Othellos Atheniou vs THOI

Final Score: Othellos 1 - 1 Thoi

A warm day in November, and the grass-field in pristine condition. I started at right-centre back in a back 3 formation. My first start in 6 weeks, and an intense 45 minutes played. I am still yet to complete a full 90 minutes in a competitive first-team match, however today I was substituted at half time for a tactical change from a 3-back to traditional 4-back. I was happy with my performance for the most-part; a very intense match and I had the tough job of defending two players at most times due to the way our tactics were set up.

The first 25 minutes belonged to us (Thoi) as we dominated in attack, kept possession and defended well. In the final 20 minutes of the first half, momentum swung against us and it became very intense physically and some poor refereeing making things a bit more difficult and frustrating, that was expected.

Regarding my performance, I was aggressive and very solid defensively, and did well overall. I am continuously working to improve my physical condition as that is the final piece I know I need to get to the next level.

I made 3 errors today, that were not detrimental or led to us conceding, but ones that could’ve helped the team gain momentum, and also improved my overall performance.

I will take this game, and it’s learning points and work to become better as always. Onto the next…