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Jackie Underhill fires home the second of his three goals against nineteen eighty-four this afternoon.
It was the first time the Monifieth side had defeated their north-east opponents and with it set up a Third Round tie at the LJG against fellow Division IV side Seldom Smiled.
Hot on the heels of Balázs Polyák’s hat-trick at the weekend, today it was Jackie Underhill’s turn to bag himself a career first hat-trick with the last coming from the penalty spot.
Asked afterwards if there had been a spat between Jackie and Gillis Jacob about who was going to take the penalty with both players sitting on two goals, Joe Anderson laughed loudly and replied, “I don’t know where you guys in the media get the ideas for these stories. Jackie was our designated set piece taker, so he was always taking it”.
He continued, “There was no falling out and this is a total non-story”.
It wasn’t all good news for Joe Anderson however as a late injury to Gillis Jacob saw the Belgian hobble off the field.
“Gillis rolled his ankle near the end of the game and it’s in ice at the moment”, said the coach. “The doc has had a look at it and will look at it again tomorrow morning. He doesn’t think there is any major damage but will check it again once the swelling has gone down to be sure”.
“Either way, Gillis is out for a week at least which is unfortunate”, he admitted.
“It was a great team performance today and we were able to work on building up the stamina of Tom Sandman and Ryan Caldor too. The only downside was the injury to Gillis, but we can do nothing about that.”
“Now weturn our attention to Saturday’s fixture against Desired Opponent at the LJG”, concluded the coach.
Brook Street travel to face nineteen eighty-four tomorrow in the First Round of the Tartan Cup.
Having never beaten them in three previous attempts there is a temptation for Joe Anderson to go with the first team, but being a stickler for ensuring his entire squad gets gametime over the week, it is likely to be a mixture of first team and reserves taking the field tomorrow.
“You could probably guess who will form most of our line-up, but I may make a few changes for the game tomorrow”, said the coach this afternoon.
“Yes, training is our priority but getting a win against ‘eighty-four’ would certainly be a bonus for morale if nothing else”, he added.
He however concluded, “I think everyone is in the same boat at this time of the season, in other words looking more to avoiding unnecessary injuries. I think we will both be looking to play a blend of youth and experience with a view to get through the tie, win or lose without picking up any suspensions or injuries”.
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For Brook Street, probably the only highlight of today’s cup tie was the debut of 18 year-old Academy graduate Ryan Caldor.
“We were taken apart by a very strong side”, admitted the Brook Street coach afterwards. “They basically swapped out their front three from the weekend and replaced them with a trio of players that could walk straight into the starting line-up at any club”.
“I could have fielded our first team and lost; they were that good; some of their stats are just off the scale”, he added. It never looks good losing six goals, but it was really a masterclass out there”.
“Losing four goals in the first half did for us”, he said. “If we could have got to half time only three down we might have been able to steady the ship, but with the four goal you could see the heads going down”.
“The lads rallied a bit in the second half, but by then the damage was done”.
“It was harsh learning experience for both the players and me; the players have come up against a top side and now know the standard of player they are going to come up against more and more, and I have learned that we have a hell of a long way to go to compete against teams like BSC, albeit we had a weakened side out”.
He continued, “Perhaps being stuck in tier four for so long has set us back more than I had thought, but it also makes the challenge of getting to that standard all the more appealing”.
“I’ve seen a couple of things today that think we could use, so we’ll be trying them out in training this week. I was also pleased that young Ryan Caldor got some gametime and make is debut for the senior side. He’s a good kid with bags of potential. He did well in the Academy and I’m sure he’ll become a top defender in the years to come”.
Asked if he regretted putting out a weakend side today, Joe replied, “Not at all. We learnt a lot from the game, the entire squad got gametime this week and at the end of the day the Cups are not our priority”.
Brook Street now drop down into the Tartan Cup next week and travel up the coast to face old adversaries nineteen eighty-four next Wednesday.
On hearing the draw Joe said, “Yeah, another tough one and against a team we’ve enver beaten. A few of the squad, myself included, have faced them before and never won. There might be some first team players wanting another crack at them…”
Before that though is an important league fixture on Saturday when Brook Street head west to face Danny’s American Bhoy’s.
Brook Street goalscorer Bogusz Cakek evades his marker to set up another attack.
Street had made the perfect start when with only three minutes played, Bogusz Cacek slammed home the penalty they had been awarded for a hand ball in the box.
With a lead to defend, Brook Street played a high line and pressed their opponents at every opportunity which kept the ball well away from their goal.
However, just after the half-hour mark ’84 built an attack down the right and some outstanding play from Dick Sluijter saw the Dutch winger hit the by-line before cutting the ball back to Derek Burch who fired home from ten yards.
Brook Street came within the width of the post from retaking the lead five minutes later, but Aldo Pellone’s strike cannoned back off the woodwork with ’84 keeper Davyd Shantyr beaten all ends up.
The next Brook Street opportunity came courtesy of a calamitous mix-up in the ’84 defence five minutes before the break. With only the keeper to beat however, Joe Anderson picked that moment to slice his shot horribly and it bounced harmlessly past the post.
That proved to be the last chance of the first half and the sides went in for the break tied.
It took until the sixty-second minute before the next real chance was created, and it came for ’84.
Dick Sluijter raced down the wing before linking up with Derek Burch again. Burch raced forward before cutting in and slammed a rocket shot off the face of the crossbar.
Back came Brook Street and with twenty minutes to go Joe Anderson had a great chance after he was played in by Bogusz Cakek. When it seemed easier to score, the Brook Street stirker contrived to slide his shot past the post.
That proved to be a crucial miss seven minutes later when ’84 took the lead, and that it came from route one football will no doubt be a concern for Balz Deitz.
It was undoubtedly a case of ‘hoofball’, but that detracts from what was a superb finish by Travis Weddington who watched the ball drop over his shoulder, and let it bounce once before volleying it high into the Brook Street net from the edge of the box. Owen Maurice never stood a chance, and while the build-up may have been agricultural, the finish was sublime.
With time running out and Brook Street chasing the game, there was always a chance of them being caught on the counter-attack. And it was from this exact scenario that ’84 put the game beyond reach with eleven minutes to go.
Brook Street had committed players forward in search of the equaliser but the move broke down and the ball was driven forward to Travis Weddington who in turn laid it off to Sun-Hong Jeon. The Korean tore off down the left side before unleashing a shot from a tight angle that Owen Maurice couldn’t reach.
With that the win was sealed and Brook Street’s run in this season’s Cups came to an end.
“We have so many positives to take from our cup runs this season”, said Balz Deitz at the post-match press conference, “even in today’s defeat”.
“We played well in spells today, and maybe on another day we could have won. We’ve come a long way so far this season and we’ve matched a Division II side for around seventy minutes today”, he added. “We can go forward with confidence”.
The last time the sides met, Brook Street were on the wrong end of a 5-0 scoreline.
This will be the third meeting of the sides and Brook Street will be looking to improve on their record of two defeats; no goals for and seven against.
“They’re currently doing well in Division II, so we’ll have to be on our game again”, said Balz Deitz this afternoon.
He continued, “This is a huge step up in class for us, even from last season, but it’s a great experience for our players and I will tell them to go out, enjoy themselves and leave everything on the pitch”.
The coach will have a full squad available for selection and the match kicks-off at 11:15.
Zak Ailstock powers a header goalwards against nineteen eighty-four this afternoon
The home side may have had their noses in front at the break but had been less than convincing in the first half. Given the hairdryer treatment by their coach at half time, eighty-four came out looking to finish off the game but found Brook Street to be stubborn opponents.
They heaped pressure onto Claus Christoph’s side but the Blue and Blacks held firm until the hour mark when Travis Weddington fired in both his and eighty-four’s second goal of the game.
Although trailling, Brook Street were playing well and probably deserved have a goal of their own, but goals from Edgar Lino, Fedots Būmanis and Damion Sweeney in seventy-four, eighty and eighty-one minutes respectively gave the match a scoreline that was anything but an accurate reflection of the game.
“Those last three goals were harsh and my boys didn’t deserve that. No way was there five goals between the teams”, fumed Claus Christoph Gralath afterwards.
He added, “Although the scoreline would suggest otherwise, we matched them for all but ten minutes of the game. To lose by five goals in those circumstances is hard to take.
In other games, Woodys recorded the biggest win of the season to date, thumping FC Bayern Bru 6-0 at Coliseum del Poblenou, McBrielle took the points with a 3-0 win at Kelving Rovers, while Bad Fellas and FC Dynamo Brest shared the points with a 0-0 draw.
Claus Christoph would understandably prefer to not be facing the league leaders this weekend.
“To be honest, nineteen eighty-four away is the last fixture I’d want tomorrow, but we’ve just got to get on with it”, admitted Claus Christoph.
He continued, “It would be nice to be able to go into the game on the back of our point last weekend and say ‘go for it’, but if we did that, it would foolhardy at best and almost certainly suicidal. We’ll have to be very cautious in our approach tomorrow, especially given our injuries”.
Brook Street will be without Owen Maurice who is out injured, and although Connor Hutton will be available, he has only trained for part of the week and it is uncertain how long he will last.
Asked about the goalkeeping situation, he said, “Obviously Benito [Buda] will play, but we’ll probably go without a back-up keeper as I don’t feel either of the two Academy keepers would gain anything from being promoted to sit on the bench. For one or two games, I also see no point in signing someone who most probably would never play”.
Meanwhile Connor Hutton has trained this week, but the coach is unsure whether he will play or not.
“We need goals and Connor is a proven goalscorer. We honestly don’t know if he’ll be fit to feature tomorrow, but I know he is desperate to play. We’ll just have to wait and see how he warms up before making the call”.
Diego Misuraca played exceptionally well after coming on for the injured Kari Kienberger.
To compound Brook Street’s first half woes, Kari Kienberger had to go off following a heavy collision that resulted in the Swiss midfielder sustaining a shoulder injury. That is likely to keep him sidelined for a coulple of games, but in Diego Misuraca, who came on to replace him this afternoon, Brook Street at least have a very capable replacement for him.
Indeed, after coming on in the thirty-sixth minute, Diego went on to have an excellent game in particular snuffing out the threat of ’84s winger and first goal-scorer Dicky Sluijter.
Brook Street were resolute in the second half, but never looked like threatening the league leaders’ goal, despite controlling the ball for long periods. This lack of goal threat will be a cause for concern for coach Claus Christoph Gralath, given that his side have now failed to score in their last four games in all competitions.
“Of course it is a concern”, admitted Claus Christoph afterwards. “We have created chances, but we’re not taking them and in this Division we cannot afford to be so wasteful”.
“It’s costing us and we’ve now dropped to second bottom in the table. The margins are tight in this league and we have to start scoring again and soon”, he added.
Despite Brook Street’s improved second half performance, the 2-0 result saw nineteen eighty-four retain first place although their lead on goal difference was reduced by Woodys of Catalonia who won 4-1 at FC Bayern Bru. Kelving Rovers won 2-1 at McBrielle but Owen Donachy’s fifty-second minute penalty proved to be instrumental in lifting his side above Brook Street in the table tonight.
“We can go out and play with nothing to lose, and who knows what could happen if we sneak a goal”.
“We’ve been very hard done by recently given the decisions that have gone against us, but the lads are still in good spirits”.
He continued, “This week the pressure is very much off us as no-one expects us to do anything against the league leaders who are an exceptional team. We can go out and play with nothing to lose, and who knows what could happen if we sneak a goal”.
“All I ask of my players is that they give me 100%. I can ask no more of them”.
Brook Street look to be at full strength following confirmation that Connor Hutton passed a fitness test this morning.
“That’s excellent news for us”, admitted Claus Christoph, “especially as it looked as late as yesterday morning that he might have to sit the game out. Having Connor fit gives us lots more options”.
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