The soccer game today was great. We played at 1pm, clear blue sky, hot sun beating down, but a nice breeze. Long story short, we won 4-0, with Greg scoring all four goals.
The opposition should have pegged us back when awarded a penalty late in the second half. Our defender had a good 10 meters of free space around him with no opposition even making an effort to move any closer. So an unintentional hand ball that had no impact on play sent one of their strikers to the spot. He couldn't hold it together and sent it high, giving us a well-deserved shutout.
Everyone was happy with the team performance. One of the goals before the game had been to play it out wide more often. Play to this point in the season has been characterised by a lot of short passing up the middle and/or through balls to Greg. It's worked well but Pete wants us to get some more openness to our game. We played with a lot more width today, which should keep us in good stead throughout the season if we keep it up. I think that puts us at ... 4-1 (win-loss).
Next week the majority of the team will gather for Greg's engagement party at 12, only to have to leave soon after to make a 3.00 game at Beenleigh. Should be good. I'll keep you posted.
the earley edition - Posted by Dave @ 4/24/2004 09:38:00 pm || ||
