Saturday, July 31, 2004
Soccer woes
The good news is my groin held together well. I have a massive bruise on my left inside thigh from last weeks injury. It didn't stop me from playing, though it did limit the strength of my left foot.
Still I played a fantastic first half if I do say so - including an almost goal. It came off perfectly bar the final execution. I hung outside the 18 yard box on the far post from a corner kick. I waved to Nathan as he prepared to kick and started my run in heading straight for the penalty spot. The other teams little weasly fast runner winger (about 70kg in weight) stepped right in front of me. I looked at him sadly as I accelerated to full pace and ran straight over the top of him smashing him to the ground. This put me right in place for the kick wich was now dropping over the heads of the three guys in front. I rose up and hit it squarely with the side of my forehead directing it with some force to the near post only to see it it go straight over the line about 2-3 feet wide.
Dang that was close!
The bad news is we ended up losting 6-1.
Still I played a fantastic first half if I do say so - including an almost goal. It came off perfectly bar the final execution. I hung outside the 18 yard box on the far post from a corner kick. I waved to Nathan as he prepared to kick and started my run in heading straight for the penalty spot. The other teams little weasly fast runner winger (about 70kg in weight) stepped right in front of me. I looked at him sadly as I accelerated to full pace and ran straight over the top of him smashing him to the ground. This put me right in place for the kick wich was now dropping over the heads of the three guys in front. I rose up and hit it squarely with the side of my forehead directing it with some force to the near post only to see it it go straight over the line about 2-3 feet wide.
Dang that was close!
The bad news is we ended up losting 6-1.
