CCPL Matchday 2
Games:
Red Stick Cajuns (lsu) 2v2 TRC (jr)
Down Under United(iliad) 2v0 Redcar Royals (cena)
TWAT(lozz) 1v1 Thunder Hawks(amino)
Norfolk and Chance(ice) v Emo United(sam)
Game 4
Norfolk and Chance(ice) v Emo United(sam)
Teams:
ice
Almunia 30
Finnan 31
Toure 27
Nani 21
Mascherano 33
Gerrard 27
Rooney 22
Hriederson 33
Huth 23
Makelele 35
Eduardo 25
sam
James 37
Stubbs 36
Todd 29
Elano 26
Fabregas 20
Rosicky 27
Torres 24
Traver 16 (youth team)
Mendes 29
Walcott 19
Emo United have been accused of having a poor defense from the other managers in the CCPL, today they face a tough task in the way of Norfolk and Chance. Both teams will come here looking for 3 points today but who will walk away the winner?
Match ReportNorfolk and Chance started the game well in front of their home fans, the passed the ball well as Emo United invited on the pressure. However it was the visitors who got the first chance playing their typical counter attacking game. Ronney's miss placed pass led to Elano bursting up field he squared the ball to Rosicky who played through Torres. The spanish stricker hit the shot well but Almunia was a match for it tipping it round the post for a corner.
Elano took the corner but scuffed it straight to Nani's feet and it was Norfolks chance to break. Just as Emo United had just done they flooded men forward and managed to get their sticker, Ronney through on goal. Ronney struck the shot sweetly but it couldnt beat veteran keeper David James who grabbed the ball out of their and hld on to it.
Norfolk and Chance looked marginally the better side, getting decent possesion and creating a few half chances, one of these was a snap shot from Rooney at the edge of the box. He caught James off guard but the ball bounced back off of the post. Gerrard ran in on the rebound and finished it with style, icdagger celebrates as his team take the lead on 38 mins.
Norfolk and Chance 1-0 Emo United
In the second half Emo United came out stronger putting some pressure on Norfolk. They managed to create their best chance of the match on 54 mins. Fabregas, Rosicky and Torres played a series of wonderful passes the three combinening superbly and leaving the Norfolk defense looking like amatuers, in the end the chance fell to Fabregas just 10 yards out. He drilled his shot low towards the corner, it had beaten the keeper but it went wide of the right hand post.
This acted like a wake up call for Norfolk and Chance who realised they hadn't won the game yet. They sprung into life and started to put the pressure on back on Emo, a good run from Nani managed to win a corner for Norfolk. Mascherano swung it in but Stubbs managed to head it clear, it fell to Torres who accelerated up the pitch. He had Rosicky to his left and Fabregas to his right but he chose to drive on through the middle and take on the shot himself, he made the right choice as the ball curled round Almunia and into the back of the net. Norfolk and Chance 1-1 Emo United.
It was a major blow for Norfolk who had just been growing in confidence and now the needed to go looking for another goal. However Emo United made it very difficult for them defending in numbers and then bursting away on the counter sam levi has clear intentions of how he wishes his team to play and they are showing on the pitch.
On 75 mins Emo United had a chance to take the lead when Elano nutmegged Mascherano and sprinted in to the box, Todd ran across and dived in for the chalenge clearly getting the ball. However the ref seen something no-one else has or ever will and gave the penalty. It was Torres against Almunia, Torres looked confident he ran up and smashed his penalty aiming for the top corner but he got no where near, terrible penalty!
This dampened Emo's confidence and their defending began to get sloppy, on 84 mins Rooney found himself free from the defnese after Gerrard played it through. He ran on in on the goalie who stayed big, Rooney chose not to shoot and tried to play through Nani, terrible choice but the ball reached him none the less. Nani hit it first time but Todd blocked it, he hit it agan this time his shot got past Todd but not past James.
For the remaining 6 mins Emo United held on for a well deserved point.
Norfolk and Chance 1-1
Emo UnitedGerrard 38
...............Torres 58
A lot of draws this weekend, makes the table close except for one person at the top, not naming names but iliad is whooping you all.
Im updating the table send in your matchday 3 training and squads only player unavialable for selection is Shevchenko.