Vogelpik FC

4ths journeyed south into Walloonia to battle with Vogelpik on a late sunny Saturday afternoon. With a strong squad, hopes of putting the first points on the board for the season were high.

Fourths started strong against the tall Belgians, defending strongly and generally dominating the play. We were maybe a little rushed with some of our forward balls but we carved out some good opportunities, particularly a 1v1 for Viktor that was well saved. Half time arrived and it was still 0-0.

In the 2nd half, we started to show a bit more composure on the ball, subs entered strongly and were able to create 3-4 good opportunities where again the Vogelpik goalie came to their rescue with very good saves.

It stayed 0-0 right into the last minutes of the game and 4ths were putting them under good pressure leading to David having a shot from the edge of the box that hit the bar a couple mins from the end. The follow up fell to Thomas on the edge of the box who went down under some pressure from the defender to win a penalty with 3 mins to go. Viktor stepped up to take it but unfortunately GK to the rescue again.
But we did not give up! We got going again immediately and managed to create an opening in the box which eventually fell to Ivan who slotted home in the last minute of the game! A 1-0 win with good fighting spirit shown throughout! Bring on next week 💪🏻
MotM Ivan/Santi