ACBC 4 NK Hrvat 0
I looks like a derailment but it really wasn't. Missing our starting stopper and fullback wasn't too much of a factor besides Admir owning our leftback who we couldn't sub fast enough to prevent the first goal. One of our less cooperative players wouldn't swap positions which could have prevented the goal. Salov missed a sitter that would have opened the scoring and Hrvat had many forays into the ABCB penalty area including a handball in the ACBC 18 that went uncalled. 1-0 at the half.
NK's Sandro was whistled on brutal penalty call where he clearly touched ball first before the striker fell over him to make it 2-0. Luca hit the crossbar on a free kick from just outside the 18 and Adriano was put in cold by NK legend David Bellotti only to be robbed with out even a rebound. Then seconds later he was denied on a header from 5 feet out that the goalie caught while parallel to the ground again with no rebound. Keeps was standing on his head. Then Kenji scored on a square ball that was impossible to be offside but was flagged by the twelve year old linesman. ACBC's matriarch told me he won't play with out linesman and now I think I know why. Sandro then was upended at the opposing endline and had to leave the game with a sore shoulder leaving McDirty at the mercy of Admir and Co. ACBC slotted two more late goals while NK was denied another hand ball in the box and a free kick was awarded that could have been deemed inside the box. Last but not least Bellotti turned his defender brilliantly to bust in alone only to spray his shot wide from point blank.
A lot of fun and exactly what NK needed. Hope to get a rematch in the provincials.
