Gloucester_Boy
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Chile 4-1 Binger's: A pretty good match for Chile today, possession was our number 1 asset and Binger's strategy to let us have the ball and pressure us all over the pitch seemed to backfire as our guys were very composed and exploited the seams left open by the overloaded pressure Binger's was excerting. Chile announces within 5 minutes of the opening whistle when Adriano springs Souza on a partial break but he puts it over a charging "Critter who cut his angle pretty good forcing the shot. Chile go up 1 nill on another stellar play by Souza as he gets the ball near the top of the 18 and rolls his way past the stretched Binger's defense to put a low strike past the Binger's goalie who didn't have a chance. Chile continues exploiting the seams and after a few dangerous rushes up the Binger's left flank, Habil springs through untouched and pots it home for the 2-0 lead which Chile takes to the half. In the second Chile maintains possession and manage to slot the 3-0 on an other good play by Souza which Ray puts home. In typical Binger's fashion, they come right back and slot one off a corner which our defense did not even challenge to make it 3-1. Chile go up for on another Ray and Souza collaboration which Ray buries without hesitation. Overall, it was a good game for us as we dominated possession and the score, our guys dinked around with the ball a little bit too much at times, but they got the job done. Binger's never quit and kept pressing for the full 90 keeping our guys honest. Nice to see a few "scouts' out at Memorial today. On to next week! pd
Full credit to Chile. We got a lesson in possession football today. Clearly you need the skill and running to play that style but it's also mental and we just gave the ball away way too much to get anything going or mount a serious comeback. Souza was definitely on his game today (timely falls included). Very tough to stop when he's running with the ball and distributing. Ray made some great runs off the ball in behind our backline as well. All-in-all, Chile is playing at a high level and will be tough to stop in the promotion bid. That said, if there is a weakness there, it's definitely in the back. I think they took their foot off the pedal a bit but a good solid offensive team will give them problems. Will look forward to the rematch with the Cooke's, LG, Vaughn and co. back in the mix. Also, not sure who the right back is but for a dude that runs 5'2 and 110 lbs, he runs his mouth quite a bit.
Quick reffing question (Captain or whoever feels like answering): if a defending player reaches out and intentionally knocks a pass down with his hand, disrupting the play but the ball bounces to another attacking player so the ref plays advantage, would you come back to caution the player on the next stoppage? I had always assumed so but we had quite a debate on the field so I could be wrong.