At first it looked like it might be one of those slightly awkward 4v3 contests. The rain came down for 5 minutes and the game might have petered out into a slightly unsatisfactory affair. Fate, however, had other ideas.
Lo and behold: the sun came out, the rain stopped, and Tim had the brilliant idea of asking 5 Brazilians and Italians whether they would like to join us.
The continentals and Ed took on the English and it proved to be a hard fought and fun encounter, The Italians (+Brazilians and Ed) took a 3-0 lead, only to be pegged back to 3-3.
Martin was Didi Hamann personified - harrying the opposition, spraying the ball about at will and scoring with a first class strike; Tim was his usual enterprising self, scored a goal worthy of Torres, and made his presence felt all around the park in an error-free performance that would have made Alan Ball proud, Chris was reminiscent of Paul Scholes, running into space, and showing a wonderful poise on the ball, and the brains of a true midfield marshal, Ben was his usual effective self, all over the park, he put in a performance worthy of Steven Gerrard, stopping their attacks and building ours, Paul once more showed his skills and tenacity and caused their midfield all sorts of problems, as well as dribbling and crossing with the aplomb of Peter Beardsley; meanwhile for the opposition Ed, fresh from his recent man of the match performance was a true powerhouse with the strength, power and skill of John Wark.
It was agreed to play until one side scored 5. At the stroke of 8.40pm the Italians (+Brazilians and Ed) scored to win 5-4; but everyone can feel proud of the way they played.
Man of the match is Tim.
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