Monday, September 21, 2009

As it Happened: University of Kings' College Blue Devils v. St. Thomas Tommies---Round 3 (ACAA)

Hi, here are the teams. Don't you hate interviews that take too long?

UKC: Pyne, Straatof, Poulton, possibly Downes, Wallingford, Peacock, Kovacevic, Burleton, Boudreau, Parsley, Karkilins.

STU: Ahier, Higgins, Wile, Noel, Blizzard, Gregory, LaBrech, Olaya, Greer, Steeves. That's only 10, but I can't find the last guy.

1min: Parsley fires inches wide as I try to figure the teams out.

5min: Kings' get a corner and Parsley puts it off the bar. STU struggle to clear, but do.

9min: Karkilins streaks in and rounds Ahier, but Wile slides and clears off the line.

14min: Parsley gets bookedfor arguing a nothing foul.

15min: Parsley is dropped in the box with a really hard--and firmly illegal--challenge. No penalty. Maybe the ref remembered Parsley? Maybe?

20min: Karkilins gets on the end of a long throw and puts his cross out of play.

21min: Karkilins gets in behind but he's whistled for a shoulder barge initiated by the defender. How strange.

24min: A STU free kick floats past three waiting heads, none of whom can put it in. Kings' were lucky and Pyne might want to advise his back line next time.

28min: Wallingford with some good defending down the right, with Higgins pounding towards him. Excellent poise from the rookie.

30min: GOAL! More pace from Karkilins, who runs onto a long ball, pulls a brilliant step-over to fool Ahier and rolls in, this time before Wile can slide it clear, although he tried and nearly made it.

32min: Kovacevic with a some excellent control, but it's deflected wide.

37min: Kings' begin to take this game over with marc Boudreau forcing Ahier into a solid save.

41min: Karkilins drill a cross past Ahier but by the time Parsley gets to it his angle is horrible and he misses the goal with the shot.

44min: Great chance for Steeves, but Poulton clears, narrowly missing his own net. The corner comes to nothing.

45min: Olaya finds space in the box test Pyne but it doesn't matter because he'd been ruled offside.

Half-time: Solid showing from Kings' so far, who are slowly taking this over. STU had a good last 10 minutes, though, which tends to be a pivotal time. We'll see.

45min: Kings' start the second half with an enthralling back pass.

47min: Kings' win a corner with a shot Ahier tipped over. It pings around the box and Karkilins nearly breaks free, but he can't quite get away.

51min: STU free kick, 30 yards out. Kings' clear it.

52min: GOAL! MacIntyre scores, after coming on at half-time. He streaks onto a ball down the right and strikes a lovely low curler on his second touch. Great goal and a great finish.

54min: GOAL! MacIntyre again! Another ball down the right, and another superb second touch strike, hard across the net and into the side. 3-0. STU bring off Cedric Noel and replace him with Donald Peters.

63min: STU aren't showing much now, and this game is basically over.

69min: Kings' make a change, with Poulton coming off for Downes, who may have come out at half-time. Curci, who came in at half-time for Kovacevic, gets the armband.

71min: Karkilins and Peacock off for Mark Higgins and Boudreau.

75min: MacIntyre drills his hat trick attempt miles wide and high. That was never, ever going in.

76min: Wile is booked for a niggly foul in midfield. Nothing comes of the free kick.

77min: Straatof gest booked for pulling down Olaya, who's not very happy wish the challenge. This is getting a little chippy.

78min: Free kick to STU on the left. La Brech sends it into the wall. The follow-up is unspeakably bad.

79min: MacIntyre pulls through by getting himself booked for a challenge on Olaya that can only be described as senseless. 65 ayrds from goal, near the touchline, and two-footed.

80min: GOAL! Kings' make it 4 with a nice cross from MacIntyre which Higgins heads in.

82min: Olaya lunges into Curci with both feet and from behind. That was pretty malicious, butthe ref shows no card.

86min: Corner to Kings'. It's bananaed in, but Pyne catches it.

90min: GOAL! Steeves is booked for something or other and the resulting free kick finds the head of Curci, who nods it into the top shelf. 5-0.

Full-time: Solid showing from Kings', including from Pyne. Two five goal games in a row and this time, they don't concede. They look like they could take anybody right now.

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