Match Report; Woodbridge 0 Madison 3

I missed the game but it looks, and reads, like it was a great one! Thanks again to Annie for the photos and Roniildo for this weeks match report!

Woodbridge No Match For Magnificant Madison!

It was on a misty morning in Woodbridge that we returned to the crime scene from last week’s match, but this time Madison marched away with a thoroughly deserved and comprehensive 3-0 beating of the “other” Woodies. This was very much the Woodbridge team line-up and performance predicted earlier in the week by Arniesto, who, despite a late week hamstring pull, showed on Sunday to deliver another stellar performance in the strike line.
Although Woodbridge had 2 or 3 fast and fit players in the middle and upfront, they were no match for the Celtic midfield of Fribeka, Halil and Carlos, and on the very rare occasion they managed to get forward, the back 4 of Telat, Goggellitto, LaBoca & BOR easily snuffed out any threat whatsoever from the Woodbridge offense, including the number 13 (which in the end proved to be his unlucky day). Wave after wave of impressive Madison attacks down the left and right, spearheaded by Fribeka, Halil and Carlos produced a cornucopia of chances for the Celts. From the outside today there was an air of confidence/slight arrogance about Madison (probably because it was LaBoca’s birthday J and we knew there was tons of beer waiting because Roniildo forgot Ilhon already volunteered for beer duty and also brought a cooler full).
Anyway, back to the story! Following a patient build-up involving 6 or 7 of the guys, Bambi delivered another fine ball into the path of Tano in the box, who was just pulverized into the turf by the left back! Penalty to Madison, which Tano (when he regained consciousness) calmly stepped up and smashed it beyond the futile attempt of the Woodie keeper to break his duck for the Celts. WTG Tano, and I’m sure this will be the first of many for you in the green and white hoops!!
After the onslaught of pressure and the opening goal, the Woodies organization was rattled, and once again, as predicted by Arniesto, a lot of internal strife and bad blood weakened the Woodbridge resolve even more. Even at this early stage, it was like shooting fish in a barrel for Madison, who could easily have netted 7 or 8 today. Similar to a couple of weeks ago, Bruce could have got the deck chair and Sunday Times out again (sorry Johnaldo…liked that line a lot, so I repurposed it for you).
Inexplicably, a few minutes later, Madison underwent an unanticipated reorganizational change (and I’ll just leave it at that for blog purposes!) with Carlos coming back to sweep, and LaBoca moving into the attack undoubtedly hoping to net himself a birthday goal, if not many. After more great passing and forward pressure on the Woodbridge defense, the ball fell sweetly to LaBoca on the 18 yard line, who nailed it into the roof, leaving the keeper diving helplessly in despair (2-0 Madison)!After yet another piercing run down the left flank from Fribeka he earned a corner that was floated perfectly onto the towering noggin of the Judge, whose devastating downward header was met by golden boot of the prodigal Jorge giving the Woodie keeper absolutely no chance (3-0 Madison)! A lot of internal Woodbridge drama on the sideline at the end of the game, but hopefully none of the two guys involved ended in the Yale emergency room.

MAN OF THE MATCH; Halil: Superb tackling and relentless running in the midfield throughout the match made Halil the stand out for MOM (You need to sign more of us for the boot camp!). Coach of the Match goes to Dejan, who should be in the running for the Real Madrid job if Mourinho’s negotiations fall through. He managed the team and substitutions like a Swiss watch and played team psychologist to boot. Well done Dejan, and hope to see you back on the field too next week!!!

.....and many thanks to Annie for the great photo's!