Bruinou Coupe’s game against The Alcoholics was a walkover so the points were awarded to Bruinou Coupe. The signs were there though…beer fest across the road from the venue must have been way too tempting for a team who go by the name of The Alcoholics and they lived up to their name and never made it to the venue. Bruinou Coupe would have been grateful for the points and to get their season off to a winning start.
Bruinou FC was without key players and suffered a 5-4 defeat at the hands of The Untouchables, last season’s runners-up. The game started at a furious pace and before long, Bruinou FC was found trailing 2-0. Bruinou eventually managed to slow the game down and play to their pace and managed to pull 2 goals back before the break, to go into half-time at 2-2. Bruinou was again guilty of squandering some valuable chances and could have had a healthy lead going into the break.
The second half started just as the first did and the super fit Untouchables managed to get 2 early goals and go into a 4-2 lead. The player of the match must surely have been the Untouchables goalkeeper who produced some breathtaking saves and was a menace as he kept pressing forward and was the spare man in the field of play. Bruinou FC kept their heads up and managed to pull yet another 2 goals back to make it 4-4. Bruinou FC searched for the winner and it was obvious that they were beginning to tire as the game went on as they did not have their full compliment of reserves. With just 4 minutes on the clock remaining, the Untouchables keeper carried the ball from his box and none of the players closed him down. He managed to take 3 rebounded shots in succession before finding the back of the net, while the Bruinou FC team could do nothing but look on.
Bruinou FC was guilty of ball watching and for missing lots of chances. They were also caught with too many players going forward and not coming back. All of these problems will be addressed and corrected in the week so that they do not repeat this on Saturday. Bruinou FC were without key players Shelton, Lincoln De Waal and Craig Tucker and the good news is that these players should be back for this coming weekend’s game. Unfortunately, due to work obligations, Ridwaan will not be playing many games for the remainder of the season and his motivation and leadership will be missed. The line-up this past weekend was Lester Ash, Arnold Arrons, Shane Arrons, Ridwaan “Carcus” Khan, Damian Rana, Damian Francis, Shahied Josephs and David.
Bruinou FC has built a fairly big squad and is using a rotational system with players, something that they did not have the luxury of doing last season. The probable team for this weekend, though not confirmed yet should be Mark Davids, Lincoln De Waal, Shelton, Arnold Arrons, Shane Arrons, Damian Rana, Damian Francis, David, Craig Tucker and Clint Atlee.
The fixtures for the upcoming weekend have not yet been communicated and will be by the end of the day tomorrow. Watch this thread for more details and please come out and show your support.
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