Bruinou FC off to a flyer while Bruinou Coupe stutter

Bruinou FC got off to an emphatic start this past weekend with a solid 6-0 victory over Tjovitjo, while the newly merged Bruinou Coupe stuttered with an 8-2 loss to Red Star (formerly News Café Boys).

Bruinou FC fielded a completely new line up to last season as they look for more stability and players who will be attending regularly. Lester insisted that the core quality that he is looking for in players this season is, above all else, commitment to the team. The only survivors from last season are Lester, David, Shelton and Lincoln (who could not make it for this week). The new look Bruinou FC team comprised of Lester Ash, Damion Rana, Craig Tucker, Andre Arrons, Shane, Ridwan “Carcus”, David, Shelton, Mandie and Vukile.

Bruinou FC took control of the game from the start and was pushing the ball all over the field. It wasn’t long before they opened the scoring with a deserved goal and before long a second followed. At this stage, you could see that it was just going to be one team in it and you just wondered by how much they would embarrass their opposition.

Tjovitjo had no answer to a well organized Bruinou FC team with Ridwaan playing at the back for most of the game, orchestrating most of the play. Craig and Damion were also in remarkable form and pulled out some tricks that would have made Ronaldinho proud. David mesmerized 2 defenders where he hooked the ball over their head in Mark Williams style and after taking a cracker, he narrowly missed the nets. That would have definitely been one of the best goals seen at the venue. Had there been scouts at hand, Bruinou FC would have surely lost some of their valued players to the overseas market. Shane a.k.a. Peter Crouch also had a good game up front as did Arnold Arrons. It was a very good team effort that got the result for Bruinou FC at the end of the day.

Bruinou FC even slowed the game down to walking pace at certain points and was scoring at will as they tried to walk the ball into the nets. The margin could have been much bigger but the main thing is that the team played well together and enjoyed themselves.

Bruinou FC plays against The Untouchables next week in an 18:15 kick off. The Untouchables finished off 2nd on the log last season and will be the first major test for the “new look” Bruinou FC. Everybody is encouraged to come out to the Soccer 5’s courts in Randburg to watch the game and to throw their support behind the team. Bruinou will have 3 new additions next week in Lincoln De Waal, Shahied Josephs and Damian Francis, with Clint Atlee also a possibility.

Bruinou Coupe had an indifferent start to the season as they played against a super fit and highly drilled team. Bruinou Coupe’s opposition, Red Star (previously News Café Boys) finished off 3rd in the campaign last season and this was definitely not going to be an easy game.

The rain poured down within half an hour of kick off and as a result only 5 Bruinou Coupe players turned up. This meant that they would have to play the entire game without any reserves. This is a very difficult ask for any game, especially for the first game of the season and against such fit opposition.

Bruinou Coupe carried themselves well under the circumstances and although the scoreline may indicate otherwise, gave a good account of themselves. Leon Torres, coach of Bruinou Coupe, ensured that next week they will field a full strength squad. Bruinou Coupe faces a really daunting test next week as they face last season’s winners The Alcoholics. The Alcoholics got their season off to a flyer with a 20-0 victory (not a printing error) and are definitely still the team to beat this season.

Bruinou Coupe’s game is at 16:45 and again all are encouraged to come out and watch. Hopefully both teams will have a kit by the weekend and both teams are looking forward to what promises to be an exciting season.

See you all on Saturday.