ON a wet & drizzly afternoon at the Linatex ground, the mighty MGs kicked off with 10-men on the pitch.
After just 7 mins of play, Tobias 'Crucifix' opened the scoring from a perfectly weighted throughpass, ias he ran down the right side and fired a shot to the near post giving their keeper no chance at all.
Within 5 mins , and from the middle of the pitch, our new recruit Askan 'Ash' decided he'd take on the Lion's defence... and he did... evaded 3 tackles and shot into the far post from the left side.
Two-nil up, with only 10-men... we were cruising! Reinforcements came and we begain stroking the ball like the liverpool of old.
Cruise-mode soon came to a grinding halt when we gifted possession to their main striker who seized the opportunity and rifled one in, low and hard from outside the box. it was like a golf tee shot where the ball would start slow and eventually pick up speed, except this one took a bit of a slice as it moved away from the clutching grips of our diving El Gato.
2 -1 halftime
2nd half was an evenly balanced affairwith both sides pressing for more goals... MGs' defence, marshalled by Marcelo Raging Bull, did well to contain the Lions. There were a few scary moments where the lions came close but somehow, we did enough to clear our lines.
Midway through, we earned ourselves a free kick about 30 yards out. From the left, Luis stepped up and curled the ball round the wall , over the keeper dipping into the top right corner... 3-1! It was like a trademark Beckham free kick...
The Lions came back almost immediately with their 2nd.. this time, we failed to clear our lines and the ball sat up gratuitously for their main striker to slap the ball past a stranded El Gato.
Ash came close to his 2nd goal and what a goal it would have been... after some good play on the right, Uncle Gonzo (i think) crossed it to Ash who control chested it down and volleyed it ever so sweetly, beating the keeper and the crossbar! (it was like Kevin Philips' 2nd goal strike against Wolves last night).
After a few more oohs and aahs!, the mighty MGs held on to win 3-2.
Good game, good spirit, great fun.. hop hop!
Cheers
After just 7 mins of play, Tobias 'Crucifix' opened the scoring from a perfectly weighted throughpass, ias he ran down the right side and fired a shot to the near post giving their keeper no chance at all.
Within 5 mins , and from the middle of the pitch, our new recruit Askan 'Ash' decided he'd take on the Lion's defence... and he did... evaded 3 tackles and shot into the far post from the left side.
Two-nil up, with only 10-men... we were cruising! Reinforcements came and we begain stroking the ball like the liverpool of old.
Cruise-mode soon came to a grinding halt when we gifted possession to their main striker who seized the opportunity and rifled one in, low and hard from outside the box. it was like a golf tee shot where the ball would start slow and eventually pick up speed, except this one took a bit of a slice as it moved away from the clutching grips of our diving El Gato.
2 -1 halftime
2nd half was an evenly balanced affairwith both sides pressing for more goals... MGs' defence, marshalled by Marcelo Raging Bull, did well to contain the Lions. There were a few scary moments where the lions came close but somehow, we did enough to clear our lines.
Midway through, we earned ourselves a free kick about 30 yards out. From the left, Luis stepped up and curled the ball round the wall , over the keeper dipping into the top right corner... 3-1! It was like a trademark Beckham free kick...
The Lions came back almost immediately with their 2nd.. this time, we failed to clear our lines and the ball sat up gratuitously for their main striker to slap the ball past a stranded El Gato.
Ash came close to his 2nd goal and what a goal it would have been... after some good play on the right, Uncle Gonzo (i think) crossed it to Ash who control chested it down and volleyed it ever so sweetly, beating the keeper and the crossbar! (it was like Kevin Philips' 2nd goal strike against Wolves last night).
After a few more oohs and aahs!, the mighty MGs held on to win 3-2.
Good game, good spirit, great fun.. hop hop!
Cheers
