Corinthians 4 - 3 ABG

A sunny afternoon, an unbeaten start to the season and next up ABG, a team the Corinthians have hammered in the past, everything looked on course for another league victory, however the Corinthians were without their influential goalkeeper Gomez and skipper Lewis, and with ABG boasting some new big money signings this wasn’t going to be the walk in park so many (well me and Jim) had predicted



In the absence of Gomez the Corinthians operated the tried and tested (and previously disastrous) rotation policy in goal with Cenamor starting between the sticks. The Corinthians started lacking their usual fluid movement giving ABG too much space which left gaps at the back for the opposition to exploit. With the sun beating down it looked like it could be another one of those days where the mighty Incisive are held by an inferior team.



However anyone who knows anything about the Corinthians knows they don’t start playing until 10 minutes into the game and this week was no exception. Kieron, Aidy and Jason linked up well up front interchanging positions all the time to keep ABG guessing, Frankie played like a young Roy Keane going from box to box, Jim was solid at the back while still supporting the attack, Finnegan spent most of the game daydreaming about his wonder goal from the previous game and feeling angry about the injustice that Al hadn’t written a match report last week.



After a hard fought half an hour the Corinthians found themselves 4-3 up a winning position they should have been defending but instead chose to launch wave after wave of attack, the emergence of skipper Lewis from the bench for the final 2 minutes was a tactical move to bring a calming presence onto the field but instead he too got caught up in the free-flowing attacking football. Fortunately despite leaving gaping holes at the back the opposition couldn’t get the ball off the Spanish like Corinthians and the final whistle blew on a 4-3 win, another 3 points and the perfect start to the season still in tact.



Your Corinthains last week were:



Jim – Alienated many of his teammates early on with strange pre-match comments offering the rest of the team use of the johnnys in his wallet, but won most of them back round with another solid performance.



Aidy – Penultimate game of his loan spell and his best performance to date. Direct running and great link up play with Kieron led to most of the goals



Frankie – the returning Corthian put in a good performance with plenty of running. A welcome return from his loan spell in France. Jase has offered use of his old astros for the future which have at least 6 or 7 more games in them thanks some sellotape and elastic bands.



Kieron – Another quality showing which will continue to keep Olly Nevill confined to the reserves. Provided the base for the majority of the Corinthian attacks. Shares the man of the match award with Aidy.



Jase – Full of running, pace and endeavour out on pitch (which he claimed was mostly down to his new Astros), however looked uneasy in goal. The fans continue to take issue with his tracksuit bottom stance.



AL – Cameo performance for from our captain who turned up with 2 minutes left to play, but a solid 2 minutes it was. He has assured the rest of the squad that he will fining himself for turning up late and paying everyones match fees for the next 2 weeks.



Chris – Did very little, but then was stupidly given permission to write the match report, 10/10,



All in all a good performance and another important win. However next week is game on with Bloomberg lying in wait filled with confidence following their victory over us last season. Time for the Corinthians to prove once again who owns this league, that when it comes to big games we step up to a level other teams simply cant imagine let alone match, that when history talks about the greatest of 5 a-side teams it will reserve special praise for those players that graced the Attlee youth centre and destroyed every team foolish enough to stand in their path!



With that said Tj do you mind giving this week a miss – cheers