Ragtag Rebels - Hunter Boys

(20-01-11)

4-0 Victory! A very smart game

At the end of the game, we grabbed our gear and Gianluca said: "This is the most serious game we've played this year". Maybe a bit exaggerated but, in essence, I agree with him.

We started controlling the game, we had some chances but no luck.

They also had few chances (less than us) mainly coming from number 7 and also from far (but really strong) shots from their second line.

We reached the break 0-0.

The best thing we did today was that even though we did not score in the first half, we did not loose the way of playing. We didn't have the desperation we used to get last year and instead we controlled the game and were solid at defense. Due to that eventually we started scoring, then they attacked more, left more spaces and we caught them in some counter attacks (please help me with the scorers in at the comments).

One remarkable goal was the 3-0 I believe. It was a counter attack were Jelmer fights like crazy for a ball not to go out, passes to Fer, he dribbles the defender and scores (goal dedicated to his girlfriend at the stands). Great goal not only for the action but mainly because of the attitude of Fernando and specially Jelmer, fighting like that when we were already leading for two goals.

Finally we played a game keeping patience and control and it really paid off. 4 goals in the second half.

US: GREAT attitude, specially at the second half. Very serious game, patience and control gave results.

THEM: Like in the first leg, the small guy (number 7) was a real pain in the ass, their best player, no discussion about that. He moves a lot and dribbles with danger. The good thing was that most of the times we were well positioned so he didn't have spaces on our back.

They are in general quite big players (except number 7). They have strong shots from the last guy which is, together with the number 7, their biggest weapon.

They didn't make clear mistakes today but we played pretty decently and once we scored they had to take risks that costed them the game.

Linesman: David(for Fernando's glory ;)) and Stefan

Goals: Fernando... and help me in the comments please