Time until the next game at Benalmadena

Match Report by Steve C

Another beautiful morning at the Retamar stadium, which our UK based subscribers would have really appreciated given the overcast conditions forecast for today. 14 combatants assembled for a 7 aside contest.

The Owl led the warm-up which reinstated the professional rigour recently implemented by Big Al.

The assembled WF crew was also pleased to acknowledge the return of CPR Martyn, purely for health and selfish reasons! Keith again decided to go with the Swedish “liberal” Johan as referee.

KICK OFF…
A 7 aside contest on the small pitch, as we have recently discovered, contributes to a tight contest where skill and luck (Ok, also refereeing decisions) plays a major role in the outcome.

This match was no exception. At each water break the scores were level..1-1, 2-2, 3-3 etc. In this tight contest most of the goals were right out of the top drawer, apart from Mike’s hat-trick for the tangerines.

John for the lemons achieved an amazing ‘triple deke’,  scoring a stonker after he had previously been denied by both the right and left hand posts.

Daniel on his last outing for a few months drilled a shot into the top corner following a slick 4-phase passing movement by the tangerines.

The outcome of the match could have been decided by 2 strange refereeing decisions (but it wasn’t). Firstly, a stone wall penalty for the tangerines was denied after Keith clearly entered his own penalty area to clear the danger.

Secondly, a penalty was awarded and scored by the tangerines after Dazza saved a net bound effort which went above head height, surely the goalie’s ball??

With Martyn present, there were no major “incidents” to report. However, Terry’s lower anatomy suffered a blow to its integrity midway through the match!

The score at the end of normal time was 5 a piece. For the second week in succession the Golden Goal mechanism was rolled out by the WF dinosaurs.

From a purely Scottish perspective a penalty shoot-out is by far a superior way to decide the outcome of a game involving English nationals, but we don’t have time to discuss that now.

Golden Goal time. Following a shocking mistake by one of the lemons (me), Terry intercepted the pass, strode forwards in his inimitable style and caressed a strike into the top corner of the net to seal an unlikely victory for the tangerines.

Terry celebrated his winner as if Grealish had returned to Villa Park. Full Time score was Lemons 5 Tangerines 6.

And so to the Beer Tent. As it was Daniel and Paul’s last game for a while the jugs of beer flowed like wine in the aftermath of the tangerine’s victory.

Terry, still on a high from his goalden goal, promised free Peroni this week to all victors and vanquished present.

Tip: If you decide to take up this kind offer stay away from the meatball tapas if I were you. Tell us about your experience on Thursday which is September would you believe!