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2nds were playing Ster away with a strong squad and a sub. Beautiful day to play football, and we started to try building up the play with Neil, Lolo & Joao but they held us in our own half for a long time, we got a couple of chances on the counter, Nair hit the post from a cross/shot, few corners but nothing concrete. 2nd half the boys gave a team performance, fighting for everything, as Joao & Lolo started getting little chances and the opponents got tired. We were lucky to get away with a penalty when George chopped away the legs of their most dangerous player.He had to be subbed off 🙂 In the last minute we won a free kick and Nair pinged a long ball to the back of the defence to find Benji who fooled the goalie to slot it in near post.. 1-0 win for the boys !! MOTM – Captain Ryan with an epic performance !!
Neighboring the 14th edition of the local ’Patattencross’, FCI played the unknown nevertheless fourth place ‘Ster’s’ on a sunny October day. Desperately needing a win The Gars showed up in numbers; young, old, healthy, just recovering and + 1’s.
Playing the first half against the wind proved difficult but not impossible. After some time a howling Benji, for once not offside, received the long ball from Neil which he ran past the keeper and split the recovering defenders to slot into the back of the net (FCI 1-0). For the remainder of the half FCI struggled to move the ball out of their half but kept the lead.
*HT* (FCI 1-0)
In their own unique way of playing FCI gave the ball away around their own box and propelled Ster’s to tie the game (1-1). Unperturbed, FCI went straight into the attack. João receiving the ball at the near post, stopping and pushing it past the incoming keeper (FCI 2-1). Next was an FCI corner kick which Benji initially dinged against the back post which then met the front post and where Mateo wacked it in (FCI 3-1). Choosing to share the ongoing goal-fest with Ster’s, FCI gave away a penalty from a corner (FCI 3-2). After some shaky minutes and valuable substitutions FCI regained their form and repeatedly found João in the box who didn’t waste a chance (FCI 4-2), (FCI 5-2) and (FCI 6-2). Thank god we found his ABSSA card!
*FT* (FCI 6-2)