Goodfellas 2 vs 1 BOC

Justin Cresser

After a cloudy, rainy and cool Saturday morning, pleasant conditions for playing some hard tackling and end-to-end running style football, the weather made a change for the worse producing a Saturday afternoon of blistering heat and balls-sweat humidity. Nonetheless, after a disappointing 0-3 loss to a unlikely opponent the week before, the Goodfellas squad were determined to come out and play exciting defensive football, as determined by our 4-5-1 formation with 2 defensive style midfileders, but optimistic to capitalize on the counter attack. After and inspiring speech by both captain and yours truly, the Fellas came out hungry for a win. The first 5 minutes of the 1st half saw nothing but quick, crisp passes by the Fellas only to lose out in the final third of the opposition’s territory. (Most notable were the passes between Cedric, Shaka, Kilburn, and the rest of the team.) However, the Fellas’ hard work and hunger quickly payed off with a wonderful counter attack mainly involving the other black Fella on the team, Shaka hinds, whose interception of an oppositions pass followed by Usain Bolt–equivalent speed led to cross inside the penalty area, where D Kilburn could do nothing but score, and score he did with an emphatic Marco van-Basten type finish. The hard work of the Fellas continued and was again rewarded approximately 5 minutes after when the defense conceded a corner, much to their dismay. The corner, curling beautifully away from the opposition’s goalkeeper, was met and cleared with a header from the tall center back. His header went only as far as Cresser (Your’s truly) however, whose first touch was less than exquisite, but sufficient to produce a ferocious half volley that could only be parried by the keeper into his own net. A goal that was very much dependent on the training skills of the resident Bulldog. The attacking display of football continued and soon after the second well-deserved goal, the Fellas had a wonderful opportunity to go up 3-0 when the elegant and deceptively quick Cedric went past at least 2 men with ease only to send his low-skidding shot a fingernail width past the far post. The keeper could do nothing but watch and sigh thankfully. Half time approached and came with the squad making 2 changes, involving the Scot who doesn’t speak English making way for Koe on the left, and Li coming in for the Frenchman on the right. The first part of the second half was uneventful except for a well placed clearance that was met with superb reflexes by an opposing striker that trickled into net, leaving the fellas with a one goal advantage. The opposing team then put us under pressure with hard and attacking football, but this pressure was comfortably handled by a defense bolstered by Parker, Bear, Ike and Dougy. The unslaught of attack seemed to have stemmed from a tired fellas midfield, and Cresser was soon replaced by the veteran peps who was moved into the strikers role after Kilburn was moved back to add substance to the middle. The best chance for the opposing team came with an attempt on the left side, but a superbly-timed slide tackle from the American Ike, though met with opposition shouts for a penalty, quickly resolved the situation. The final whistle was met with jubilant screams from both players and supporters and confirmed the first win of the 2009-2010 season for the Fellas.

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Goodfellas 2 V 1 BOC

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