Supposedly, these guys have requested to play us. I assume Todd had a going bet with his boss... The opening minutes were all about settling into the new playing system. Schluni got to enjoy the sweeping position, while Brent, Karol and Scotty shared the holding mid/stopper duties. The new format allowed us to keep a lot more possession and control the midfield a lot better. Jollies had a crafty young forward that was willing to show off his legit skills. Our three-men defensive line did a great job containing him for the most of the game.
Our opportunities to score a goal started to stack up as the game
progressed. Andrew had a sitter after a good combination through the
middle, but it got saved. The first goal came off the corner kick, Karol
attempted to feed Cole located two yards from the goal line. Cole
played a dummy, skipped over the ball, which ricocheted off the defender
into the net, 1:0. By then, Cucuy FC had an upper hand and generated
hand-full chances to double our tally. Eventually, the play developed in
the left corner, after few exchanged passes Andy delivered a pin-point
cross to Andrew, who calmly sent a ball with his head into the right
upper corner. Quality cross, top notch finish and 2:0. Few minutes later
Nate ventured into the offensive half and his run was no joke. Started
with winning the ball, then had a nice give-and-go, and then sending a
perfect cross from the right side all the way to the back post. The
first shot got saved, but Andrew poaching cleaned up the mess, 3:0.
The second half was more of the same. Cucuy FC controlled the play,
but threw away a sinful amount of 100% chances. One of
those opportunities Ben decided to finally convert and made it, 4:0. Or
was it because he did not shot directly at the keeper? Our last goal
goes to Cole, who decided to 'dust-off' his right boot and took a shot
that surprised already fatigued keeper, 5:0. With closing minutes,
Jollies made a final run and the earlier mentioned youngster dribbled
through our exposed back lines (or Schluni felt bad for him considering
the score..) and adjusted the score to final 5:1. (Karol)
Goals: Andrew (2), Karol, Ben, Cole
MVP: Brent
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