Corner taken quickly…
Gameweek 2
“We just flowed naturally and it was beautiful to be apart off”
We had a solid’s week rest following our first 2 games in the Super 7’s League and we were ready for Gameweek 2. The first game of this brought us up against Moose FC and couple off other fellow classmates which was set to be an interesting battle. The game got off to the perfect start when a long ball from our keeper James was flicked on and Callum let the ball run through his legs to set me in on goal to give us an early lead. Shortly after and a bit of complacency led us to conceding a sloppy goal at the back and we were all sqaure. The game which was well contested in the opening half saw us pile the pressure on in the first half and quickly take a 3-1 lead going into half time through a second goal from myself and a long distance strike from Keelan that evaded the keeper.
Going into the second half we knew that we could not let complacency get the better off us again. We made sure to keep chopping and changing by bringing the fresh legs on from the bench when possible. It paid off as before we knew it we were 5-1 up following goals Paul and a second from Keelan. Everybody was playing at a top level and even we knew at this stage we weren’t throwing this away. The opposition found a goal back within the last 3 minutes, but just before the finish a well worked corner was finished by Roshan to make it 6-2. A bit of sloppy play in the final few seconds led to Moose scoring a third but it was not to be enough and we finished the game 6-3 winners.
Going into game 2 off the night and we were set to play opposition who we had beaten the previous week in DCFC. Once again everyone was tired but raring to go..we knew we had something special with the group of players we had. We just flowed naturally and it was beautiful to be apart off.
The game started off tense following some of the challenges made in last week’s no love was lost between the two sides. They seemed like a side out for revenge from last week’s defeat and struck first blood early on through a nice team goal to give them a 1-0 lead. I said it myself when we went 1-0 down that the same happened last week and we can do the same again. The problem this week was that DCFC were alot more determined to keep to not let us back into the game and finding a breakthrough in this match was a lot tougher than the previous week.
As we struggled to break the opposition down, hope came in the form of a corner taken quickly by Declan who set it up perfectly for Callum who ambitiously went for an overhead kick which went perfectly into the bottom corner leaving the keeper with no chance. It was a goal that when we come to the end of the campaign will be looked at as a serious contender for goal of the season.
The game went into the second half with everything to play for. About 5 minutes into the second half disaster struck as DCFC hit the back of the net to go 2-1 in front. We knew the remainder of the game was going to be tough but i remembered that we were in a similar position in the second game last week and we still pulled it out of the bag. As the game approached the final stages we tried everything but DCFC were holding strong and proving to be a much better outfit than the week before. We were losing hope up until Keelan picked the ball up in the middle of the park and space opened up for him to drive into and drive into it he did. With a couple of opposition players close by trying to win the ball back he evaded them and picked his spot and finessed the ball perfectly into the top corner to level the game in the dying stages. The game finished 2-2 and we had somehow pulled the rabbit out of the hat again to remain unbeaten going into gameweek 3.
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