FCM beats rival village

FC Metterich battled through the tough elements this past weekend to beat their rival team SG Pickliessem by a score of 3 to zero. Soon after kickoff, the weather turned downright nasty by raining, then pouring, then hailing. It was so bad that at one point they stopped the game for concerns of safety. Coming out for the second half with the score tied at zero, the clouds rolled away and the sun began to dry us off. The weather must have sent a spark to the bulls of Metterich because they charged down and scored a goal within the first 5 minutes of play. The goal was the result of a well-coordinated attack where great passing allowed the outside forward to send a missile to the far post just beneath the goalie's outstretched arms. The second goal came within 2 minutes of the first when a breakaway down field mixed with great passing yielded another great shot past the goalie. Metterich continued to have scoring opportunities, but fate seemed to intervene each time. Not that I'm complaining. Beating your rivals by 3 goals is a great day's work. As the season winds down there are but just two more games remaining. This next week we head out to Priest and then back to the home field for the last game of the season. With luck, both will be wins.




The third and final goal of the game

One of the many shots that nearly got past the goalie

This header nearly missed going in