by pmchugh on Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:52 pm
FA cup.semi-finals
Red Stick Cajuns(lsu) v TR Clowns (panc)
Emo United(sam) v Down Under United(iliad)
Semi-final 1
The first semi final sees league leaders RSC take on TR Clowns. TRC have been a thorn in the side of the top 3 sides in the CCPL with 4 draws and just one loss, they will be hoping to go one better tonight and get a rare victory. Red Stick will still be confident of progression considering they have only been beaten once by TWAT back on matchday 3.
Teams:
Red Stick Cajuns (lsu)
1. Buffon, 30, World Class
2. Ashley Cole 27, Excellent
3. Clichy 22, Excellent
4. Quaresma, 24, World Class
5. Alonso, 26, Excellent
6. C. Ronaldo 23, Footballing God
7. D. Bent, 24, Excellent
8. Lucas 21, Very Good
9. Kranjcar 23, Good
10. Zarate, 21, Very Good
11. Huddlestone, 21, Good
TRC (panc)
1. Freidel, 36, Excellent
2. Terry, 27, World Class
3. Carragher 30, Excellent
4. Barnes 19, Excellent
5. Flamini 24, Excellent
6. Deco, 31 World Class
7. Van Nistilrooy, 32, World class
8. Hutton 23, Excellent
9. Hargreaves, 27, Excellent
10. Shevchenko, 31, Excellent
Match Report:
Red stick started the quicker of the two sides and managed to get the first chance of the match after 5 minutes. Quaresma played a cross field pass out to Ronaldo who controlled the ball well first time. He then sped off down the wing and with a few trademark stepovers he went past Barnes and then swung a cross in for Bent. The striker managed to get himself a few clear yards and he headed down into the ground, the ball bounced back up and past Freidel. It went a foot wide that was a good opportunity.
Clowns came back at them trying to open up the Red Stick defence; Deco got his opportunity on 28 minutes after a rare mistake by Ronaldo. He got caught in possession just 25 yards from his own goal; van Nistilrooy made the challenge and then squared a pass to the advancing Deco. Deco nicked the ball past Clichy and then side footed the ball towards the bottom corner, beffon got down well and got a strong hand on it to take it away from the goal.
The rest of the first half went by without major incident, both sides looked lively but neither could break down the opposition defence.
The second half, however, started off at a high tempo and the first 10 minutes were filled with chances for both teams. The best of those chances fell to RSC. Alonso played the ball wide for Quaresma who found himself with plenty of room. He pushed forward and entered a race with Carragher, he beat him to the by line and cut a cross back across goal. Ronaldo went up for a header but Terry headed it clear. It fell to Bent on the edge of the box who took a touch before thumping it into the top corner. Red Stick Cajuns 1-0 Transvestite Rodeo Clowns.
TRC pushed hard in search for an equaliser to get back level once more. Flamini moved through the field and then played a firm pass through to Van nistilrooy, who played it first time to Deco. The Portuguese star advanced and the RSC defence backed off, he lined up to take a shot when Ashley Cole slid in to stop him. The ball ran loose and was picked up by Barnes. He then played the ball back to Deco who shot at goal. The ball moved in the air but Buffon still managed to get a touch to it, the touch only knocked it into the net. Red Stick Cajuns 1-1 Transvestite Rodeo Clowns.
The game had an air of predictability about it and neither side looked like getting a winner before the end of 90 minutes. That was until TR Clowns got a great chance on 88 minutes. Barnes beat Clichy on the wing and looped a cross into the area. Buffon came out of his goal and punched it away but only as far as Deco. With the keeper off his line Deco just had to guide it through a group of players, which he did and get it between the posts which he failed to do as the ball came back off the left hand post.
Red Stick Cajuns 1-1 Transvestite Rodeo Clowns.
Bent 54-----------------Deco 61