Ragtag Rebels - Carpe Diem

3-3. Not yet (they say).

We made many mistakes yesterday but to my taste the league is over. We have +39 goals and Hunter boys +14. Two games to go.

We started well, more or less controlling the game and in one good action Carlos scores with almost no angle. 1-0.Then they press a bit and they manage to have a penalty, 1-1 and with that result we reached the break. The second half was pretty balanced, both teams had chances and Gianluca was, probably, our best player today.

It started well, counter attack from defense and Jelmer scores. 2-1. Then we had several actions like a shot on the post by Fer, but didn’t score… until Carlos dribbles a defender and scores the 3-1. Then in another counter attack we lose the ball, Digo and David(what a lousy game he did today) crash into each other, 3-2. At that point we had the possession of the ball because they were tired but we miss passes. We should have frozen the game.

And when we had one minute to the end (just one minute!) our last guy looses the ball, two on one with the keeper and 3-3.

US: Regular/bad game, like the previous one but against a stronger team. At the beginning we played decently but then we started to miss passes. Later we stopped following our man but luckily that didn’t cause any goal. Gianluca had more work than normally and he did it pretty well. Individually we made many serious mistakes that we should discuss. Not smart in the pressure and then misplaced on the pitch, not following our guy, not helping or moving when a team mate has the ball, etc.

THEM: As proven today, very dangerous team. They don’t defend very well but in attack they move a lot and in general they are taller and heavier than us. When the keeper was attacking, they found empty spots in our defense (left side mainly, right for us).

I think that when, with only one minute left, after being winning 3-1 and having the league already won, the ball came in, we all wanted to scream. Let’s learn from this for the next game.

Next game: Mikkers. They beated us 4-1 (our only defeat so far) and they are without any question one of the strongest teams in the league.

Goals: Carlos, Jelmer, Carlos

Linesman: Lorenzo

PS: Thanks Lorenzo for joining us and please get well soon, we need you in shape for next season.