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Quote[/b] (* ORM * @ April 19 2005,23:20)]24.5 stars with only 3 first team regulars - Can't be too unhappy with that.
1132 spectators arrived at The Golden Cross Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Although the formal home team was tigers,
the spectators were of course much preferring Shrimperzone.
Bloody cheek! The spectators will of course be preferring Rochford taking on Tun Tigers next week ;). My mrs wants a rematch with the same amount of first teamers she says you cheated lol.
Thorpe Bay Utd - Rochford FC 2 - 7
Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Garons Park saw a crowd turnout of 176. Thorpe started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Brinkman - Levy, Perelman, Vega, Lecarpentier - Waldispuhl, Moore, Gómez, Ortenburg - MacEachern, Boost.
Rochford had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Statton - Leckie, Nuttall, Ugarte - Morley, Körnig, Agramunt, Otte, Beynen - Eibensteiner, Kużdżał.
Thorpe saw most attack opportunites on the wings and were directing their passes that way. Rochford saw most attack opportunites on the wings and were directing their passes that way. After 23 minutes Rochfords Emil Kużdżał made his way through the middle, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. Rochford came close to extending their lead as Stan Körnig delivered a long range shot from the right but the angle was too sharp, and the shot hit the side of the goal. Thorpe's Gert Perelman scored 1 - 1 by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent goalie no other option than to pick up the ball from the net. Rochford took the lead in the games 33rd minute with 1 - 2 after some elegant plays down the middle. Wienus Beynen was the scorer. Antonio Agramunt increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 1 - 3. The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 3. Rochford, bringing the final ball possession rate to 69 percent, dominated the battle.
Maxime Waldispuhl was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Euan MacEachern managed to kick one of them into 2 - 3 in the 47:th minute. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 60:th minute Rochford goal, making it 2 - 4. Stan Körnig was noted down as the scorer. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 65:th minute Rochford goal, making it 2 - 5. Stan Körnig was noted down as the scorer. The visitors Bernhard Eibensteiner took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and central backs in the 67:th minute. 2 - 6 for Rochford. By now Rochford were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. The referee showed Rochford's Axel Ugarte the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Thorpe were forced to a substitution as Tommy Brinkman couldn´t continue playing due to the rough treatment, forcing Hadji Trekels to come in from the sidelines. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 76:th minute Rochford goal, making it 2 - 7. Emil Kużdżał was noted down as the scorer. Rochford will have to do without Antonio Agramunt for a time due to a bad foot injury. He was substituted by Bojan Ðorđević. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Rochford, with an impressive 75 percent possession of the ball.
The most dominating Thorpe player was without a doubt Euan MacEachern. However, Diego Gómez made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Rochford player was without a doubt Axel Ugarte. Luc Otte on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 7.
