Playing on the biggest stage, at home, under the Friday Night Lights, the 21s came with a vengance. After a brutal loss the week before, this young team was looking to prove themselves where it mattered the most, on our turf!
The game was tough battle between two extremely talented teams. Pegasus had the size advantage and were favoured to win. However, we had the grit, speed and heart to go in hard for every tackle and sacrifice ourselves for the better of our team.
The Rino’s had numerous chances to score including a freaking bullet of a free kick taken by Taz Khan that pinged off the post, just millimeters from rippling the net. Another chance came when David Gazin had a chance at a rebound that took a “pegasus” bounce and shanked off David’s tightly wound volley.
Our goalie, Anthony Bayer, had an “Buffon” worthy game, by making 2 key saves on a break away to keep his clean sheet!
While Jonah, David, and Petros controlled the turf, Dhiren shot down anything that went up in the air. The defence took Haydn’s words to heart in, “Bend, but DO NOT break!”. Jeff and John dominated on their sides on D, and were key in forming the WALL that is our defense!
Finally, the highlight of the night came when James got engulfed in a Broo-haha with 2 of the other team members, which almost cleared the benches and started a UFC showdown!
At the end of the night, the U21s walked off our turf with our heads held high by tieing Pegasus 0-0 and successfully protecting our house!