MATCH REPORT; Norwalk SC 3 Madison 1

The bitter taste of defeat once again hit the throats of the Madison  team as they slumped to a miserable loss to the bottom team in the league. A closely fought goalless first half,  with few chances of note from either side, gave way to a second half of misery for the Celts. Inconsistent refereeing decisions, shockingly bad passing,  badly timed tackles and a team bereft of a single effective tactic was the poor brew that resulted in a deserved defeat for the visitors. Even though the team had a number of players missing from the game there should have been enough talent on the field to take the three points. However, the Celts struggled to pull any form together. Some strong performances by Rob B and great running by Tano were notable but not enough to get the team to gel. With very few attempts on the opposition goal the Celts were always running the risk of the sucker punch in the game and so it came to pass. A strong run by one of the home team strikers allowed him to ride two wayward attempts at a tackle before the third brought him down for a penalty. The game went from bad to worse from this point as over the next 20 minutes the Norwalk team took their chances to get three up. Playing for pride now the Celts scored the best goal of the game in the last couple of minutes as Edison cracked in a scorcher of a free kick for the consolation goal. However, there was no hiding the fact that this was one of the worst displays by the Celts over the last few years and they will have to recover some form to avoid being stuck in a tough relegation battle. With only a couple or so points covering the bottom five teams the next few games will be very interesting.

Man of the Match;  Edimar covered being dropped into the goalie position at the last minute very well with some great saves. Tano did some great running and Ruggerho had some great approaches in the first half but the best overall performance for Madison was from Rob B as he tried to push the team forward.