Too nice....

Revenge was on the menu on Friday night: a 5:2 defeat against the same team a few weeks ago was still on our mind. But all good intentions were derailed when we conceded after 60 seconds. That set the tone for the night. We were far too nice and literally gave away the ball three times for OGS to score simple goals. To be fair, OGS played a very good game and this team will do very well in the upcoming Cosmo League.

We will need to work on a number of things: keeping control of the ball, playing out from the back not taking undue risks, and for sure fitness. We were able to do some cosmetics to the result in the last few minutes: first an own goal, and then Basti coolly side-footed the ball into the bottom of the net for a final score of 2:6.

It was only a friendly, but we need to pull up our socks in the upcoming Cup games. Joe in goal was once again phenomenal.

Next week: Gaelic Lions in the Take-san Cup (named after the Nippon manager who sadly passed away last year)