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Saturday 12 June 2010 : BLAS - : 0 - 0 (DRAW)

Location : Swiss Club tournament & World Cup 2010 BBQ

Saturday 29 May 2010 : BLAS - : 0 - 0 (DRAW)

Location : Mayflower Secondary School

Sunday 23 May 2010 : BLAS - : 0 - 0 (DRAW)

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Saturday 15 May 2010 : BLAS - : 0 - 0 (DRAW)

Location : Woodlands Secondary School

Sunday 09 May 2010 : BLAS - : 0 - 0 (DRAW)

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Saturday 01 May 2010 : BLAS - : 0 - 0 (DRAW)

Location : Mayflower Secondary School

Tuesday 20 April 2010 : BLAS - St Andrews : 0 - 0 (DRAW)

Location : Mayflower Secondary School
I’ll be short. We came, we played, then the game got cancelled due to rain and lightning. It was a pity since we we’re looking at a 6-0 defeat and we were destined to take revenge in the second half. To show off we held a training 4 vs 4 on the side of the pitch.

Saturday 10 April 2010 : BLAS - Red JC : 2 - 2 (DRAW)

Location : Mayflower Secondary School
After last week’s rain off everyone was gagging to get right back into it. There were plenty of players, so everyone could do their utmost and a substitute was waiting when they ran out of legs. Our opponent for the day was Red JC and ‘the long throw in’ was their specialty. To be honest this small guy could throw just as far as Eric Gerets, it was an absolute piece of magic if you were a neutral spectator.

Unlucky for us it was causing havoc every time they launched a bomb into our penalty box. Even though we were quite a bit taller than the average Red player we managed to get it badly wrong. After ten minutes a long through from the right hand side bounced up on the 10 hard pitch between a couple of players and over keeper Marc to end up in the back of the net. Not a pretty picture, however we would bounce back and show that we are a force to be reckoned with in the air. Not long after Filip put an excellent corner into the danger area which resulted in a massive pile up of Blas players. It was eventually Steven who towered above Laurens and Menno to work the ball in the goal. It would stay 1-1 until half time.

In the second half we were getting stronger and stronger. This resulted in some good shots from Bart on goal. Tom and Peter were controlling the right flank and making the runs towards goal. One of Tom’s long runs resulted into a pass right into the danger area, just in front of goal but could not be converted. The next run by him brought Tom in a one-to-one situation with the keeper. Red’s keeper was excellent and managed to block the shot. Combined with all his other stops and error free game I think he would deserve “the Hero of the Match” award. Werner came on about 20 minutes away from the end of the match and made his presence felt. His constant pressure and dominance on the midfield resulted in more possession of the ball on our side as well as uncertainty in Red’s defense. Eventually Werner got his reward in a one-on-one situation. He dummied the keeper who felt to the ground, he side-stepped and tapped the ball into an empty net. Blas were 2-1 up with 15 minutes to go. Unfortunately we were unable to hold on to this and eventually folded under the pressure in the dying minutes. An attack from the left found a Red player who could strike home from close range. Bad luck again but that’s the way the cookie crumbles sometimes.

Saturday 03 April 2010 : BLAS - : 0 - 0 (DRAW)

Location : Mayflower Secondary School
A rain off was not what many of the team was looking for. Alternative plans were quickly made and a group of players went out for a bit of mountain biking. When your body is all set for some sports all you really want is a rush of adrenaline. Pretty sure the guys were able to fit in a third half.

Saturday 27 March 2010 : BLAS - Rampant Lions : 2 - 2 (DRAW)

Location : Mayflower Secondary School
A match against the Scots. Ah, that was surely going to be a test but we kept the field, it looked as solid as Hadrian’s wall. Some of the team members went shopping for ice hockey outfits and everyone wore their shin pads as this match was going to be a physical one.

We started off with Phillippe D in the goal, Anthony in central defense, Bram C. and Paul in the heart of the pitch and David and Bing up front. From the first whistle (or should it be thistle) there was a huge battle on midfield and plenty of high balls bouncing all over the place on the hard pitch. It was difficult to get control of the ball and neatly pass it around without one of the Rampant Lions in your face. Of course the cunning Blas had a well proven tactic to deal with this. It is called ‘the long ball tactic’. Phillipe D. took a goal kick that ended up on David’s head. As David always says: “behind me...behind me!” and he skilfully headed the ball on to Paul who could steam forward and place the ball in the far corner. Sweet and effective soccer is beautiful when played right! The match play did not change much for the rest of the half which we finished on a 1-1 score. That’s because one of the long balls took a hard bounce, straight over our keeper. We have seen that before, more than we would like to remember. Worse was it even when Laurens managed to miss a sitter, one that was harder to miss than to score. He was sent back to defense to ponder on this missed opportunity.

Second half saw the game explode. Filip F, Cedric and David were involved in an attack that put David in front of the Rampant’s goalie. He skillfully rounded the keeper, felt a touch and went down. A penalty to Blas was the result. The Lions were adamant in their opinion that this was a dive and voiced their frustration. This resulted in some pushing, scolding and calling names. Boys will be boys! Paul did not get distracted and slotted home the penalty kick for a 2-1 lead.

As you can imagine the game got a little more tense and overheating was a threat. Tackles were getting more abundant, high boots and Rampant getting more Rampant. One of them kicking Paul from behind which should have been a straight red. Not that Paul was worried I think he actually enjoyed it. It looked like we were going to bring home 3 points today and upset the Lions, however we conceded in the last minutes. An off side trap gone wrong resulted in an easy pass to their 2m tall striker. With his back to the goal this giant managed to find the far post with a lucky strike. We shared the points and after the match shook hands like nothing had happened. Soccer is a strange game, 90 minutes of complete madness and then just as quickly normality returns. Some beers were well deserved to get a little reflection on an afternoon full of excitement.