Shanghai Premier League

We had the Vlis run and again perfect weather.
So there were lots of supporters out there.
The youngest ones being the most ardent, shouting 'go Flamenkos' and toiling around with the Belgium flag...
As a sign of protest with the referees they even dislodged a corner flag... young hooligans!

Now to the game... as expected Lions would be a tough cookie to crack. And so it came to be that we were 4-0 down.
The first half was difficult, because we were looking for our organization. We managed to break out a few times, but the lions were better organized and very very efficient in the first half.
Let's face it... if you give Michael a shot, he'll take it and most likely he'll score. Question is, how do you keep this rugby player from taking a shot?

The second half was better. That's a welcome change from last season when FC VLIS was also known as 'first half team'.
We found some organization and by putting Jorge in defense, we became more aggressive.
When the goalkeeper then released the ball on a free kick of ours, again Jorge was there to storm the ball in the goal.

We were launched from that moment and kept going forward. The Lions did their part as well and had a few very good chances, but fortunately for us they lost their killer instinct and all tries landed on the post or wide.
Alex of course had to score his usual goal and thus the end result was 4-2.

Not too bad if you play the Lions.
Next up are the Hawks who trashed the Galacticos last Sunday (10-1!).
Let's face them with no fear and try to at least contain and hopefully overcome them!

See you Sunday!