We are still unbeaten in the league this year!

After upsetting the lions a few weeks back, we this time helped them by keeping Japan in check.

As a matter of fact, we were quite unfortunate. We hit the post several times. We should have won.

I hope this doesn't haunt us later on.
Let's just focus and win all our upcoming game and see if that's enough to clench the third spot this season.

Hey teacher, leave those kids alone!
We don't need no education...
Certainly not in soccer. At least not this year...

But perhaps MJ's Thriller would have been a better description of the game.

Yours faithful was not there to report, so feel free to add your comments to complete the details.

From what I gather, half time result was 4-5 in our favor and after the break each team managed to add just one goal.

This puts us a bit more firm in 3rd place, our goal for this season.
But we'll have to win all our remaining games to keep Hawks at bay.
For they are lagging 4 points on us, but we played 2 more games than they have.

Alex added 2 goals to his tally, but he's still only 5 goals clear of the second in the top scorer list. So go net some more, I'd say!

Sunday was a bad day for Belgian sport fans.
And it wasn't much better for Spanish either.

Tom Booned got himself annihilated by a super strong Cancellara. The Swiss rocket arrived 2 minutes ahead of the rest of the pack at the Velodrome in Roubaix. A third place for Spanish rider Flecha was little consolation.

And our Flamenko boys did not fare much better.

We knew we were playing with fire when we beat the Lions - perhaps out of the title race - a few weeks back. Perhaps we should have saved this feat for the cup semi-final.

For now the ferocious beasts came out in full force... And we looked like a weakened pack of Zebra's, missing Angel, Alex, Jose, Gerd, to name just a few.

But let's be honest about this, when you step on a Lion's tail, you will get bitten. We just didn't expect to be torn apart.

Flamenkos started out well enough, though.
The game went up and down for a good 20 minutes.
But then the lions set up an attack on the left, our defense lost focus and their forward was left wide open just outside the area. He even had the time to control the pass and hit the ball out of reach of our goalie.

5 minutes after it was a similar situation, this time a rush on the right side of the field, a cross to the penalty area and the same alpha-lion was too strong for Hans. He came in front, touched the ball and 2-0.

Before long the count was 3-0, when Alex was unlucky on a try from the Lions that bounced of his hands and went into the goal. Nope, Sunday was definitely not the happiest day of our Goal keeper's life.

Then we got one back. On a rare corner, the ball landed in a scramble and our agile Brian managed to squeeze himself between all players and divert the ball into the goal.

Not much after though, it was 4-1. Same story after the break, 5-1, 6-1, 8-1. Yep, much like Boonen, we were completely destroyed. But the numbers do belie the reality a bit. While cancellara on his bike looks like a well oiled machine, we did manage to not let the Lions come into their usual game play of fast passing and midfield play. Instead most of the goals were made from kick-and-rush kind of play and individual actions.

And 10 minutes before time, the tide seemed to change. We scored our well-deserved second goal. The Lions seemed a bit unnerved and their organization unraveled. In a nervous finish we had a handful of good chances, but we were not cool minded enough to finish any of them.

But all in all, even though the score may be a bit harsh, we had a good time on the pitch. Just a slight drizzle, perfect weather for a nice game.