Saturday 22nd April 2006

vs Tát	lost 1-4
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vs Esztergom	lost 0-3

We played very weak. The team didn't have the right attitude, with only Simon and Jan (sometimes) doing what everybody should have done. Definitely a day to forget (but to learn from).

Sunday 7th May 2006

vs Nyergesújfalu	lost 0-2
vs Dorogi Diófa	lost 0-3
vs Szent Pál Akadémia	drew 0-0

Against Nyergesújfalu we made a promising start, with Bernardo directing things from
midfield and Jan and Simon threatening going forward. Two sloppy moments before half time cost dearly. First Alec lost his boot, then slipped in his attempt to intercept a pass, leaving Jonathon with a two against one - as he closed one attacker the ball was squared to the other who slotted past Sven. Almost immediately it was two as we failed to clear and missed four tackles before the same player shot in off the post, leaving Sven no chance. The second half was much improved but we struggled to break down a stubborn Nyergesújfalu defence, with Simon lacking enough support to really threaten. The introduction of Sam, Max and Edgar brought more life to the game but in the end it was probably the right scoreline.

If you cannont defend set pieces then all the good football counts for nothing... A great first half against Diófa with Till, Max and Simon going close and a back three for the first time very solid. The second half was more of the same and finally it looked as though we had our reward as some great play from Jan put Simon through. He nicked the ball round a combination of last defender and keeper before being felled. Unfortunately the penalty spot was quite a distance from the goal and as Till stepped up the goalkeeper guessed right and palmed the ball away brilliantly... the ball fell to the on-rushing Jan who smashed the rebound goalwards only for the keeper to pull off an even better save!!! Still we pressed for a goal but only a great save from Sven kept the scores level. However, from the resulting corner nobody attacked the ball and a near-post flick looped into the far corner for the first goal. Amazingly not once but twice more in the last five minutes almost identical goals were conceded. So three corners in five minutes and a great performance was gone to waste, but hopefully some lessons were learned about how to defend dead balls.

No goals scored in three games was the most dissapointing aspect of the day but it wasn't for the lack of trying. The back three of Edgar, Alec and Jonathon was so strong against Szent Pál that Sven was a spectator for the entire game!! Some great football was played and, despite the lack of goals, it was a good way to finish the day with all the players performing very well in the final game.

Special words for Sven who showed how much he has improved between the sticks and also for Jan, whose attidude all day was something all the boys should be looking to emulate at future games.