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Vets 1 played Brussels British, we started well, took the lead, Clément assist for a nice Gonçalo finish, doubled the lead when Armands crossed for a spectacular Rodri guided header into the corner, 2-0 against the wind, things looked good, alas the wind finally punished us on a corner, the ball ending up changing trajectory and floating into the net, 2-1, HT, then we had injuries, lost shape, and spent most of the match defending against a technically better and patient team, we conceded an unlucky penalty, one of those where the ball rebounds off a knee and then brushes an arm when impossible to move (VAR would’ve taken 5 mins on that…), 2-2, chances kept coming to the Brits and after some ping pong in defence it fell to one of their (numerous) better players to stroke it into the bottom corner, 2-3; at this point we actually manufactured our first chances of the 2nd half, 2 or 3 of them, but it wasn’t to be. Next week we face division champions Gast, hopefully not still needing a point to stay in the division ..
. MoTM Gineste
Vets 1 went to play Metrasport with a strong team, and our opposition also had a strong technical team, we took the lead early as Metrasport carelessly gave the ball away to Alvaro who, with the keeper out of position, made a nice lob for 0-1, Alvaro unfortunately had to go off shrotly after with an injury; the rest of the 1st half was quite stop-start, Metrasport with more of the ball and a series of corners but not able to score; HT 0-1 to us, just. 2nd half Metrasport equalised with a rocket and this was the nervy period of the game but with Ale and Richie coming on we started to challenge Metrasport’s midfield dominance more, Richie winning a duel, launching Matt on the right, crossing to Sigve to score for us to re-take the lead, 1-2 to us, more nervy moments and another series of Metrasport corners but our defence held firm as Metrasport pushed, leaving space at the back for Richie (I think?) to find Sigve and to seal seal the 3 points with another nice finish. Final Score 1-3 to us, support from the 1sts clearly decisive today and even though we’re not yet safe, this result really helps to boost our chances of staying up
Motm Sigve
Vets 1 have the difficult task to play after the champion of abssa Fcirlande 1… The position is Forestoise a top team of 6a and our vet have try to have 11 player available… Hard… First half was a chest party and finish 0-0…second half start with a nice counter attack finished by Clement… Forestoise equalized with a free kick deflected and pushed by their striker… Irish take the lead with an other counter attack finished by Goncalo… And Forestoise again equalized closed to the small box… We pushed again and David Garcia hit the post.. Final score 2-2 Motm François
Vets 1 played Auderghem Amb, with a strong-looking but still improvised team, and we lacked our usual intensity at the beginning as we let the opposition get 3 quick goals, leaving too much room for them on the flanks to put in crosses for their tall forwards to score, from there we improved, cutting the deficit to 1-3 before HT, and dominated large parts of the second half to eventually reduce the deficit to 2-3 (Rob crossing for a nice Gonçalo header) with a good quarter hour left, but a defensive mistake gifted them a fourth which proved to be the sucker punch, despite having more of the play and oppotunities at the end, we couldn’t get back on the scoresheet, our opponents now go ahead of us in the table and it feels a long way from the 9-0 drubbing we gave them in October – hopefully we get some key players back for next week’s must win match against bottom of the table Tubifoot. MoTM Sylvain
Again a difficult week end for ours captain for have a competitive squad and finally 13 players are present for fight versus British and coach David , thanks for Virgil for the last minute call… But finally coach David become ref David, we are still waiting the abssa ref…
The match start and quickly it’s appear that with the wind it will be difficult to control the ball. Irish lads try to play his football on ground versus a British team who play longue ball and pressure… Finally after 15mn, Irish give a gift with a misunderstanding of defense and their striker receive the ball on 6 meter line for put the first goal. Fc Irlande try to push more for find John Sparks and Mathias on side, and obtain corner. On one of them, David Rubio put a lovely ball on second post directly on goal. Ado try to score a second one on long shots , but the target was no find. And unfortunately on a second gift, they scored a second goal with a head between two defender and keeper in 6 meter again
HT and good words from John : if we score more we win
The second part start versus the wind but Irish defense play upper, and Fernando and Gregorio play more agressive for keep the ball, all the block earn field… Our midfield try to keep control of the ball, Musti, Pierre Antoine, Massimo play more together for always find John… Change Adi for Virgil and Pierre Antoine, after a contact, for Goncalo, meaning Mathias play in middlefield and Virgil on wing… Except long shot on free kick, British don’t try anything and FC irlande try to put out the ball despite of the wind… The last 10 mn were critical : British had a great occasion with a volley on the post and a rebound save by Francois… And just after again with a great run from John, Mathias put a nice corner on second post for… John Sparks… 2-2… 5mn to fight against the wind and long balls for keep this result.. Great point… Motm John Sparks, just a training for him before coach the 2nd
Vets 1 played Coin du Balai, we … should have won, but somewhat poignantly, we didn’t score, missed a pen and hit the bar/post, opposition hit the post twice too, we probably missed the best chance, but François also made the save of the match, sounds pretty even, but still on balance we should have won, although a point also doesn’t seem too bad … good luck to Clément and Gustavo to recover from calf injuries (you have 2 weeks) – joint MotM to our super CB duo of Johnno and Gregor (first and maybe last time as a CB duo … 🙂) – 20pts from 15 and solid in mid-table
A lot of issues for our captains this week for have a team to put versus one of the best of veteran league Jefke… Friday evening a forfeit was looking but finally several players put them available Saturday and we can have a nice team with the beginning of Mathias for vet 1… But no surprise on the pitch Jefke scored 3 goals in first half with some nice move and nice spirit… On second half we kept them more under control, we missed a penalty but score one goal with Stepan… But they scored two goals in the last 10 minutes… Bad new is the terrible injury of Yacine, we lost for the season a nice friend and nice player… We hope that we will see him soon
Vets 1 faced the Brazilians of Auderghem Ru, we took the lead in a close 1st half where we probably had the better of the chances, a precise Yacine cross for Rob to tap in, 0-1 to us, 2nd half we continued to work hard all over the pitch, reducing their chances, and our reward came with around 10 minutes left, another precise cross by Matt for Sparks to tap in, then the opposition scored in the last 5 minutes for a tense finale but we held firm and … we’ve done the double over the Brazilians! Loads of good performances, not surprisingly ending with joint MoTM split 3 ways between Matt, Sparks and Yacine!
Vets 1 played Forestois today for continue the strike… But against a very technical team and a referee who had problem to see more than 10 meters the match was difficult… First half was not open but forestois scored quietly after than the ref gave them a throw in unfair and than the Irish lads stop totally to play for let the striker shot.. HT… Forestois scored a second goal on corner in the beginning of second half… The Irish start their match with some nice move, on a free kick from Karim, Rodrigo put his head for reduce the score… Forestois start to play very hard and broken the Irish waves but the possible penalties become free kick for simulation and corner become throw in per magie .. Forestois had several opportunities for close the game but couldn’t do it with a strong defense… Weather was cold and referee decide to stop the game before the 70mn … Defeat 1-2, the strike is down but the spirit was extra… Fcirlande plays on the same level as this top team and it was a big satisfaction… Motm Ale
Something happen with vets 1 this season … After the fantastic win versus the leader Gast last week ,Vets 1 made it 3 in a row against Jeunesse St Gilloise, we started strong, Sylvain pulling the strings in midfield, Karim crossed for Clement’s first, a nice team move then resulting in Matt assisting Clement for his second, but we couldn’t put the game out of reach before HT, we kept pressing to kill the game and ended up conceding a peno as our irate opponents kept making dirty fouls to stop our moves, but we kept putting pressure and rode out the strorm to prevail 2-1,
MoTM Clement and we hope Rafa’s ribs are ok in the morning…
Today vets 1 played Gast current leader of our group.
Conditions were good, a decent grass, a good weather and our team very focused on doing the right thing: playing when it was possible and keeping the necessary discipline against technical players. Our opponent had possession but they didn’t find the right combinations and spend most of the time trying to find their forwards through long balls which never surprised our defenders. When it did they did some smart fouls and so Francois our keeper didn’t have a lot of interventions to make. As we were mostly playing on counter attacks we saw quickly there were some possibilities on the wings. On one sequence Armand and John combined and allowed our Latvian marathon man to get in position but he was stopped irregularly on the edge of the box. On the free kick that followed, Goncalo tried his chance, the goal was deflected and John was there in the box to tap the ball in. 1-0 just the before end of first half, the perfect scenario!
On second half we kept our composure, Francois had a couple interventions to make Gast got frustrated with the referee and completely lost it getting 7 yellows and 1 red. We kept our advantage til the end, inflicting the leader their first loss of the season.
We beat GAST !!!!!
MOTM John.
Vets1 played Auderghem Ambiance and, with a little help from Sigve, everything clicked into place as we routed the opposition to win 9-0! Braces for Clement, Gonzalo, Sigve (joint MotMs), Matt and a final cracker from Musti, everyone played well and let’s see if we can reproduce this form next week against top of the table Gast
Vets 1 played a strong Jefke team, we competed well in the first half, equalizing through Matt (Clement assist) but Jefke scored via each chance and went 3-1 HT, 2nd half we fought hard, conceded a soft retaken peno, and had a few chances but no luck on the day; MotM Pierre Antoine
Vet 1 had a hard match today versus the bresilian from auderghem, always a difficult moment with this technical team…. The match start with a big pressure of Irish lads, all team were concerned and the opportunity arrived with a nice goal from Yacine… The first half was controlled and finished with tjis score…
The second half start with advises from coach David : we have the wind so shoot!!… Maybe for one time Irish lads hear him and after 10 mn Musti lauch a scud for beat their keeper… 2-0… Auderghem put a big pressure and run in attack, and scored on penalty for continue to believe… Believe in what?? Adi launch the second scud for close the game 3-1…what a result versus a top team…
Motm Clément
First point of the season… dedicated to Francois and David! 😊 we had clearer chances than they had… both goals were in the second half… theirs from a corner kick and ours a build up from the left side… Yacine assisted Matt for a banger (lovely powerful shot to the right down corner)!
Vets 1 played Metrasport in what is usually a high-scoring fixture, 8 goals this time… we started well, Fernando poking in after a corner, Metrasport equalised with their first chance, we re-took to lead for 2-1 (a nice lay back by Stepan coolly slotted in by Gonçalo) and should have gotten more but for some finishing issues (Matt still a bit rusty) – still we kept the lead into HT, then 2nd half Metrasport went up a gear and got a couple of fortunate goals to quickly go 2-5 up, Matt getting a consolation (assist Clément) finally as we finished strongly and could have gotten a 4th (Gonçalo hit the bar, 2 good saves to deny Sparks and Matt) despite sticking with the same outfield 10 that started (in rather hot temperatures) – on another day we’d have won this one but as it was we endured a painful 3-5 defeat. Fernando MoTM, Gonçalo close second, Brussels British next, time for points.