| Report | Initially there was major
confusion at this fixture as nobody could figure out why they weren't freezing and
battling a hurricane when playing on Coldhams Common. On the contrary, it was
glorious sunshine which bathed the Spartak lads as the trudged towards the pitches.
Choosing a pitch proved to be most difficult as most seemed to have been microwaved
to a crisp and then attacked by a herd of stampeding elephants, but luckily a dim
distant corner was found which had a minimum of craters.
The game started slowly, well for Spartak, who before they knew it
were two nil down inside about 10 minutes. And deservedly so, if you consider about
another four goal-line saves by Steve. They hadn't shown up at all, well not without
a beach towel and an aim to lounge the morning away and work on their tans
apparently. Happily though they managed to awaken some sort of pride and began to
play themselves back into the game. Come half-time the scoreline hadn't changed, but
the manner of the contest had. Spartak were now on top of things and having pushed
up the pitch were creating chances. Unfortunately though, none were converted.
In the second half, Spartak continued the good work
and after threathning early, including hitting the post, had soon pulled one back
after a long throw and flick on was converted by Dave with a neat header.
On top all over the park now, Spartak chased an
equaliser and created good chances which they didn't convert. Alas, all this
attacking left gaps and Orange house managed to capitalise and snatch a goal to put
it at 3 - 1. Spartak were now chasing the game and in doing so struck posts and had
good attempts, but again conceded. The match was now effectively over and just faded
to the end when even the consolation of a second goal wasn't enough to dim the
disappointment.
Still though, the league is well
beyond Spartak this season and all eyes are on the cup final. |
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