Almaty Athletic beat (not so) Majestic Rovers 10-3 in their second game of the new season. Despite the final rugby scoreline the first half was a tightly contested affair. It took Almaty 5-10 mins to find their feet but when they did they took the lead through an exquisite strike from John “I’ll prove I’m better than Billy” Murphy that Ronaldo would have been proud of. Majestic Rovers then equalised after some shoddy defending but Almaty got their second shortly after when Marco went on a jinking run and played a clever ball through to Gav “Shaken” Jeffery to finish. Their lead was not to last long as Majestic’s danger man on the right cut in on his favourite left foot and cracked an excellent shot home. Almaty had two debutants, Mark “Swine Flu” Dawson and Dave “better than Phil?” Smith, and it took them a while to find their touch and confidence but once they did Almaty began to create more chances. Almaty’s third goal came from some good work from Marco who squared the ball for John Murph tap-in for his second.
John "Inzaghi" Murphy
Majestic Rovers threatened again were unlucky when a strike hit the woodwork. Marco made it four for Almaty when he scored with his left foot. Almaty’s lead was narrowed just before half-time through some sloppy defending. The effects of trying to keep pace with seasoned drinkers, Butler and Sweetnam, over the past five days showed it’s toll on Gav “not stirred” Jeffery. He received the ball from a kick-out on the left touchline and played a square ball straight into the path of the oncoming Majestic Rovers striker – oh dear.
Half-time came and went. Ant “can he score” Spratt took some practice shoots on Sweetnam and was mocked by the ref: “that will be the only goal you’ll score all season”! Two minutes in Spratt silenced his critics when he made a trade-mark late run into the box to arrive onto the end of a cut-back from Gav “oh Christ will this game ever end?!” Jeffery. After getting the fifth goal the Almaty players began to relax and grow in confidence which resulting in some excellent free-following two touch passing. With that the floodgates opened! Gav “goal-scoring machine” Jeffery managed to bag another two goals to earn his second hat-trick of the season and remain the league’s top-scorer. Not to be out done John “definitely better than Billy” Murphy smashed home another excellent goal. Even Senor “Sweeper” Dawson managed to get on the scoreline. The icing on the cake came with the last kick of the game as Marco “twinkle toes” Machado jinked past a couple of Majestic Rovers players and left fly with an unstoppable shot. Olé Olé the crowd started chanting!!!
Almaty fans enjoying a mexican wave
Overall it was a mighty victory for Almaty. The 10 goals scored could prove vital towards the end of the season when it could quite easily boil down to goal difference.
Man of the match: Mark “Sweeper Supreme” Dawson – a solid performance at the back made the difference
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