AS Chambery 1 W.I.S.E. 5
The WISE ended the league season on a high with a comfortable win away from home at Chambery.
The match was in fact a re-run of the cup fixture played three weeks ago (I didn't play as I was in Paris), 1-0 to the WISE was the score-line that night, but tonight we scored a few more goals as Simon returned to the team.
Of all the pitches I have played on, this one was by far the worst, as I had an ankle-deep lake in my 6-yard box! Fortunately, I never had to dive into the water but I did concede another goal, typically, when we were dominating the game and should have been in the lead. It was a good strike, I really thought that the shot from my right hand side of the penalty area was sailing over the bar, but unfortunately for me it did not but I struggled to get a hand to it anyway. It was a good goal but again it came against the run of play.
Once again though, Simon came to my rescue, scoring from a corner after the ball bobbled around the area. There is some debate about whether it was an own goal or Simon's but it did not really matter. I managed to keep the scores level 1-1 at half time, after managing to back-track and save a lofted shot from a corner right underneath my crossbar.
We started the second half brightly and should have had a penalty, when the defender handled in the area. Not to be tonight. But we soon made it 2-1, with Tom scoring in the top corner from a few yards. Simon then made it 3-1 with a cool finish from a few yards to keep him way ahead in the race for the Golden Boot, and then Atle made it 4 shortly afterwards tapping home after Momo had hit the post faced with an open goal from out wide.
I had very little to do in the second half except come out and gather a few long balls, and despite being totally in control of the game, we still wanted more goals. The fifth eventually came and after Simon had a rush of blood and was subbed off, the match was brought to a close.
With only one defeat since Christmas, we have gone on a superb unbeaten run, which has surely meant the WISE are in the playoffs. Next Friday is the semi-final match of the cup, so for now, the season is not over yet...
My competitive record (to date) [not including friendlies...]:
Played 10 - Won 6 - Drawn 2 - Lost 2 - Goals conceded 13 - Clean sheets 2
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