Match Report: Loko v London Bloods

Sunday 1st March 2009
Barnesalona League

Lokomotiv Londres FC 3 v London Bloods 3

New Look Loko Share the Spoils

A new look Loko team took to the field in this game with Ismail (pictured below) in goal, a back four of Adrian, PJ, Dale and Ivan with Tom and Chris C in centre midfield and Peggy and Joe on the wings. Dave K made his debut up front and Chris Z.

Loko started well and took the lead after 10 minutes when the ball broke lose in the box and Chris Z bundled the ball over the line just into his debut.

It didn't take long for Bloods to equalise and then shortly after they tok the lead, both times with avoidable goals when the ball wasn't cleared. Five minutes before half time Loko's possession told when Peggy jinxed his way into the box after being played in by Dale and was chopped down. PJ took the penalty and hit the bottom corner.

Half-Time Loko 2 v London Bloods 2

Loko started the second half strongly and bossed possession and territory, Tom was dominating midfield both defensively and attacking and was making some strong runs forward. Loko had two or three great chances but were hit on the counter ten minutes after half time and a long range soft shot, should have been gathered by Ismail but his air shot saw it finish in the back of the net.

Loko started again and were dominating the game despite being behind, the equaliser came in the 70th Minute when the ball was played across the box by Joe for Peggy to run into the box and slot past the keeper into the bottom corner.

Both sides had chances to win it, Bloods had a goal disallowed when their player was a good 2-3 metres offside from a through ball and with seconds remaining Chris C was one on one with the keeper but shot wide with just the keeper to beat.

Final Score Loko 3 v London Bloods 3

Manager Dale Mellor's comments:
"A good performance from everybody, especially when we had debuts and others who have only played a couple of games for us. Well done."

Team Line Up
1. Ismail
2. Adrian
3. Ivan
4. Dale
5. PJ (c)
6. Chris C
7. Peggy
8. Tom
9. Dave K
10. Chris Z
11. Joe

Goals
Chris Z (1)
10th Minute - Joe ran into the area and hit a shot against the inside of the post, and Chris followed in to score the rebound.
PJ (1 Pen)
40th Minute - Peggy was tripped in the box and PJ stepped up to score low to the keepers left.
Peggy (1)
70th Minute - The ball came into the box from the left wing, was only half cleared to Peggy on the edge of the box and he drilled it into the bottom corner.

Man of the Match
Tom - He completely dominated the middle of the park and was by far and away the best player on the pitch for either team. Good passing, awareness and strong in the tackle. Fantastic.

Match Report by Dale Mellor.