Not even close

Yesterday FC Nerds was beaten by the biggest numbers ever in our league history. A team called Mistä Näistä Tietää (MNT) showed us how to play effective and forceful amateur football, crushing us with 5 goals to 2. There is no explanation, they were better than us in just every department.

It all started with a half of horrors as MNT managed to break through our defences time after time, scoring with powerful, well aimed shots that Häyskä in the goal couldn't possible reach. We were outplayed and paralysed, unable to turn things around. Our passes were intercepted, their passes found empty spaces for men to run into to.

At half time we were 0-4 down and there was no pressure on us anymore. We would lose anyway, so why not try to have some fun? Too bad we didn't think of this earlier, because this attitude eventually led to two goals and some brief hope for a miraculous come-back.

I personally had the pleasure to be served twice with beautiful passes that I somehow managed to forward into the net. First Mikko K was making one of his trade mark runs on the left, sprinting deep behind the enemy lines and ending up close to the goal post, from where he made the perfect pass straight to my foot. I tried to keep it low and the goal keeper was beaten. The next goal was set up by Tommi, who beautifully passed the ball through the defenders to an empty spot that I managed to reach first. The goal keeper rushed out but the right corner was unguarded, and that's where my shot ended with some good luck.

But that was when we ran out of luck, and soon after MNT finished the game with their fifth goal. Three games played, one point earned. It couldn't have started much worse.

FC Nerds - Mistä Näistä Tietää 2-5
Häyskä, gk
Lasu, df
Mikko H, df
Jari I, df
Mikko K, df
Peter, df
Bijay, fw
Kai, fw
Tommi, fw
Janne, fw
Magnus, fw (2)