LXG 3 - Les Requins 2
Saturday 9 September. First home game of the season and LXG were hoping to make it six points from six for their best ever start to a season. The sun was shining and the conditions were good, but it wasn’t going to be easy.
Barely 11 players were available, with only five survivors from last Saturday’s match. Keeper Michal was away in Africa, possibly seeing a witch doctor to fix his hand, but luckily the coach had found a guy called ‘Ian’ to replace him. After some confusion, Eoin realised he would be making his LXG debut between the sticks.
LXG’s opponents were ‘Les Requins’, 10-1 winners last week and top of the league. So who were they? Puerto Rican gangsters armed with flick knives and a medley of West Side Story songs? No, the ‘Sharks’ turned out to be another team of schoolboys. Their mothers had not only washed their sparkly white shirts but also handwritten the numbers on the back for them. Unlike an average ABSSA team, these lads had a full set of teeth - but not a full set of players. There were only 10 of them.
Les Requins’ limited years and numbers did not stop them quickly notching up an impertinent 2-0 lead, with two well-taken shots from their star man up front. Paolo won a penalty at the other end, awarded without hesitation by impartial referee and future LXG player Peter. Shaju, back from Canada, lifted and curled the penalty but the keeper stretched well to push it to safety.
Fortunes were to change very quickly. A Requin defender went down injured and as a reflex shot from Paolo outside the box rolled into the bottom right corner. 2-1 the score and just nine opponents standing.
The second half started brightly. The back line of Ceyhun, Pat, David and Jani were on top, and Eoin came out well to pick up loose balls in the area. The midfield were getting forward well and chances were coming.
Simon got the break-through from a wide angle, with a perfect curled shot into the far corner of the net. Vic got the winner to make it 3-2 - just like last week - this time with a surging run connecting with a cross.
Still, it hadn’t come easy. The nine Requins kept their shape and discipline better than LXG and found a lot of space, especially in midfield to be able to push on and pressure the LXG defence. They flashed a few shots wide and hit the LXG post with another.
Two long LXG clearances lead to two Chris chances to seal the game, the first a header just wide of the post, the second a shot just wide of the corner flag. Time was seen out with the help of late sub Titus, trying to get full value on his 2.50 euro sub fee by tackling every single player in the five minutes he had on the field.
The spirit and possibly the performance were lower than the first game, but the score had come out the same - 3-2 and LXG flying high.
Man of the Match: Vic
Barely 11 players were available, with only five survivors from last Saturday’s match. Keeper Michal was away in Africa, possibly seeing a witch doctor to fix his hand, but luckily the coach had found a guy called ‘Ian’ to replace him. After some confusion, Eoin realised he would be making his LXG debut between the sticks.
LXG’s opponents were ‘Les Requins’, 10-1 winners last week and top of the league. So who were they? Puerto Rican gangsters armed with flick knives and a medley of West Side Story songs? No, the ‘Sharks’ turned out to be another team of schoolboys. Their mothers had not only washed their sparkly white shirts but also handwritten the numbers on the back for them. Unlike an average ABSSA team, these lads had a full set of teeth - but not a full set of players. There were only 10 of them.
Les Requins’ limited years and numbers did not stop them quickly notching up an impertinent 2-0 lead, with two well-taken shots from their star man up front. Paolo won a penalty at the other end, awarded without hesitation by impartial referee and future LXG player Peter. Shaju, back from Canada, lifted and curled the penalty but the keeper stretched well to push it to safety.
Fortunes were to change very quickly. A Requin defender went down injured and as a reflex shot from Paolo outside the box rolled into the bottom right corner. 2-1 the score and just nine opponents standing.
The second half started brightly. The back line of Ceyhun, Pat, David and Jani were on top, and Eoin came out well to pick up loose balls in the area. The midfield were getting forward well and chances were coming.
Simon got the break-through from a wide angle, with a perfect curled shot into the far corner of the net. Vic got the winner to make it 3-2 - just like last week - this time with a surging run connecting with a cross.
Still, it hadn’t come easy. The nine Requins kept their shape and discipline better than LXG and found a lot of space, especially in midfield to be able to push on and pressure the LXG defence. They flashed a few shots wide and hit the LXG post with another.
Two long LXG clearances lead to two Chris chances to seal the game, the first a header just wide of the post, the second a shot just wide of the corner flag. Time was seen out with the help of late sub Titus, trying to get full value on his 2.50 euro sub fee by tackling every single player in the five minutes he had on the field.
The spirit and possibly the performance were lower than the first game, but the score had come out the same - 3-2 and LXG flying high.
Man of the Match: Vic
3 Comments:
Superb effort lads! The echos from yet another great victory for LXG reached me all the way in the outer islands of scotland, and I had a wee dram to celebrate in style!
Up the LXG!
Per
Superb effort Boys!
The echoes of yet another stunning LXG performance reached me all the way to the outer islands of Scotland, and I of course celebrated in style with a wee single malt!
Up the LXG - Unstoppable!
Per "the Viking"
Scousers to batter hunchbacks this Sunday. Come on you redmen, let's batter these!
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