On a cool August day, the first controversy presented itself before the ball was even kicked. The Cavemen wore similar looking and dark colored jerseys like the Panthers and were reported to the IHSAA for not having light colored ones. In what looked to turn in to a grunt fest (Kronk's counterpart today was Mishawaka's #21) actually turned into a goal scoring fest.
FIRST HALF
It became obvious early on that NW could have their way with Mishawaka if they would work hard and pressure the Cavemen's defense. In the 9th minute a pass from Josh landed in front of Lincoln in the box. After some attempts at shots at the goal, Daniel "Edgar" Villa got a foot on the ball to score the first goal of the day.
Only three minutes later, Cesar hit a thru ball to Eddie on the ground who went one on one with the keeper. Eddie kept the ball low and hit the ropes to put the Panthers ahead 2-0. In the 16th, Cesar headed a thru ball to his little brother who took a great shot that hit the uprights. The next minute was Roman's best moment of the day. After a nice dribble up the right, Roman crossed the ball to Lincoln in the box who, in turn, heeled the ball to "Big Grunt" Kronk who finished the play to put the men in black ahead to 3-0.
In the 38th minute Eddie dribbled near the box and dropped the ball back to Cesar who took a great shot to only hit the right post. An indecisive AR had trouble with a ball going over the line and needed a pirouette to position the flag in the right direction. Apparently the AR must have been a family friend of Bobby's since he called him by his name,Patty McFatty.
SECOND HALF
Eddie got hurt seven minutes into the second half. He re-aggravated his MCL and will be re-evaluated Monday. Ryan had a great opportunity in the 50th but missed.He made up for it four minutes later with a shot from the left side of the box to the right of the goal, 4-0 (the scoreboard read 5-0 in error).
Bobby, Patrick, Jake, Trent and Michael all got significant playing time in the second half and in the 60th minute a redirected shot in the box ended up near Pancho Villa who tried a nice technical push shot over the keeper but hit the crossbar.
Mishawaka finally got the ball in the NW box and one of their players collided head to head with Kasey which was interpreted by the ref as a foul resulting in a PK. The PK was just inside the left post and unstoppable for Balogh, 4-1.
I just want to make the point that the officiating today was again below par, actually way below par, and that my opnion in no way has anything to do with the outcome. So just because we win does not mean that the officiating was any good, and it wasn't.
In the 69th, Villa passed the ball to Trent Jacobs who connected for the 5-1.In the 70th, the NW coaches tried to put together a short officiating seminar for AR Mr. McFatty, explaining when a ball is out and when it is not. But Mac flunked the test. In the 77th minute Cesar crossed the ball from the right to Lincoln. His shot found the net as did he; he got stuck in it! This goal was the final one of the contest which thus concluded shortly thereafter with the final result 6-1. The Panthers are now 2-2.
JV match
The JV played well and distributed the ball well, especially in the first half. Two goals by Dutchman Justin Frikandel and one by Sean "Grunt JR" Thompson resulted in a 3-0 win over Mishawaka. Mattern's Mighty Men are now 2-1. Kyle and Jordan combined for the clean sheet. Kyle also scored a goal that was disallowed for a foul by Tim that occured after the goal (see my notes above about horrendous refereeing).
NOTES
Next up is the game versus and at Bremen. This will be a Varsity game only. We are also working with Elkhart Central to set up another game for the JV with the Central's JV.
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