saturday we were to have a one off game on a full size pitch.
from the way people went on on facebook i thought about 30 would show up. ideal for subs.
we usually only play 60-70 mins
however we had a lot of no showers and ended up with just 16 on a full size pitch and no keepers.
plan was rotate keepers so i just went in first. got man of the match despite letting in 6, in fairness id no chance with at least 5 and i havent played in goal for a team since i was a child (im 34 now). the gloves were even ripped!
anyway first goal i had to close down a player and he chipped it to the back post where it was headed home
second was someone running through the middle, maybe i could have got there first, but it was past me even though i got a hand on it.
third, again i had to close a player down the right and he managed to chip it over me. good finish.
fourth again nobody down the right hand side, fella hit this shot to my left however when i stepped left it swerved viciously in to the other corner
fifth goal i passed it out of defence, a little high but was under pressure. however what the guy should have done was let it beat him and run on to it. instead he flicked it on (think i shouted "time") and he still could have got to it but stopped running. he got skinned and the guy hit a thunderbastard from 30 yards into the top corner though again i got a hand on it, bit unlucky.
last goal i think stemmed from a corner that should have been a goal kick, defence was farting around with the ball trying to be clever instead of just clearing it, one of my defenders also completely unsighted me so i had no hope. bearings may have been a little off but given i last played in goal for a team in 1994 that can be forgiven
anyway aside from that i did well. first half i saved a shot from 6 yards out and got to the rebound first, not bad. highlight came from a penno. it was never a penalty either. I spread myself to block a shot, the guy gets to the ball first and literally smashed it wide then threw himself to the deck with no contact, referee gave a penalty.
however the penalty, i guessed right and nearly dived past it. weak spot kick. however the ball rolled right in front of me, in goes the taker for a rebound and i somehow blocked it, the ball spun behind me and stopped next to the goal and i somehow recovered to get there in time. delighted with that. delighted also almost immediately we scored. I also set up another goal with a monstrous goal kick
second half id a few more saves that kept us in it. at least 4 decent saves plus a one on one that i came out. same fella who missed the penalty. stood up as tall as i could and punched the shot away. it went to penalties. i saved one, was close to two more that were placed well and two more were too well placed and i couldnt move. i was expecting someone to try a panenka.
when i saved one i thought we would win as the other keeper was even more of a stand in then me, however one penalty smashed off the bar and bounced down off the line. then our last penalty some idiot tried to be a smart arse and score a rabona and put it wide which meant when they scored their next one that was it
still did ok i thought all things considered