 1 (Karol)