Match Report: Loko v Uncle Bob's FC

Sunday 5th April 2009
Barnesalona League

Lokomotiv Londres FC 1 v Uncle Bob's FC 0

Lokomotiv back to winning ways...

After the disappointment of the previous week’s match cancellation, due to Hendrix’s folding, and the last minute loss to Celtic, the Loko-men were keen to get a win under their belts.

On a hard pitch but in very pleasant weather conditions, Lokomotiv started the game well. Although they didn’t perform to the best of their ability, the Railwaymen kept it together, with the added benefit of being under very little threat from Uncle Bob. The passing was very scrappy and the determination was not always there.

However, Andrea, who played in goal because of his knee injury, didn’t have to make any significant saves but commanded his area and the defence in a very efficient way. All in all, nothing much happened in the first half despite a few half-hearted Lokomotiv inroads into the Uncle Bob penalty box.

Half-Time Loko 0 v Uncle Bob's FC 0

The second half stated much brighter with Lokomotiv dominating the midfield and penetrating the sluggish Uncle Bob defence. Tom was weaving in and out of the midfield, Peggy was darting down the wing, past defenders as if they didn’t exist, Peter was dominating the Uncle Bob attackers in his usual vigorous way.

Uncle Bob were running out of energy and not creating much whilst Lokomotiv were creating a lot. On three occasions, newcomer Samuel ran onto balls despatched from midfield but unfortunately missed his chances. Stefan took a free kick from the left hand side and pinged the ball a la Beckham but their goalkeeper was pulling off some good saves and showing good positioning sense.

Was this going to be yet another frustrating Lokomotiv draw? Not so! With only 5 minutes to go, Peggy dashed down the right hand side of the pitch past a bamboozled Uncle Bob defender and cut the ball back into the path of Joe who, just like he had been saying all morning, despatched the ball hard just above the goalkeeper and into the net.

Victory at last!

Final Score Loko 1 v Uncle Bob's FC 0

Assistant Manager Ivan Rahal's comments:
“We’re all delighted with the win…Great effort from the whole team, in particular assured Andrea in goal, hard working Peter in defence, mesmerizing Tom in midfield and speedy Peggy up front…”

Goal
Joe (1)
85th Minute - Peggy ran down the right and pulled the ball back for Joe to place the ball over the keeper for the winner.

Team
1. Andrea
2. Joe
3. Ivan
4. PJ
5. Pete
6. Michael
7. Peggy
8. Tom
9. Chris Z
10. James
11. Stefan (c)
12. Gareth (Replaced Stefan 55th Minute)
13. Samuel (Replaced Chris Z 45th Minute)

Man of the Match
Peggy (pictured above) - Fantastic performance and created the winner.

Match Report by Ivan Rahal.