by pmchugh on Thu May 08, 2008 2:01 pm
FA cup Round 1
Thunder Hawks (amino) v Red Stick Cajuns (LSU)
TR Clowns (JR) v Redcar Royals (cena)
Emo United (sam) v Norfolk and Chance (ice)
Down Under United (iliad) v TWAT (lozzini)
Game 1:
Thunder Hawks (amino) v Red Stick Cajuns (LSU)
Teams:
amino
Given 31
R. Ferdinand 29
Sagna 25
Ballack 31
Pederson 26
Denilson 20
Berbatov 27
Mellberg 30
A. Smith 27
Viduka 32
Agbonlahor 21
Whitehead 26
Dawson 24
LSU
Reina 25
Ashley Cole 20
Clichy 22
Lucas 21
Alonso 26
C. Ronaldo 23
D. Bent 24
Hibbert 27
Kranjcar 23
Zarate 21
Huddlestone 21
These two teams have met once before in a preseason friendly. The score on that ocassion was Thunder Hawks 1-0 Red Stick Cajuns. However Thunder Hawks have went out of form in recent weeks and are lagging near the bottom of the table. Will history repeat its self or will recent form show through?
Match Report:
The game started off at a decent pace, both teams were playing reasonably well but the first chance feel to the away side. Alonso played in Darren Bent who knocked it round Sagna and struck the ball hard and low, Given dived down low and caught the ball.
Thunder Hawks responded by creating a chance of their own, Denilson skillfully rounded Ashley Cole and then played a 1-2 with Berbatov. This put him through on goal and Reina came out to meet him, the keeper stayed tall and Denilson couldnt see a gap, he decided to pass the ball back across goal, but he took to long and Reina jumped on the ball.
In the next 20 mins, Thunder Hawks controlled most of the play, they however did not manage to create many chances. The ran out of ideas pretty quick and the defense of RSC werent really tested.
On the stroke of half time Red Stick had a chance to make Thunder Hawks pay for their failure to create an opening. Clichy played a long ball forward which was taken down beautifully by Ronaldo, the Portugese star zoomed past Ferdinand and slipped it through Ballacks legs to Bent. Bent hit his shot first time towards Givens left, the Irish keeper got a hand to it but it wasnt enough to stop it from hitting the back of the net.
Thunder Hawks 0-1 Red Stick Cajuns
The half ended with Red Stick Cajuns in the lead and they certainly looked the better side as the second half started, TH couldnt get close as they passed the ball with ease. On 55 mins Alonso and Lucas combined well to set up a chance for RSC, their slick passing ended up with Ronaldo through on goal. The away support stood to their feet waiting on a second goal but it never came, for once Ronaldo fluffed his shot wide and amino gave a sigh of relief.
RSC continued to dominate but a bad mistake from the defence led to a chance for Thunder Hawks against the run of play. It fell to Berbatov around 30 yards out and he drove onwards, the Red Stick defense were unable to disposses him and as he moved into the box he smashed a shot goalward. Reina saved this attempt but the ball fell out to Denilson, the youngster shot first time, Clichy got a slight touch on it which deflected it up and off of the bar.
This near miss seemed to lift the Hawks and they pushed for an equaliser to take it to a replay. They pushed through the RSC defence without meeting much resistance and managed to create a few openings the best of which came on 79 mins. Pederson fed the ball out wide to Denilson, who in turn swung the ball into the box. Berbatov found himself free of the defense and only 6 yards out, the keeper came to challenge him but the ball went through his open arms. Berbatov got his head on in it and it headed striaght for the net only for Lucas to come back, clear it off the line and in the end win the game fo Red Stick Cajuns.
Thunder Hawks 0-1 Red Stick Cajuns
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