Goodfellas 3 vs 0 Formica

<p>-Chairman Chan

<p>STATS:<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />Goodfellas&nbsp;3 (Kai, Pete,&nbsp;Kilburn), Formica 0 (Halftime: 1-0)<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />First Half: Justin; David, Seb; Alex, Kilburn, Jason; Kai (Sub-in:<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />Kenny, Bear; Unused Sub: Howard)<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />Second Half: Jason; Justin, Bear; Kenny, Kilburn, Alex; Pete (Sub-in:<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />David, Seb; Martyr: Howard)<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />REPORT:<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />Goodfellas awoke from a several month M7 sabbatical to beat Formica<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />3-0, spurred on by a convincing second half display that could have<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />easily seen them hit for six.&nbsp; For the uninitiated, M7 is a<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />seven-a-side league that we play in on weeknights, and it would also<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />appear to have a timeline that stretches as long as&nbsp;World Cup<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />qualifying rounds - whereas most leagues are concluded in 9 months, M7<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />is in its 14th month, and we still have 5-6 games to go.&nbsp; Our next<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />league game is not for another two weeks... Someone wake up the<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />commission!<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />First Half: We started with some rousing words from yours truly, who<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />dedicated the game to both Derek Kilburn, who was playing his last<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />(and first?) M7 game before he heads back to the US next week, and<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />also Kenny's newly trimmed, non-The Hangover style beard.&nbsp; We started<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />the game at a good tempo, passing the ball to feet, and passing to<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />burners such as Kilburn and Kai.&nbsp; While the former was overly generous<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />to our opponents, the latter decided to end the faffing about and hit<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />a hard shot in.&nbsp; Of note, Justin made some clean saves and directly<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />the back line well.<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />Second Half: We entered the second half with a tactical change raised<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />by Kilburn to press our opponents higher up the pitch to take<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />advantage of them getting nervous when we pressed.&nbsp; This worked to<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />great effect, and many of their crosses were sprayed at random, giving<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />us opportunities to win 50/50s.&nbsp; With our opponent's possession<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />waning, we capitalized on two occasioned with an outstanding cross<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />from the right flank from your's truly [Pause, Hold for applause] that<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />Bear tucked into a maurauding Pete Kang to blast into the net.<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />Kilburn added to Formica's misery with a shot that frankly, I can't<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />remember, but it made up for a few sitters.&nbsp; Fortunately, for Kilburn,<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />the sitter of the evening fell to David "Mascherano" Cheung who ran<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />the length of the pitch, chasing another maurauding run by Pete "Shoot<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />first, Ask Questions Later" Kang.&nbsp; Pete burned his marker with&nbsp;Thierry<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />Henry speed, and generously squared the ball to David as the keeper<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />approached.&nbsp; I'll leave it at that.&nbsp; Of note, Kenny played a blinder<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />with his deft touches and clean passes from the left wing.&nbsp; Of note in<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />a less good way, we played out the final 3 minutes with a man down, as<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />we had used up all our subs and the Chairman thought it would be<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />timely to have a&nbsp;leg cramp.<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />Jokes aside, this was a great win for the fellas, where we played<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />disciplined and unselfish football, and didn't play down to our<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />opponents level.<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" />Fellas&nbsp;hoo rah