Asterix Reds 3 - 0 Expat Lions (Friendly)

We won comfortably in a friendly game played in good spirits with the 
Expat Lions. A first half strike by Paul Williams, a goal from 
corner by Bunmi Sudiya and a poacher's goal late in the match from 
Adam Scott secured the victory.

It was a game in which we had more chances to score than a billionaire in a 
whore house. However, our wasteful finishing and some good 
goalkeeping kept the score board from ticking over like the one at 
Lords cricket ground. Full credit to the guys who frequently got 
themselves in a position to score. However, we need to keep our 
composure, have confidence in our abilities and convert good chances 
into goals more often. They key thing is confidence and composure; I 
fully believe we have the best set of strikers of any team in our 
league; I'd like our forwards to prove this to the rest of the league 
with some clinical finishing in our next game out.

Other than, we put in a good performance. Our passing and movement 
was very good at times and we created several chances with good 
passing moves from the back. Our midfielders dominated and used the 
time and space afforded to ensure we had most of the possession. We 
were a little too hasty in our desire to get the ball into the box at 
times in the first half and would have done well to be a little more 
patient. We improved in the second half and this resulted in us 
creating a lot of chances.

The midfield and defence combined well to keep a clean sheet despite 
us not having a regular keeper. Kudos to Bala and Jonesy for 
volunteering themselves for duty in net. Although, their services 
were rarely called upon; in fact, I can't recall Expat Lions having a 
single shot at goal. Well done to the back four for keeping the back 
door shut and playing a high line to support the midfielders. Let's 
ensure we remain equally miserly in defence for the rest of the 
season. If we do, we have to fancy our chances to win a lot of our 
remaining games and give ourselves a genuine shot at the league title.

Next week we have our final Cup group fixture versus UK Rovers at 
Equine Park. It's clearly a game we're favourites to win but we must 
not go into the match overly confident. I'd like to see us keep 
another clean sheet, be patient when we have the ball and clinical in 
front of goal.