Fighting come back for fourth win on the trot!

The indoor team had a real struggle of a game against Madison Crisis last Thursday and had to really fight for the win. The scintillating soccer from the previous week had vanished and in its place was a slow disjointed boot and rush style that played into the hands of the opposition. They had one tactic which was to thump the ball up field to their tallest player who knocked it down to any on rushing player from his team. Simple, but effective and it was no surprise that we ended the first half 1-0 down. We started the second half a bit brighter and managed to score an equalizer. But again we fell into bad habits and allowed them back into the game with a simple goal from a defensive error. Things went from bad to worse when they went 3-1 up with only 15 minutes left in the game. But the Mad Celts came roaring back with a real fighting spirit and quickly claimed a goal back when yours truly bent a shot past their goalie. The team were fired up by this and very shortly after this, in the middle of a goal mouth scramble, the ball blasted off my chest into the net for the equalizer. With only a minute or so left and with the team pressing constantly we won a free kick which Carlito slammed into the net for the knock out blow and the game winner! It was a tough one but the team deserved the victory for the fighting performance in the second half.

Well done to the team for then playing another hour of soccer against a team who's opponents had not turned up.....another nice win but of course it doesn't count. But, good practice for our double header night which is coming up soon!