matchreport - 29-Aug-09 - gaulois v. isa lions
Team
Gaulois
Author
Christophe Pelage
line up
Mendjisky- Bernard, Guisbert, Pelage, Sideri - Diop(Sweeney, 45'), Antier - Perez, Chain, Rico(Hamar 65'), Marcy(Carron 60').
Another close one
For the third time in a row, gaulois could have got away with a better result. On an uneven pitch, Lions showed good composure during the first half, and seemed to have a simple plan: long ball on their very fast forwards. On the other end, our forwards Alex, Lucho, David and Guillaume would combine well and outpace Lions defence on several occasions. We would get the opener with a great header from Lucho, after a free kick from Alex. But our leading wouldn't last long, as Lions outpaced our defense 2 minutes later and their right full back scored. OG would not fully recover and would take two more goals before the half.
However we had numerous opportunities up front and were confident that we could get back in this game.
Beginning of second half saw us 1-4 down after a cornerkick. Then we seem to wake up a little bit and start putting more pressure on Lions defence. Once again, same story, 3-4 clear opportunities upfront should have been put in. We finally put two in, one by our MAn of the Match Julien, omnipresent today, who blasted a powerful shot from a good 25m. The other one thanks to Alex, who converted a penaltykick after a foul in the D-box.
Unfortunately we haven't been able to equalize before the end.
Thanks to Lions for a good game.
Thanks to the three referees, excellent again this week