Saturday, May 25, 2013

MATCH REPORT; Madison 0 Norwalk S.C. 1



Another tough day at the office for the Celts as they slumped to a 1-0 home defeat to Norwalk S.C. It was a fairly evenly matched game throughout the 90 minutes but Norwalk took their chance when it appeared. The Celts got off to a very scrappy start with really poor passing and tactical naivety. As the first half proceeded it was obvious that the different sections of the home team were struggling to connect. An old problem also reared its head when a huge gap appeared in the middle of the field allowing the opposition to control the ball in midfield with little challenge. This problem occurs when the left and right midfielders hug the line and the two center midfielders get caught on opposite ends of the field. Its a problem that is easily solved by having the two center players stay withing a few yards of each other and for the 'wingers' to close in. Simple, but difficult to make happen during the game. The problem led to the opposition goal as the Norwalk team attacked easily and took advantage of a mix up between the goalie and his defenders to score the go ahead goal. The second half was a much better performance by the Celts but they could not get enough shots on goal and when they did their goalie was on form. A frustrating defeat for the Celts who are playing reasonably well in patches but need to score to make sure they can at least get a share of the points. After 5 games they are very close to the bottom of the table although others teams are losing at the same rate as the Celts. Still a long way to go!


MAN OF THE MATCH;  Alex had a great game in defence and in attack and gets a deserved MOM




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