Saturday 17th May vs Whitehorse
And The Juggernaut Continues:
Rip up your Melbourne Victory membership, switch off Foxtel. If you want to be entertained and see exciting football, just come along to DRSC U9 Yellow. Another week, another convincing win with plenty of goals on offer. Once again the boys in yellow showed their exceptional talents, and to quote the coach at half time, “boys, it’s not about the goals now, just go out there and pass the ball around”, which they did deftly with aplomb.
Seven goals till half time and a further five in the second half accompanied with another clean score sheet, convincingly added to the cumulative total of 37 goals for, and zero goals against in the opening three games of the season.
The avalanche began with what could only be described as a lightning goal by Spyros. Aptly described as the writer inappropriately blinked at the wrong moment only to miss what the excited patrons giving great support described as a blinder. The second quickly followed by Alexandre after receiving an excellent cross from some good work by Anthony running down the right wing drawing three defenders, leaving space in the middle for an accurate low ball to be slotted home. It wasn’t long before number three was added with a sweetly timed through pass which left Spyros with a one-on-one against the opposing keeper and he expertly made no mistake with the ensuing goal. Next it was Alexandre’s turn to run down the left wing and give a superb cross which found Ryan in the perfect spot to slam home another.
It was apparent that the boys came to play today relishing the wet weather conditions, and enjoying the freedom down the wings, providing many crosses and accurate passes that resulted in numerous opportunities. Defensively, the ever reliable and rock solid duo of Aaron and Michael who have formed a wonderful understanding and partnership, let nothing slip by them. Not content to just clear the balls long, these imposing defenders began many attacking moves with their exceptional vision and passing. The next goal was to come from just such an occasion as Aaron cleared the ball directly to Jack’s feet, who turned more sweetly than a prima ballerina, disposing of two defenders and blasting the ball into the back of the net. The next was a wonderfully opportunistic goal with a rocket like shot from Spyros, which rebounded off the keeper straight to Jack who made no mistake with the tap in. And just to round off the half, with his second was Alexandre with a low unstoppable bullet into the left corner.
The second half began with Dion bursting onto the scene scoring two magnificent goals in succession. The first a rebound off the post from Noobar’s tremendous shot, the second a goal mouth scramble, where he kept his feet while others were falling around him. Noobar was relishing his new role in the midfield taking charge and winning the contested ball often. Once again Christos made the left wing his own, controlling everything down the flank and giving a great pass to Joshua who hit a powerful drive which managed to be deflected by a defender, wrong footing the keeper and giving the Rovers their tenth goal. Another great run from Dion, bursting forward, left Cheyne in space in front of a defensive wall but with determination found a way to get the ball through the sea of legs and capitalise on a great game of courage with his first for the day. It was the fresh legs of Alex who made an immediate impact in the second half adding toughness and chasing down every loose ball.
The best was saved till last, Beginning with Michael in defence who controlled, looked up, sized up the situation, passed to Anthony on the right, who quickly moved the ball on down to the wing where Alexandre was waiting to run onto it, he cut back onto his left foot, whipped the cross in where Ryan with one swift turn and volley hit the back of the net. Simply magnificent. The final score 12 – 0.
Well done to all the boys and the coach.
Next week we meet Ashburton at home at Anderson Park with a 10am kick-off.
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