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A depleted 1st team were at home against newly promoted Hermes. Bolstered by seconds captain Gabe & Dario from the 4ths with injured old-timers Alvaro & Sigve on the bench & Ciarán on a train platform in Germany it was all hands on deck but some off track. Started off well & went ahead when a nice ball from Erik to Luke who played to James on the edge of the box, lovely first touch with his right, swivelled, he likes swivelling & buried in the corner with his left. We then should have had a penalty but conceded immediately after from a defensive mix-up, nice finish. Very even then but we got a lucky break when their defender passed to Tiago who ran through, rounded the keeper & finished well to put us 2-1 up at HT. Second half we retreated a bit, half chances each way, we probably should have added a 3rd, they had a shout for a penalty too. Sigve with a 10 minute cameo at the end for Dario & we held on. Big thanks to Dario & Gabe who were both excellent, hopefully more players to return next week to keep the pressure on Brussels British. Motm Luke on his return after injury but a real club effort overall.