MATCH REPORT DLFC 0-3 John Lewis

The first half display from the Lions today was some of the best football I have witnessed for sometime however within minutes we went one goal down with a poorly dealt cross into our box being poked right into the corner of our net leaving our keeper with no chance. Chances for the Lions were carved out that seemed harder to miss, Hamza could not believe the position he found himself in with a smart ball from Timid but blazed over his effort from 16 yards. Timid opted for long range efforts that the John Lewis keeper done well to keep out. There keeper was the the busiest without question. Good pressure was applied to John Lewis and we dominated the first half even though it ended after 45 minutes one nil to them.

The second half began with John Lewis doubling their lead with a cross that bounced directly to an unmarked John Lewis player. He had the simply task of passing it into the net. We battled on but failed to get the same passing and width going which was present in the first half . Ahmed had a thundering left foot effort from 20 yards hit smack of the cross bar but no one was able to bounce on the rebound. If that had gone in who knows how the game would have settled. They knocked another in which was truly forgettable (I rang Taela and he forgot also) and Macca failed to beat the John Lewis Keeper with a one on one with their goalie doing well and putting it out for a corner.

I would be very interested to hear John Lewis’s view on this game. Please leave comments below. Surly even they must admit they were living a charmed existence for large periods of the game. We gave a good account of ourselves but the fact is we gave away some weak goals and failed to put the ball in the net.

I must also say that John Lewis’s number 8 (Lee Sullivan) was different class. He is considering signing for us and could be highly valuable as he currently has a good relationship with the Burger Van Man.  Also the John Lewis Line-O, What game was he watching? Just for your info line-o this is the crack..

A player is in an offside position if: he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent.

At that stage you are permitted to raise that flag the referee kindly lent you at the start of the match.

Remember.. This is a Linesman Flag 

 

 And this is a Batternberg Cake

So training continues this Wednesday Lions and we will go again. In today’s game we saw improvements, lets maintain our steadily improving performances and get our second win in the next fixture.

Mr Kipling’s Batterberg Cake is available in all good corner shops and some crap ones too.