Sunday, 22nd April 2012, Central Park, Malvern
Central Park 2 - South Yarra 2
Yarra seeing double as Masters cut ribbon on revamped pitch.
After a false start last week our Masters journey finally started with a stern test against long term foes South Yarra.
The
new Central Park pitch was in a beautiful condition and yours truly won
the toss and decided to play with the prevailing gale.
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| ("Our little secret": Council's off-season handywork to change Central Park's pitch configuration is almost unrecognisable) |
As
ever we were fast out of the blocks. Klotzy and Peter stretching Yarra
out wide and coupling well with Lars and Neil up front. In the opening
15 Yarra resorted to fouls to stem the flow but the wind put paid to an
early breakthrough.
It was only a matter of
time before the defense was breached. The inevitable came from a sublime
run from Lars down the right, hitting the byline then firing a low ball
across the goal. Neil Bates controlled the ball at the back post,
resisted the urge to shoot and laid the ball back for Klotzy to bury his
shot from 8 yards out.
A Somme like barrage
put Yarra under huge pressure but they held out well. The second goal
came as Yarra tried to push forward, Central Park stole the ball and from the left
wing Dave Neal hit a majestic cross for Neil Bates to head home at the
far post. 2-0
Yarra were limited to long balls
which were easily mopped up by the Neil, Ant and Big Dave across the
back. Then against the run of play a hopeful free kick in the six yard
box was headed home for 2-1.
Sadly in the
second half the wind continued so it was our turn to man the barricades.
We held out for 25 minutes until Yarra pulled level with a shot from
the edge of the area.
Defensive heroics kept us in the game and we still created a few chances to win it but in the end 2-2 seemed a fair result.
A great start to the season against a quality side sees us with four points after 2 games.
Captain Paul Davies Esquire.
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