Recently celebrated another birthday and i really felt my age during soccer training. No longer am i able to sprint like i used to, beating a man with a flick and a feint then pulling away with the ball. These days i have to use guile and cunning in order to play well and it seems to be coming together. At the previous training i had to play at the unfamiliar right-back position in a back three and the head coach (playing keeper) remarked that in the game i played, he observed that all the decisions i made were the right ones, whether it was tracking a man and deciding when to take the ball or after winning possession the direction of clearance (long or short). Felt pretty good after that. =)
This week's training was a little more loose because there were enough players for two 7-a-side games at the end with half-pitches so plenty of space, especially out wide. Once again due to the make up of the team, i had to play in defence but i had DC with me so that was alright. =) I did have a few chances to run up and made the most of it, sending in a couple of dangerous crosses which resulted in a few goals. Even had a young 'un track me down only for me to keep turning him inside out, outside in with a stop-check, backpass to a teammate , run through on the return pass and check again. J bagged a brace and my only regret was not scoring any myself, but i was content with my HG passes because the look on the defender's face was priceless. =)
