Michael Collins vs French (1-4)

This was definately one of the worst performances of the season. The game took place at Vallbona, but the bad pitch is no excuse for the terrible play.

Although we were missing our top scorer Luis and our German tank Tom in defense we turned up with a very decent squad-ready to beat the French with their captain - and former Collins striker- Flo. Andre and Glendon started up front, Ian, Kyle, Fritz and Zugi in midfield, Chris, Rich, Mike and Dom in defense with Caj, and Antti on the bench.

Instead of pushing the other team we started nervous and right from the beginning the French strikers turned up in front of our new goalkeeper Marroq far too often. After 5 minutes the ref gave a foul to the others and showed an indirect freekick. Marroq would let the direct shot on goal pass, still, the ref counted the goal, 0-1. From then on we ran around on the pitch like headless chicken.

We did not find our game, the French won every ball in midfield, our only serious possibility was a nice pass from Ian and Antti to Glendon who scored our only goal being offside, still it counted.

The French marked 3 more from counter attacks, the Collins were useless that bloody night in Vallbona. Although the ref was terrible we must never again lose a game like this. Focus on the next game and keep fighting Collins!!