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Radii · 07-02-2011, 10:24 PM

-- Ed Upson is named in the League 2 team of the week.

December 9th, 2015

Woking (11-5-3, 3rd) @ Oxford (10-6-4, 6th)

This is our first makeup game, so these guys should be as tired as we are. Its a road game against a playoff contender, and they're favorited big time, they're even money and we're 11:5. We've had very bad luck against Oxford, going 1-1-4 lifetime against them, only scoring 3 goals in 6 matches against them. Last year we tied at our place and lost 2:0 at theirs.

GK: Lynch
D: Thomas/Williams/Smith/Nikolaou
MC: Upson/O'Sullivan
AM: Colin/N'Guessan
FC: Harsanyi/Constantino

We're in much better shape today with Thomas rested and Christian Smith's one game suspension over. Now we're basically just battling fatigue. O'Sullivan in for Middleton, Colin in for Kelly, Harsanyi back up front. Standard mindset today.

14': We counter after defending a corner, O'Sullivan has the ball at midfield, their defense isn't really getting back evenly and theer's a hole for Harsanyi to exploit. O'Sullivan fires a perfect long low pass into the open area, Harsanyi runs onto it perfectly and blasts a shot from 15 yards out by the keeper! 1-0

17': They get it back on a bullshit play, 1000000% offsides. Through ball to foward Paul Taylor but he's like 3 steps offsides. We complain and the commentary says it seems like we have the right to do so. 1-1

26': Oh so so pretty. Constantino with great control in the right side of a crowded penalty area, he pulls it out wide, crosses in to O'Sullivan, O'Sullivan heads it backwards to Nikolaou who volleys it from the edge of teh penalty box, perfect aim, perfect strike, and its by the keeper! 2-1

29': Hah, again! A through ball from 35 yards out to left midfielder Coke charging in, he controls it well and puts it by Lynch.. we cry for offsides again but this time I don't think he is at all. 2-2

34': N'Guessan makes a tackler miss horribly on him near midfield and ahs a free run down the rigth side, he pulls a defender out of position to cover for the guy who got juked so bad, crosses, Constantino gets his head to it... but its saved.

38': Smith has it at midfield with our entire team foward, he gets it to O'Sullivan, foward to Constantino, he has a little space but plays a ball foward to Harsanyi instead, Harsanyi fires a shot... right at the keeper, but there's a rebound, Harsanyi is first to it and he puts it into the net this time!! 3-2

45': A long cross from N'Guessan to the far post, Colin is there and gets his head to it... the keeper is helpless but it hits the left post and bounces free.

HALF: Crazy game, Harsanyi has two goals and we lead 3-2. We shoot 7 times, 5 on target, they shoot 8 times, 4 on target. Oxford hasn't hit a single cross yet, they're all about the through balls and beating the offside trap, while we are succeeding a lot on our crosses and have a huge edge in the air.

51': They get two shots early in the half but both are long and not on target. We get a throwin near midfield, Constantino receives it, sends it wide to N'Guessan, he gets it centered to Harsanyi who is in a dangerous position but they quickly tackle it and its a corner for us. Corner is easily cleared.

71': Holy crap 20 minutes just disappaered... their foward Taylor makes a great tackle in the midfield on a ball we're trying to feed back into the offensive end, he's got a ton of space and makes a long run to the penalty area. Lynch comes out, and Mike Williams gets bck and makes the saving tackle just in time.

83': Ferry in for Upson, Kelly in for Colin, Dan Taylor in for Harsanyi... defense is tired too but I'm terrified of our backups. We go defensive to try to end the match.

89': Kelly with a foul just outside the penalty area, way out to the right edge though. They cross it in on the free kick, we put it behind for a corner. Corner is cleared, but Constantino commits a foul tryig to keep them from sending it back in. Yellow for constantino. They shoot on the free kick and send it well wide.

They try to start up their offense in extra time but we win the key headers and get the clearances we need so that they can't get another shot off.

Oxford 2 : 3 Woking

This is a really big road win for us at this point in the season.

Man of the Match: Harsanyi (8.8)
Goals: Harsanyi 2, Nikolaou (8.0)
Assists: O'Sullivan 2 (8.4)
Notables: Colin (7.4)

DL Stelios Nikolaou has 115 league matches played for us, and 144 in his career. He just scored his first career goal today.

07-02-2011, 10:24 PM	#367
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	-- Ed Upson is named in the League 2 team of the week. December 9th, 2015 Woking (11-5-3, 3rd) @ Oxford (10-6-4, 6th) This is our first makeup game, so these guys should be as tired as we are. Its a road game against a playoff contender, and they're favorited big time, they're even money and we're 11:5. We've had very bad luck against Oxford, going 1-1-4 lifetime against them, only scoring 3 goals in 6 matches against them. Last year we tied at our place and lost 2:0 at theirs. GK: Lynch D: Thomas/Williams/Smith/Nikolaou MC: Upson/O'Sullivan AM: Colin/N'Guessan FC: Harsanyi/Constantino We're in much better shape today with Thomas rested and Christian Smith's one game suspension over. Now we're basically just battling fatigue. O'Sullivan in for Middleton, Colin in for Kelly, Harsanyi back up front. Standard mindset today. 14': We counter after defending a corner, O'Sullivan has the ball at midfield, their defense isn't really getting back evenly and theer's a hole for Harsanyi to exploit. O'Sullivan fires a perfect long low pass into the open area, Harsanyi runs onto it perfectly and blasts a shot from 15 yards out by the keeper! 1-0 17': They get it back on a bullshit play, 1000000% offsides. Through ball to foward Paul Taylor but he's like 3 steps offsides. We complain and the commentary says it seems like we have the right to do so. 1-1 26': Oh so so pretty. Constantino with great control in the right side of a crowded penalty area, he pulls it out wide, crosses in to O'Sullivan, O'Sullivan heads it backwards to Nikolaou who volleys it from the edge of teh penalty box, perfect aim, perfect strike, and its by the keeper! 2-1 29': Hah, again! A through ball from 35 yards out to left midfielder Coke charging in, he controls it well and puts it by Lynch.. we cry for offsides again but this time I don't think he is at all. 2-2 34': N'Guessan makes a tackler miss horribly on him near midfield and ahs a free run down the rigth side, he pulls a defender out of position to cover for the guy who got juked so bad, crosses, Constantino gets his head to it... but its saved. 38': Smith has it at midfield with our entire team foward, he gets it to O'Sullivan, foward to Constantino, he has a little space but plays a ball foward to Harsanyi instead, Harsanyi fires a shot... right at the keeper, but there's a rebound, Harsanyi is first to it and he puts it into the net this time!! 3-2 45': A long cross from N'Guessan to the far post, Colin is there and gets his head to it... the keeper is helpless but it hits the left post and bounces free. HALF: Crazy game, Harsanyi has two goals and we lead 3-2. We shoot 7 times, 5 on target, they shoot 8 times, 4 on target. Oxford hasn't hit a single cross yet, they're all about the through balls and beating the offside trap, while we are succeeding a lot on our crosses and have a huge edge in the air. 51': They get two shots early in the half but both are long and not on target. We get a throwin near midfield, Constantino receives it, sends it wide to N'Guessan, he gets it centered to Harsanyi who is in a dangerous position but they quickly tackle it and its a corner for us. Corner is easily cleared. 71': Holy crap 20 minutes just disappaered... their foward Taylor makes a great tackle in the midfield on a ball we're trying to feed back into the offensive end, he's got a ton of space and makes a long run to the penalty area. Lynch comes out, and Mike Williams gets bck and makes the saving tackle just in time. 83': Ferry in for Upson, Kelly in for Colin, Dan Taylor in for Harsanyi... defense is tired too but I'm terrified of our backups. We go defensive to try to end the match. 89': Kelly with a foul just outside the penalty area, way out to the right edge though. They cross it in on the free kick, we put it behind for a corner. Corner is cleared, but Constantino commits a foul tryig to keep them from sending it back in. Yellow for constantino. They shoot on the free kick and send it well wide. They try to start up their offense in extra time but we win the key headers and get the clearances we need so that they can't get another shot off. Oxford 2 : 3 Woking This is a really big road win for us at this point in the season. Man of the Match: Harsanyi (8.8) Goals: Harsanyi 2, Nikolaou (8.0) Assists: O'Sullivan 2 (8.4) Notables: Colin (7.4) DL Stelios Nikolaou has 115 league matches played for us, and 144 in his career. He just scored his first career goal today.