St George Saints - Sydney Uni 0 - 1
Forrige runde var, tross premiere nerver og nervøsitet tilknyttet nykomponert 11-er osv, egentlig en kamp vi absolutt burde vinne.
Denne kampen derimot visste vi ville bli langt tøffere. St George havner alltid blant de 4 beste i ligaen og er vanvittig vanskelig å slå på bortebane (forøvrig 300 meter unna flyplassen, fascinerende med fly passerende 20 meter over hodet ditt hvert 20'nde min når du prøver konsentrere deg om kampen...).
Men vi har en vanvittig bra team spirit og gutta er godt trent. Det var utvilsomt de to elementene som ble avgjørende i denne kampen. Vanvittig slitekamp, spesielt ettersom vi ble taklet i stykker en etter en av etterhvert mer og mer frustrerte Saints spillere. Dermed hadde vi brukt opp alle byttene etter 70 min. Og da passet det bra at jeg fikk en heftig tilsikted lårhøne fra kampens hest#¤# nummer 1 i det 73'dje min...
Så det ble en kamp mot både St. George og smertene de neste 20, men det var søren meg verd det til slutt! Dog jeg hadde planlagt en stor kveld ut den lørdagskvelden og endte opp hjemme med is på låret...
Her er kamp rapporten skrevet av kapteinen på laget (legg merke til at aussien har spilt på lag med meg i ett år og fortsatt ikke klarer skille landene i Skandinavia):
I think the infamous phrase "it was a %#!& battle" just about summed up the game on Saturday night at St George stadium. With at least half a dozen players unavailable for the game, the depth of our squad stood firm, and collecting 3 points at St George is something that not many teams will do this year.
The game started with St George having most of the play but they found it difficult to break down some scrambling Uni defence. On the rare occasions they did, Anthony Costa (aka Box Head) was able to pull off some breathtaking saves.
At the other end of the pitch it was Mr Myspace and the greyhound who opened up their defence a couple of times and we were unlucky not to land a goal. Mr Myspace, then got pulled down in the box and Uni got a penalty. Up steps Miles Downey (Aka the joker - for his "great" jokes). The joker placed the ball to the keepers left, but it was parried and the scores remained deadlocked.
Choc, forgetting that last week's physio was not at the game, went down complaining of a groin injury. When he remembered that the physio replacing her was a guy, he complained that it was actually his ankle that was sore. Nonetheless, he tried running it off and although his top speed was still quicker than Tom Corte's (aka Carney), he was replaced. Snip replaced him and went on to have a whale of a game. Cassette Deck also picked up an ankle injury late in the half and he was replaced by Stefan.
With about 10 minutes left in the first half, St George applied a lot of pressure. Uni defended in numbers and were able to survive the half.
In the second half, Uni seemed a bit more composed on the ball and we were able to maintain more possession. Saints did look dangerous from set pieces but aside from that they did not really trouble Box Head.
Half way through the half Matty D (Ace) was brought on for the Joker who was carrying a niggling ankle injury after a knock last week.
The Greyhound and the Galapagas Turtle got a few crosses over and one could sense that something was building for Uni. Then in the 70th minute Stefan, sensing an opportunity, pinged a ball to the G-Hound who measured his cross. Ace was able to put away the loose ball in the box for his first of the season.
With all of the subs used and the Galapagas cramping up, and with Emil Hauge the Danish import carrying a knock, the last 10 minutes were long for Uni. However we tackled and battled our way through it for a hard fought victory, and have not been scored against in 180 minutes of football.
Well Done Boys.
I might add...that all these penalty misses are adding to the Team's Drinking Kitty.
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