Monday, July 23, 2007

RoPS 2 Atlantis 0

Our winning streak is moved to 6 games in a row with 5 more home games in a row still to play. We are playing some sublime football at times, and the confidence in the squad is very high. The first half was a little bit of a chess match for us. Atlantis was relatively organized in the back, and we seemed to be trying to figure out how to break them down. Atlantis held their own as well although I can't remember them every truly threatening our goal. The African striker Muwahid Sesay did cause us some problems with his strength and pace, but nothing ever came from it.

The second half began much the same. I would say that we controlled the game, but we had not found a clear cut opportunity in front of goal. About half way through the half, Jusso Majava picked up a ball at midfield and played a great ball across the field to Dejan Godar who had made a run out of midfield. Dejan took on his defender and after a step-over move managed to get position on his mark before being taken down in the box. Chanda Mwaba stepped up for the penalty and sent the Atlantis keeper, Unisa Bangura, the wrong way to put us up 1-0.

We did a good job of killing off the match. Controlling possession well and keeping them to mere half-chances. But late in the match, 'Drogba' scored from an amazing bicycle kick to put the game away 2-0. It was a good win for us, and getting the shutout was important as well. It was nice to not have to come from behind. I, unfortunately, did not see the pitch and although that is of course disappointing (especially as it was my old team) the important thing was that we won and took home 3 points at the end of the day.

In the other important matches, PK-35 lost pace with leaders with a 4-1 loss to PP-70, KuPS defeated TP-47 1-0, and JJK defeated Klubi-04 2-1.

2 comments:

Dickinson said...

Karra should give you a chance soon enough, of course changing a winning team etc...

Mweetwa is killing out there, great stuff! Sadly the information about city coming up short on money to repair the stadium has directed some of the attention out of the field amongst fans... They always seem to mess things up there. >:(

JJBurklo said...

It was disappointing to hear about the stadium. Hopefully, it won't prevent us from going up as I think we will definitely be in the top 2 based on how we've been playing recently.

As for me, I'm not expecting to start with the way we've been winning. You don't mess with a winning lineup. Of course, I would like to be brought on. For now I'll just keep working hard and hopefully I'll get my chance soon. As long as we keep winning though I'll be happy enough.