Bambi no Match for Scary Hawks!

Well this game had it all; goals, shocking misses, bad tackles, red cards, arguments and a team revolt. But, in the end the Celts got the same outcome as last week when they played the same team....a big defeat!
A stronger looking Madison team started this game but after a bright start fell behind to the same type of sloppy goals that they lost in the previous week. The Hawks clearly rode their luck again with outrageously angled goals, taking full advantage of bad passing and ineffective blocking from the Celts. Madison tried hard to compete but to no avail. Weak tackling, poor passing and woeful shooting up front marred their performance. At half time the Celts were 4-1 down and struggling to find some form. Carlos was trying his best to get some forward momentum but was being fouled and thumped to the ground at every opportunity by a very aggressive Guilford team. The ref was also in a constant, somewhat provoking, dialogue with Carlos that came to an explosive and controversial end when he was red carded for talking back once too much. This unfair, and egregious, red card sparked off a furious argument with the whole Madison team that resulted in them walking off the field and refusing to play on. In a highly unusual move the ref agreed to step aside and let the game continue without him! Once the game got going again, with the ref on the sidelines and Carlos restored to the line up, the game went a lot smoother, although the ultimate direction of the game was no different. In the midfield Drew "Bambi" Thompson was still trying to get his long legs to move in concert with his brain but was always just a second short getting to the ball before one of the Guilford players whisked it away. At times it was like watching a giant octopus unravelling one of its huge appendages to grab some food but losing out to smaller more nimble fish.....Although Bambi on ice has a better ring to it! El Gato kept the score respectable with some great saves but the second half was not going to be the story of a great comeback like last week. The Celts went 5-1 down early in the second half before the miss of the game, actually miss of the century if truth be told, by Johnaldo. A great break away saw Carlos running into open space and with only the goal keeper to beat he slid the ball to an unmarked Johnaldo who contrived to miss an open goal from 3 feet out! Even with this gruesome miss the Madison team tried hard to get back on track and the hint of a comeback was there when Ruben slammed in a great goal to make it 5-2 but, it was not to be and Guilford hit a sixth to emphasize their superiority and round off another dismal night for the Celts.

Things can only get better? See you next week.....