Brazil youngsters hand out soccer lesson to Madison veterans
Once in a while it's OK to get a soccer lesson, just to remind all of us of how to pass, move and score and today we were back in the class room. Of course, this was a friendly and most of the guys we were playing against were under 30 but it was still good to see how well we could cope with that type of continual attack. Now the score sounds bad, but we had quite a few chances in both halves to score goals and we didn't take them. There was to be no great comeback like last year and they dominated the game from start to finish. Their goals were very good, not your scuffed shot from one foot off the goal line but superb 25 yard curlers into the top corner of the net. Real Brazilian style football! The highlights for me were the constant running of our midfield, especially Roniildo and Jodinho and the outstanding defensive play by Tim Jensaldo Gogglito to give him his full Brazilian name. I know we lost 6-1 but some of his clearances and last minute tackles prevented the score from being a lot higher. Same too for Kevinho...some great saves and catches to keep the Brazil team in check.
Overall a good workout, and a realization that we do not play teams of this caliber in our league. We should feel confident that we can win every game in our league!
We will be back to league action next weekend with a game against Prospect...Tom will find out if it is home or away.
MEN OF THE MATCH; Gogglito and Jodinho get the double man of the match award for the non stop tackling and running...great game guys!
And one final thing....today is the One Year Birthday Of The MADISON CELTIC Blog!
Thanks for interacting with it. I know a few of you have now learned how to leave comments on the blog and it adds to the fun of doing the blog if we do use it! So instead of e-mailing back a comment why don't you try posting it on the blog in the comments section! And for you nostalgic people out there here is the first ever Madison post !
http://madisonceltic.blogspot.com/2008/07/our-team.html
Good reporting John
ReplyDeletethanks Anonymous!
ReplyDeleteJohnaldo...another exquisite account of the match. All in all, we played well and got a fantastic workout...I’m going to try and make the time to practice with Brazil....much less likely to have pieces of your leg excised, a distinct possibility with certain Guilford players! Let's provide Tom an early headcount for next weekend's Prospect match...I'll contact Danny. Tom, as we know we're going to be light on numbers next week, can you try to get a definite from Carlos...I heard Jorge say he is out for Prospect, and I know he and Carlos sometimes carpool?
ReplyDeleteI'm in for this weekend...when do the Brazil guys practice?
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Subject: Fw: Calling All Soccer Players, Fans, Administrators, Coaches & Referees To Take Survey, National Cups Set For July 24-26, Joe Gryszik in Hall of Fame Spotlight, Coaching Tips and More
Member leagues,
please forward this to your admins, teams, and ask them to forward to their players if they are interested in taking a survey on amateur adult soccer.
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dkva5nzQOVfeXu1Q3GfFww_3d_3d.
Many of your players may not even know what CSSA or USASA are: this may help!
Regards,
Dan Rooney
CSSA