Far from our best!

Angelov
Ong
Wells
Rogers
Anderson (Sub: Lane)
Monaghan
Souiade (Sub: Smith)
Townsend (Sub: Bruneau)
Alonso (Sub: Neubronner)
Hutcheon
McCarvel (Sub: Daud)
Subs Not Used:
Tan

A game that is always known to be a difficult one vs the Hotspurs and this was no different. A 3 -nil scoreline suggests the SCC had a comfortable win...far from it!!!

The major reasons for this was 1) the physical approach of the Hotspurs players upset the flow of the SCC possession and this was not helped when the officials found it difficult to punish the fouls that were taking place during the first 20 mins of the game which allowed the challenges to carry on further especially in the cramped midfield with Hotspurs playing one up front. This then led to the SCC to lose their cool and give away silly fouls in silly areas to allow the Hotspurs alot of freekicks in dangerous areas. It was a good job Angelov was in good form with some immense saves to keep the SCC in the game.

As time went on, the Hotspurs could not capatilise on their chances and the SCC countered very swiftly to score the first goal of the game and breathe a sigh of relief. The half team talk consisted of achieving composure on the ball and to not get involved by giving silly fouls in dangerous areas. The SCC certainly dominated the second half and this allowed better chances from the yellow men and led to a well struck shot from Hutch that caught a defelction en route and nestled in the corner. The game was certainly a lively affair and tackles flying in from both teams added to this. The SCC third goal come from the sprightly Shane adding value on the left side and took possession of the ball on the edge of the box, cut onto his right foot and struck well to complete the scoring but then celebrated in the most crazy way with some mad dance!!!

Thankfully the SCC came through this difficult game for the full 3 points which after a below par performance shows the quality of the squad to still achieve results when under pressure and not playing well. The MOM for the SCC goes to Scotty Wells for a organised performance and good decisions being made when under pressure... an experienced performance from our centre back.