Our first game was agaisnt a very physical Mexican team, who lived up to thier reputation of being one of the roughest teams in the Masters over 35 division. The match was played at the Neve Sha'anan Sports Complex at 4pm (Israel time).
FORMATION:
(4-2-2-2) Robert Cohen, Dan Fine, David Valentini, Warren Lewis, Gary Katzman, Clive Snoyman, Darren Katzman (CPT), Rob Fihrer, Lawrence Sacke, Ilan Herman, Alan Gershlowitz
Unfortunately we conceded first with a defensive error by our one and only "GAZA FB" and went into halftime 0 - 1 to the Mexicans. After a motivating halftime talk by our inspirational coach Warren Lewis, our boys were fired up and ready to take the field.
Once again, we unfortunately conceded a 2nd goal, this time by a GK mixup which pretty much secured the 3 points for the Mexicans. With 17 mins remaining, it was decided to abandon the defensive approach and push forward in the hope of making a comeback similar to that of Liverpool in the Champs league final in Instanbul, however to our horror, this was not the case and we conceded 4 late goals in the last 10 mins (63rd, 65th, 67th & 70th mins), leading to the Meixcans hammering in the final nails in the SA coffin.
Despite the score line, the lads were more shocked than disappointed and held thier heads up high. They vowed to take revenge agaisnt the USA in the next game.
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