DC Steamers 3 vs 0 Wokingham & Emmbrook

<p class="MsoNormal">DC Steamers started the 14/15 campaign with a 3-0 win over arch rivals Wokingham and Emmbrook to take them 2nd in the league.

<p class="MsoNormal">A tough preseason of 8 matches saw the DCS head into the match fighting fit and raring to go. We lined up in our new 3-5-2 formation, which has had mixed results, for our opening game. From Kick-off you could see we were the dominate side but our passing let us down with some sloppy short balls getting cut out by the W&E midfield. This resulted in an already grumpy Josh Courage throwing most of his toys across the pitch threatening to give up after 4 minutes.

<p class="MsoNormal">Our dominance would pay off but not until a few good chances were scuppered. Ide ran through onto a pass, beating the offside trap!, to take it round the keeper and then past the by-line onto the field next to us into a game from another league altogether. Another comical Sunday league goal-mouth scrabble occurred with back-heels, headers from the floor and other stuff crashing around the 6 yard box before smashing the bar to safety. &nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal">We broke the deadlock when Jonny Clifford was put through one on one with a ball over the top from Sammo Wyatt. Jonny side-footed the ball neatly into the bottom right of the goal and the pressure lifted off the players. Jonny was also relieved as he had a few chances to score prior to this moment and had a habit of attempting silky skills and moves on the edge of our own box that never really worked out.

<p class="MsoNormal">Steamers quickly made it 2-0 when our ever grumpy CM, Courage, picked the ball out and vented all his anger into a shot from 25 yards that hammered the crossbar. Owen Temple was quick to follow this up and place a delicate header into the goal. &nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal">H/T 2-0

<p class="MsoNormal">The 2nd half didn&rsquo;t have anywhere near as much action as the 1st. DC Steamers seemed to spend most of it defending but W&E never seemed like scoring. The back 3 and Paul Moore did their jobs well without having to much to do and they will expect much tougher tests through the season.

<p class="MsoNormal">The goal came in about the 60th minute when another Wyatt ball was found by Ide who did a typical 12/13 season style shot into the bottom right of the net (albeit a bit of deflection or 2 en route).

<p class="MsoNormal">Other highlights from the half included 2 foul throws, a not so deadly free-kick, Jonny missing, Paul calling half our team a &lsquo;Deeeck!&rsquo; and one of the finest touches you will ever see by a centre back.

<p class="MsoNormal">MOTM goes to SAM WYATT for his 2 assists and for running for a whole 90 minutes. A very close runner-up goes to Owen Temple for his constant work up and down the left hand side and a well-earned goal.

<p class="MsoNormal">Forget to mention Sam Hall attempted an overhead kick that actually almost went in. It went downhill from there and he got subbed.&nbsp;

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<p class="MsoNormal">COYS!&nbsp;