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Lokomotiv Londres FC 0 v Wee Hoose Celtic 1
Goalkeeping Keeps It Close
Loko were playing Wee Hoose Celtic who are a division above and have some very good attacking players but we have had some close games in the past and everyone was up for the game.
Loko started with a new keeper in goal, Junior and went for a 4-3-3 attacking formation with Roger playing the holding role.
As we expected Celtic came at us right from the start playing some good linking football but Loko were equal to it with the defence soaking up the pressure and the keeper making some good saves. When Loko got the ball down we played some good football with Terry making progress down the wing and David keeping their defence busy.
It stayed this way for the remainder of the half with Celtic having slightly more of the ball and it was 0-0 at the end of the half. Loko had made three changes at the break and Greg (pictured above) made his first appearance of pre-season.
Half-Time Loko 0 v Wee Hoose Celtic 0
Roger had a good team talk at half time and everyone was positive that it was goalless as we knew we would have at least a couple of chances during the second half. We aimed to keep the defence tight and push on from there.
However, about two minutes into the second half Celtic won the ball in midfield too easily and their player ran the length of our half past four Loko players and shot past Junior in goal.
Although it was a good finish a Loko player should of made a challenge, or committed a foul to prevent this happening!
As usual this seemed to wake Loko up and the game suddenly became much more open with both Celtic and Loko taking turns attacking. The Railwaymen`s defence was coping well with the pressure and any attacks on goal Celtic did have saw Junior pulled off stunning saves to keep the deficit to one.
Loko had some good attacks on both wings and both Gregg and David were having some good runs and shots but just could not score. It was real end-to-end stuff with Loko edging the final ten minutes but we couldn’t make the pressure tell and time ran out before we could find the equaliser.
Final Score Loko 0 v Wee Hoose Celtic 1
Manager Chris Clarke’s comments:
"Another good turn out and performance against a very good and skilful opposition, if it wasn’t for a collective lapse of concentration and poor finishing we could of easily had a result.
Again we all played for and encouraged each other. Well done."
Team Line Up
1. Junior
2. Stefano
3. Ivan
4. Chris
5. Ismail
6. Roger
7. Andy
8. Diego
9. Terry
10. Dave
11. Imants
12. Marco (Replaced Imants 45th Minute /
Imants Replaced Ivan 70th Minute)
13. Greg (Replaced Dave 45th Minute /
Dave Replaced Roger 65th Minute)
14. Michael (Replaced Diego 45th Minute /
Diego Replaced Stefano 70th Minute)
Man of the Match
Junior - This should go to our keeper who pulled off a string of world class saves to keep Loko in the match.
Match Report by Chris Clarke.
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