1st minute: Silvestre gets the ball in our zone.. passes it up the left sideline to Duff.. he puts a move on a defender.. dribbles up the pitch.. into the left corner.. crosses to the near post.. Marino heads it.. into the upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.
6 minute mark: Saha passes to Duff on the left wing.. he crosses long to Eagles.. he passes back to Cook just outside the box.. Cook unleashes a shot so hard that I don't see it until it stops in the back of the net! POWERFUL shot! GOAL!!!! 2-0.
9 minute mark: Saha passes to Eagles who crosses back to Marino.. he heads it.. barely wide left.
27 minute mark: Eagles crosses to Saha who heads it.. good save by the keeper.
38 minute mark: Duff centers to Saha in the box who shoots.. the keeper barely tips it over the bar. On the ensuing corner.. Duff finds Saha in the box.. he jumps.. he is pushed down by the keeper.. Penalty shot awarded! Cook (he has amazing penalty shooting ability) steps up... the keeper blocks his powerful shot.. Cook races to the rebound.. passes it to Marino in the center of the box.. Marino fires it into the open net (as the keeper had raced Cook to the rebound.) GOAL!!!! 3-0.
Halftime: 3-0 lead. We have over 65,000 fans watching us dominate Reading.
56 minute mark: Eagles crosses to Cook in the box.. hard shot.. the keeper barely tips it over the bar.
63 minute mark: Smith on for Saha, and Neville on for Eagles. I'm leaving Marino on to give him a shot at the hattrick. Lucio and Ferdinand are really starting to jell as a dymanic duo at centreback and are dominating the defensive end.
68 minute mark: No sooner do I praise him, then Lucio gets a yellow card for a trip on Tommy Smith.
85 minute mark: Neville crosses to Marino in the box.. he heads it.. barely over the bar.
88 minute mark: cook gets a yellow card for a trip on Finnan.
Game over. 3-0 win. We dominated possession today.
We outshot them 18-0 (10-0 on target)
Damien Duff had a 10 for form and won MoM, 33 of 37 passes, 4 of 5 tackles, 4 of 4 headers, 6 runs, 5 fouls drawn, 1 assist.
Cook had a 9 for form. Marino, Brown, Lucio, Ferdinand, Eagles, and Marino all had 8's for form. The rest of the team had 7's.