With a warm welcome from Gerry the Pacemakers manager (sorry Gerry) and a sunny 3/4 pitch (surprisingly good) it was always going to be a difficult match.
Fortunately we got off to a good start with Cheaters fairly well contained and we did not allow them shooting opportunities. We broke twice and Flynn converted two, one on one goals with the keeper to make it 2-0. The later part of the half Cheetahs started pushing forward and started to put us under pressure but we managed to limit their chances. 2-0 HT.
We reformed the defense in the second half and early on after a corner Cameron sneeked one in at their near post. It appeared all their players thought he was crossing it and left the near post exposed, 3-0.
After this it was pressure all the way from Cheaters, three goals down they had nothing to lose and they pushed their midfield further up and were playing with three up front from time to time. They scored one goal mid half and our defense was remastered again. After this we largely held our own and had a couple of chances at the other end and even a follow in by Hand of God Harry, that would have taken us to 4-1 but was disallowed for handball (Harry swears not). The later part of the game Cheaters pushed and we gave more space at the back and they were rewarded with a second goal. We then gainly held on for about four minutes for 3-2 after a certain manager lost his voice trying to add a 5th man to our defense vocally.
During the game Mason got so fed up with the verbal from a manager he got his own back, after him shouting CLEAR he hit the ball as hard as he could from 2 Metres and with pin point accuracy, hit the mouthy coach on the bridge of his glasses. Slightly dazed he was able to see the punch in the air by Mason and all the other players slapping him on the back! no more than he deserved in my eyes, what I can see through them after that.
A gritty performance in the end that was a very good learning experience, Mentions to all, Elliot for his first time playing in midfield in his first game, well done a consumate professional. Flynn scoring two goals out of four on the break. Grant for sweeping up at the back and finally Adam in goal who was very safe and made some brave stops. Well done to all, us parents had a fun morning.
Man of the match Adam sponsored by our local opticions, for a change not because of the referee but due to Mason.
Well done to all and thanks to Gerry and his Pacemakers, his parents and his team. Come on Gerry! We will work on some basics next week which will strengthen our team and reduce the amount of encouragement.
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