A highly competitive game usually comes down to one or two plays. That's what happened Sunday when we lost a close game to the Flirts 2-1 on a day of intense heat and humidity.
What do you think made the difference? Post a comment!
I thought it was merely one tackle and some good goalkeeping by the Flirts, which prevented us from converting two crosses. A lesson for the defense. When we're under attack from so many offensive minded players, we need to get physical, tackle the ball, and disrupt the attack however we can. Tactically, I would say that was our only major weakness Sunday.
We were disorganized at the opening whistle (oops) but managed to settle down without incident. Though we were on our heels most of the first half, Liam came up with a lot of good, aggressive saves before one of their players got free in the box and sent it to the far post. In the second half, we managed a more threatening attack and on a deflection, Adrian buried one. Unfortunately, in the final minutes, one of their players made some good moves past three defenders and snuck one just inside of Liam's lunging effort.
She came back to help
Can't be too depressed about this one. Concentration and effort was top notch by all players - now if we can regain our sharpness and teamwork, we'll pick up a win. The reality is that they had 10 subs, we had 3. We got some great minutes from trusty alternates Carlos & Anna - thanks!
Notes: 2-1 loss to Flirts, Trinity, 9/14/08, Goal: Adrian (NK). GK: Liam.
the answer to your question... is that it was hot as balls and we only had 3 subs.... we DOMINATED that game and if we weren't so tired then we would have totally won that game.. sucks!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think Jackie is right...we did dominate the game. In my opinion we were better when we had the ball. I think we were caught watching the ball a little when we were on defense. Perhaps the heat affects the defensive brain more than the offensive brain.
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