Tuesday
Jul262011
PHUC-KIN' AMAZING!
Phuc Do, on loan from the Vietnamese People's Liberation Army team, made the most of his temporary transfer with an injury-time strike (Injury time? In summer 7-a-side?) as Partizan United eliminated heavily favoured and stacked Gus's Bar & Grill 4-3 on Tuesday night at Dorey Park in the CVSA Seventh Division Playoff Semifinal. The Corpulent Calendonian added three precision strikes before assisting on the game winner.
The win avenges an 8-2 loss to the very same Gus's squad just one week previous at Bryan Park. United moves on to Monday night's final, while Gus's moves on to contemplate how a team of 20-somethings lost to team that outweighed them by 35 lbs. per man, and out-aged them by ten years per man. Ηλίθιοι!
From the outset, this game was a mismatch on paper, as the boys were having a hard time measuring up . . .
The Tale of the Tape
Gus's opened their account with some Italian Ballet in the penalty box, quickly surmising that they lacked the skill to score in the run of play, and resorting to the blacker arts of football as their primary rainmaker. After running our boys ragged, Gus's had their tray of souvlaki dumped on the kitchen floor, as John Roach pushed a soft lobber into the side neeting that left the keeper flat-footed. After Gus's responded for their only tally of the night in the run of play, Roach again responded with a deft touch around the aforementioned befuddled keeper, and matters were knotted at 2-2 into the half.
Partizan United came out in the second half determined, going toe-to-toe with the whipper-snappers, showing that grit and determination can overcome indifferent youth all of the time. Roach again placed a laser past the keeper for a hat trick and a 3-2 lead. The lead held until 3 minutes from time, when Act II of the Italian Ballet played out, as Gus's rastaman forward tripped over his dreadlocks, bamboozling the referee yet again, "earning" another kick from the spot.
With matters knotted a 3-3, the referee, for the first time in CVSA summer league history, announced one minute of injury time. That's all the boys needed as Roachie outjumped two 22-year olds on a long clearance, knodded a lobber over to Phuc Do, who polished off a half-volley into the opposite side netting. It was a total team effort, with grit and hustle from every last man at both ends of the field. Phuc-kin' amazing . . .
A special edition of Monday Night Football is planned for August 1, as Partizan United will take on SU Team F&S for the CVSA Seventh Division Championship at Bryan Park, 6:15PM. Be there or piss off!
The win avenges an 8-2 loss to the very same Gus's squad just one week previous at Bryan Park. United moves on to Monday night's final, while Gus's moves on to contemplate how a team of 20-somethings lost to team that outweighed them by 35 lbs. per man, and out-aged them by ten years per man. Ηλίθιοι!
From the outset, this game was a mismatch on paper, as the boys were having a hard time measuring up . . .
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Gus's opened their account with some Italian Ballet in the penalty box, quickly surmising that they lacked the skill to score in the run of play, and resorting to the blacker arts of football as their primary rainmaker. After running our boys ragged, Gus's had their tray of souvlaki dumped on the kitchen floor, as John Roach pushed a soft lobber into the side neeting that left the keeper flat-footed. After Gus's responded for their only tally of the night in the run of play, Roach again responded with a deft touch around the aforementioned befuddled keeper, and matters were knotted at 2-2 into the half.
Partizan United came out in the second half determined, going toe-to-toe with the whipper-snappers, showing that grit and determination can overcome indifferent youth all of the time. Roach again placed a laser past the keeper for a hat trick and a 3-2 lead. The lead held until 3 minutes from time, when Act II of the Italian Ballet played out, as Gus's rastaman forward tripped over his dreadlocks, bamboozling the referee yet again, "earning" another kick from the spot.
With matters knotted a 3-3, the referee, for the first time in CVSA summer league history, announced one minute of injury time. That's all the boys needed as Roachie outjumped two 22-year olds on a long clearance, knodded a lobber over to Phuc Do, who polished off a half-volley into the opposite side netting. It was a total team effort, with grit and hustle from every last man at both ends of the field. Phuc-kin' amazing . . .
A special edition of Monday Night Football is planned for August 1, as Partizan United will take on SU Team F&S for the CVSA Seventh Division Championship at Bryan Park, 6:15PM. Be there or piss off!
Partizan Richmond
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