Kings' Dubai vs EC football report

Yesterday we went up to Raffles to play a football match against EC. We were warmly welcomed by Raffles and their school isn't very far from Kings'.

On the pitch we had Joe (me) in goal, TJ, Conner and Patrick in defence, Oscar and Tom in midfield and Karam as our striker.

We won the toss and started in great form. Straight away, the ball was passed up to the EC's penalty box and it stayed up for a long time. When EC got the ball again, they passed it up to halfway but Patrick immediately got the ball off them and passed it back into the box again. The EC defence tried to deflect the ball but made it a corner. Oscar crossed it in but because he is quite short, EC easily headed the ball away. The EC midfielder ran down the wing and booted the ball into the box. Joe came out and smashed the ball back down into EC's half. Oscar got the ball but was fouled by EC's defender when he was one on one with the goalie. Oscar crossed the ball to Karam but he was surrounded by EC players. EC got the ball and had a shot at goal. They shot the ball from their half so they standed no chance at all. The ball went wide and it was a goal kick. Joe booted it to Karam on the left wing and then Karam ran into the box. The EC goalie who was called Joe as well, dived onto the ball and kicked it away. The whistle blew and it was half time. Kings' had done well to keep the ball and kept it up field for most of the first half.

EC started the second half but quickly lost the ball as Oscar took it off them. Oscar passed it in to Karam. He shot but the ball just went over the crossbar. The EC goalkeeper smacked the ball down to the halfway line but TJ headed it back into EC's half. The ball was kept in Kings' possession for a long time until EC got the ball and passed it to their striker. EC's striker ran the ball through the gap and got really close to the penalty box but TJ slide tackled the ball from their striker but it was EC's corner. In the box Patrick was marking the back post but was shoved out of the way by EC and EC scored a header. Everybody from Kings' was complaining to the ref but he said that he hadn't seen it. We kicked off and passed it up into EC's penalty box. EC's defence smacked the ball up into our half and Conner got the ball. He had the EC striker right behind him so he had to run backwards. I was shouting at him to boot the ball out so for some reason he boots the ball into our net. An own goal. The full time whistle blew and we had lost 1-0 with an own goal by Conner.

By Joe