SNFC Captain Relishes Light Workload As "The Network" Smashes Harriers
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Most of the games of this season for Spurs Network FC have been marked by aggressive, tight, and pressure-driven defending from the back four. DC76 and company usually have to be all up in the faces of their opponents. But in this game, they didn't really have to, at least to as much of a degree.
Kidderminster played a rather sub-standard match in their 4-0 loss, managing to get only a couple scoring chances, both of which were easy saves for starter Storts, who left the game early with an injury. There were challenges being won, but most of them were well out of the danger area and were more designed to create offensive chances. And whenever the Harriers tried to hit a longball in, aerial expert DC76 took it right down and got rid of it. Will and COYS looked great coming forward with their chance-creating challenges. Georginho didn't see as much of the ball as his three counterparts in the back, but when he did get it, he made sure he did something with it, missing only one pass from eighteen. And you know your offence is bad when both centre-backs register a shot on goal!
SNFC, on the other hand, proved once again that they are the team to beat, as the ball seldom left the feet of the front six. American up-and-comer Rob had another amazing outing, scoring his third hat-trick of this young season. Biggs was solid up front as well, with a goal and an assist, while centre-mid Daniisco and left-mid Theospurs were the most notable playmakers out of the mids and defenders. THFC also got an assist.
"At this rate, Rob'll be capped before me!" DC76 chuckled in a post-match interview. "The guy's been nothing short of a bloody monster up front. I mean, come on, three hat-tricks in the first five matches? Quite possibly the best new American out there. Maybe better than Freddy Adu; who knows? He's a credit to his country's football program. I'm looking forward to playing against him internationally, and to rewriting the record books with him in Conference this season. Now this might sound arrogant, even foolhardy of me, but I think we have a decent chance of winning every game this season! I don't think any other team in Conference has as much chemistry and as much hunger for scoring goals and winning games as Spurs Network FC. Always trying to improve, pushing our game to new heights in practice and in matches... and it's fun!"
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