This Sunday 13th January was the first game of
2013 as well as the first game of the second part of the season which will see
us playing one more team once again.
With a one month break without handball, a few kilos due to
Christmas and New Year and the opposition to I.ROBOT, the team trusting the 1st
position (no games lost during 1st part of the season), the task was
difficult. The first time we played them; we lost by 4 goals and played a
correct 1st half to finally mess up the 2nd one.
13 players on the game sheet and a few shots on the keeper
later, it was time to start. The word was same as usual; hit them hard on the
first defense to scare them. Hopefully for us, they were physically about the
same size as us, so we didn’t have too many troubles with a strong defense
(except the few simulations that they should be ashamed of).
Unfortunately and recurrent problem with us, the attack is
not good and when we finally get to have some open shoots, the lack of accuracy
does not permit us to score. And after 15 minutes, the score was already 8-4
for them. Not dramatic, but we could see the lack of trainings.
Other main problem was the passing. Too many fancy passes,
not assured or no solutions for the ball carrier meant we offered them too many
fast breaks, which bring them to score a 6-1 in the last 15 minutes, and reach
the half time on the score of 14-5 for them.
For the 2nd half, we decided to try to take it as
luxury training and don’t give them too many chances to score. A few sip of
water later, it was time to start over.
The first minutes of the 2nd half were not
better, letting them score a 4-0. We scored our first goal only 7 minutes
later. The rest of the 2nd half time saw them score 2 goals each
time we scored 1. We were also unlucky, when we hit 7 times in a row the frame…
The final whistle stopped the hemorrhage on the score of
25-12.
The lack of training and the one month break are the
explanation. Though we saw some nice combinations in attack which need to be
practiced, I.ROBOT was definitely too strong for us and for our actual level of
performance.
A few highlights, Paul, best scorer of the day with 4 goals,
Tim, who played on the field and scored a nice goal from the wing and the team,
who didn’t get angry or didn’t lose focus during the 2nd half, when
we usually start to mess up.
Same as usual, only training can help us improve. Working on
basics, passing, shooting accuracy and defense are the main points for us.
A few trainings are coming, and the next game will be
against our direct opponent in the ranking, so we need to win and make sure we
stay in 1st division!
See you all on the pitch very soon.
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