Haringey Cosmos 2-1 RECREATIVO U13s 16.12.11.

Not too much festive cheer tonight as Recreativo threw away a game that we should have won. But fair play to Haringey Cosmos, who in the end were worthy winners who played decent football and took their chances.

Despite going one up after Storm slotted the ball home after a lovely one-two with Waiel, we failed to capitalise and let Cosmos back into the game. We have some big players in the team now, but still lack the strength to dominate, put our mark on the game. It's probably a bit old school to say it, but we're too soft at times, when we should be going out and bossing it...
We were short of technical ability tonight, smashing the ball forward when a deft touch or subtle pass would do. And a few referee decisions didn't help our cause. We were warned to substitute Waiel or face a red card after the ref accused him of throwing the ball at him (!?!), Waiel merely throwing the ball to the centre spot after we conceded. And Milvydas claimed he was fouled as he saved on the line, the Haringey striker bundling both the goalkeeper and ball across our line, 1970s style.
Still at the end of the day, not too many complaints from us. Tonight at least we hold up our hands and say we didn't deserved to win.

So we end the year a little bit under the weather despite a good season up til now. On a positive note, the boys are still desperate to go forward and climb into the higher division. A big win and a much improved performance next game should get us back up there.

Team: Milvydas Lukosius, George Wakefield, Jermaine Mitchell, Soulaiman Osei-Bonsu, Jaden Stephenson, Oisin Horgan, Storm Gregory, Waiel Hassan. Subs: Sol Ruse, Ollie Goldblatt, Isaac Beck.