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Week 5
Division B
The snow storm couldn’t happen at a worst time! Right when people plan to leave their house and attend the venue. That left both us The Ringleaders and adversaries FC Pharaohs with few players to substitute with. Most showed up before half time though, that was quite relieving.
It was a solid game which I believe both teams played well. The referee made many mistakes numerous times especially with throw inns and corner kicks. For some reason he wouldn’t whistle after the whole ball would cross over the side line and all… real confusing.
We played very well together, our transition balls between the midfield and forwards were well executed. We were also tight defensively, and Rodrigo Riffo brought much confidence to us. Some player from the other squad released a canon side volley early on in the 1st half, but Rod “punched” it nice and clean over the crossbar. That kept us in the game for real.
RFC 2 won the match 4-1.
Division C
A difficult fixture against FC Alianza who were yet to lose. But following our solid performance last week we were looking to make a push up the table.
After going down to an early goal we were making a valiant effort to get back in the game and were putting some good moves together. That was when disaster struck.
Thanassi made a surging run into the opposition half and easily rounded one of the FC Alianza players, unfortunately the player made a dangerous lunging tackle completely missing the ball and making heavy contact with Thanassi’s knee.
It was immediately evident that this was a very serious injury and Thannasi would play no further part in the game. We now know that Thanasi’s out for the rest of the season, which is a tragic blow for him and the Ringleaders, something that has put a severe dampener on the whole season.
Losing such an influential player undoubtedly had a great impact on the team and we were never able to fully focus on the game thereafter. We lost 4-0, with the only highlight being an amazing penalty save by the always outstanding Giancarlo Talarico.
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Mark Regimbal on “Brigade”. To understand this individual, please put his blog in your favorites, www.swallowmykids.com.
FC Pharaohs 1-4 RFC 2 (—)
RFC 0-4 FC Alianza (—)
Tags: Brigade, FC Alianza, FC Pharaohs, Giancarlo Talarico, Mark Regimbal, RFC 2, Rod, Rodrigo Riffo, Thanassi, The Ringleaders, www.swallowmykids.com
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Dec 13th, 2009 | by admin
Week 4
Division C
Only RFC were given a run out in week four, with a gap in the fixture list for RFC 2. And after two defeats in a row everyone knew that today was going to be our biggest game so far. We faced Nyala, who also happened to be on the same points and goal difference as us in the table. As I said, today was going to be a big one and Nyala weren’t going to give in easily.
Halfway through the game I welled up, tears filled my eyes, we’re destroying them I muttered to myself, it was beautiful. But the score was still 1-1. After all our intricate passing and movement we were still not taking home all the points and could still lose the game. We continued to press, the midfield partnership of Max and Thanassi was devastating (combining beautifully for our first) and Jano put in a superb performance, causing trouble up front then helping to solidify the back after an injury forced a reshuffle. But still the score remained at 1-1.
Then the unthinkable happened, a lapse of concentration. The only mistake our defense made in the second half, but it left one of the Nyala players unmarked on the back post, and inevitably the ball found its way to him. I saw it all in slow motion, ‘these Nyala boys are all from the army they take every chance they can get’ was going through my head, and as this lone man on the far post stood waiting for his chance, Rod threw himself across the goal, which may have just been enough to put the player off who quickly blazed the ball a foot over the crossbar. We were still alive. Surely now there was only to be one outcome of the game.
We created a few half chances but failed to take advantage. We piled on the pressure and with just five minutes to go Max stepped up and snapped an exquisite first timer into the bottom corner of their goal. We finally had the lead. Everyone was tired but we closed the game out comfortably and took the much coveted three points and the confidence. We were alive and fighting again.
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Vincent Tsang needs no introduction.
RFC 2-1 Nyala (Thanasi, Max)
Tags: FC Nyala, Jano, Max, RFC, RFC 2, Thanassi, Vince Tsang
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Dec 12th, 2009 | by admin
