Although losing 2-1 to MetroFord last week, we held our heads up high as we took as much as we gave that game and definitely did enough to get a result. An individual moment of magic separated the teams at Clarke spun a defender outside the box and chipped it in to the side netting.
Last night VUFC 2 -3 PCOV
Fast paced and chippy game. A lot was on the line. A win for us and we're one step closer to safety. A win for them and the roles are reversed.
We were all over them in the beginning 15 minutes of the game. Hit the post, a couple shots that just barely went wide and a nice save. We eventually got the break through goal from my long diagonal cross to our winger who first timed a shot over the keeper for the opening goal. We had a lot of possession in their end but, as PCOV learned in the second half, anywhere near the 18 yard box was a water trap. Any passes on the ground would just stop dead. They started to get possession of the game and had the upperhand in the last 20 minutes of the half. Their tying goal was from a cross, from the shadows from Gomes, that was headed home by an unmarked player. I say from the shadows because in that corner of the field the lights didn't turn on ffs.
Second half, we conceded early. We gave the ball needlessly at centre and Dormer chased the ball in to the corner flag, he then beats two defenders and slots it passed our goalie. So now the heat is on. We needed to score. They got a breakaway and our keeper made a huge save but you could tell the ball wasn't sitting properly for the PCOV player as the puddles were fierce at that point. We had a couple of breakaways called back because the ref didn't allow for advantage and he acknowledged blowing the whistle early but that's of little consolation in the game of this magnitude. The time wasting began which drove up our temperatures. Yellow cards started flying all over the place to both teams. On one play their keeper got a hold of ball that was crossed in or bouncing around; he then takes out our winger for no apparent reason. Our winger is on the deck and kicks out the keepers legs. Then the PCOV defender tries some wrestling and ground and pound on our winger. After the mess, our winger and their defender get red cards which is more than acceptable. But no yellow card for the keeper who started it all? Unbeknownst to me at the time, their keeper was already booked earlier in the game and would have seen his marching orders as well. Total bullshit but we just had to get on with it.
More yellows were dished out, their leftback crunched me from behind hitting my back and got a yellow. Moments later a kicked his leg out and received my own yellow. I'll apologize for my retaliation. I hurt my back in week 6 and my game has suffered since then so I took it personal. My bad.
We tied the game up with about 10 to go after I whipped in another cross that fell to James who then sniped it in the bottom corner.
Moments after that we got a 2 on 0 breakway. Our forward and I with only the goalie to beat. He's in a great position to score so he takes the shot and shoots it right at the keeper. Either side of the keeper is a goal. They come down the field, earn a pretension free kick. Get the ball to Gomes who takes the ball to the end line and in side the 18yards box so it's tricky to challenge him without fouling. He chips the ball to the front post where it's met with another header deep in injury time for the winner.
The game had everything you wanted in such an important game. Both teams went at it!
PCOV face EDC and West Van proper to end their season. We face Westside next week in our last game. Romania plays Metroford and are pretty much safe from the drop as they beat us on all of the tie breakers.
Time for some physio.
Sounds like you were man of the match
Sounds like you were man of the match
Romania plays Metroford and are pretty much safe from the drop as they beat us on all of the tie breakers.
Should be no tiebreakers unless something has changed?
This is the VMSL, presumably if there was a tie for relegation there would be a playoff, no?
Any word on how the 4 B Prov Cup spots are being allocated? I assume the two VMSL Masters B Cup finalists account for two of the spots. O45 Premier champions and one more maybe?? Or can MD1 teams get in??
This is how the VMSL teams stack up for the BCs per Smallsy...O35 A Prov Cup - 5 spots / 2 seeds
- O35 Premier Division Champion (seed)
- Masters A Cup Champion (seed on April 7)
- Masters A Cup Finalist
- Second in O35 Premier Division (backup seed)
- Third in O35 Premier Division
Apparently you've been garbage the last 3 games