Games 5 Vs Leiden - a big one with Leiden our main rival for the title. There was alot of hype on hockeyuitslagen.nl in the previews before this one with the majority of people backing us for the win, so we hoped not to dissapoint. . . . Well it wasnt pretty but we managed to scrape through and take the 3 points with a 1-0 win. The only goal coming from a penalty stroke in the first half after thier keeper took out our CF in a 1 on 1 and was then promtly shown the cheese and spent 10 min in the bin. From there it was a tough game and we played well for a grinding win.
The result keeping us on the top of the table and funnily has drawn some media attention, getting a call from a reporter from the Dutch Newspaper "AD Haagsche Courant". asking about us and how we like it in Holland. Although a national paper i think it was only the Den Haag edition . . . . but it is still pretty cool ( ill try post a copy - although it is in Dutch)
Game 6 vs Groen Geel (Green Yellow) - Not sure what to expect on this outing but it was soon shown that they were going to play a half court fall away and hit you at any chance they got. We were the first to score through a short corner breackdown. 1-0 into the break it was evident they were playing a desparate game trying to take our speed out of the game but as they tired we spead the ball well and opened up some good holes with some nice hockey. Final result 3-1 to us, and a good day for me starting my first game and playing the full 70 mins. I think now everything is settled in and we have a good set of guys in the squad. If we can keep our feet on the ground we are a good chance of continuing this form.
You can see a good photo of me in action on the hockey.nl website against Groen Geel yesterday.........one in a million shot, you wont see me fully airborne that often.
http://www.hockey.nl/14411/Eerste-Klasse-mannen-uitslagen-en-karakteristieken
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