Swiss Scrape by Geckoes |
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YC&AC, Sat 4th March. On a beautiful day at YCAC, with the Swiss feeling confident following their 2nd win in a row vs. over the Hibs., the Geckoes came to play. More changes to the Swiss lineup meant a lot of uncertainty but the team was hopeful that there was enough quality. For the Geckoes, in spite of being without their captain (who felt that the snow was more appealing than kicking some Swiss), they looked to have their normal squad out. The Geckoes are a solid team with a physical style of play that is compounded on the kids pitch at YCAC but it is something that everyone has to deal with these days. |
1H was pretty even with the Geckoes looking a little stronger in midfield with more consistency in their passing but both teams were having problems getting past defenders on a very bumpy pitch. Most of the high balls out of the back were being picked up by the Geckoes center back who was towering over Dave P. and JP in midfield. Fortunately for the Swiss, the defense was holding up in spite of some makeshift sidebacks and Peter in goal was rarely called upon except for one deflection which nearly found the back of the net following a 25 meter shot. Going the other way, it wasn't until about 30 minutes in before the Swiss had a clear opportunity. Uchida was able to get a shot off with the goal beckoning after the keeper went down but a defender was able to clear it off the line. The whole 1H wasn't very pretty and not much quality going either way.