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Great performance by the team today in winning an important game against Higgins 4-1.
Vince and Erik put us into a 2-0 lead playing some nice football. In the 2nd half we scored our 3rd through Ciaran but they soon pulled the score back to 3-1. A defensive error gave Ciaran the chance to make it 4-1 and he took it making it 2 goals for him. A hattrick proved elusive although he came close .
Overall excellent performance from the 13 players. Plenty of effort and quality on show against a team who were very intense and constantly threatened. From back to front there were some fine individual performances. We stay in the mix for the title.
MOTM Tiago who typified our fighting spirit but it could have been shared between the whole squad.
1sts won a hotly contested game against Higgins on a clear.night at Auderghem. Game had been rescheduled after original date had to be postponed.
The match started at a fast pace with Higgins throwing everything at us . After weathering the storm we started to settle down and Arjan was on hand to open the scoring after 20. minutes . Higgins though continued to press and just before the break they equalised after a long ball out of defence was collected by their tricky forward who shot past Ricky. HT 1 1
2 nd half started much the same way as the first with Higgins on the offensive . A few half chances and Ricky pulled off a number of saves to keep it level. We also showed a lot of attacking intent with some good moves .
The deadlock was broken when following an attack they cleared the ball where James about 35 metres from goal hit an unstoppable shot to take us back into the lead again. Higgins came back strong to try to get back on terms but we held out to win the game . FT 1 2
Both teams should take a lot of credit for a tremendously competitive game and it would not have been unfair if the points were shared. This victory puts us now in a 5 team group at the top of the table only separated by 1 point.
2nd half of the season should prove to be a thrilling contest .
MOTM James