Barnesalona League
Lokomotiv Londres FC 0 v Celtic 1
Last Minute Heartbreak.....!
It was finally a nice sunny Sunday morning for a game of flowing fantasy football. Ismail once again went in goal for us with Adrian, Ivan, Dale and Joe in defence. Peggy and Simon on the wings and Tom and Michael holding the centre. Stefan was up top with Chris Z, with Fabrizio and Aymen on the bench.
The game started even and pretty much stayed that way throughout the 90 minutes, with Peggy and Simon doing well on the wings and Dale and Ivan (pictured above) controlling the defence with no clear cut chances for either side. Both sides had headers clear the crossbar from corners and Stefan had a couple of long range efforts well saved by the keeper.
Joe was having a blinder against their tricky little right winger and kept him under control, although he managed to pick up a booking for his troubles.
Half-Time Loko 0 v Celtic 0
The second half started as the first had finished, Fabrizio replacing Adrian and Aymen making his debut replacing Chris Z.
Loko had lots of possession and continued to counter attack with men over but never managed to find that final ball, although that has been a problem of Loko's for a number of years. Aymen continued to find space on the right side of the pitch but was not feed the ball when it counted.
Joe again kept his right winger quiet and put in a man of the match performance, with the rest of the defence not far behind, Ivan was a rock in the air and Dale swept up everything behind, and Fabrizio settle in at right back as though he had been playing there all his life.
Celtic had numerous corners and had a few shots that went wide but never looked like breaking the deadlock. The game appeared to be petering out into a draw until one last corner in the 89th Minute broke Loko heart's.
The ball was delivered to the near post and for the first time in the game a Celtic player rose unchallenged and powered past Ismail's outstretched hand. It was an undeserved winner as neither team had shown enough in the game to win it.
Final Score Loko 0 v Celtic 1
Manager Dale Mellor's comments:
"It was a very unfortunate end to what had been a promising performance. We had more than matched the team who are now second in the league. Good performances all round but special praise to Joe who kept quiet their best player for the whole 90 minutes. Keep your heads up and we move on to the next game."
Team
1. Ismail
2. Adrian
3. Joe [Y]
4. Dale
5. Ivan
6. Michael
7. Peggy
8. Tom
9. Chris Z
10. Stefan (c)
11. Simon
12. Fabrizio (Replaced Adrian 45th Minute)
13. Aymen (Replaced Chris Z 45th Minute)
Man of the Match
Joe - Best player on the park, battled well, marked his man out of the game and had the energy to run for the full 90 minutes. Well done.
Match Report by Dale Mellor.
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