FC Team Win London FA Cup Tie
London FA Cup Tie Third Round
Slovan 0 FC Team 6
SAturday, 15 November, 2008
The Team felt optimistic and that a new dawn had arrived, and everyone in the camp was focussed and was relishing the test.
For the first time this season Mitch Young was able to name the same back four and also for the first time this season he was able to pair his favoured strike partnership of Lassman and Allen-Curry together. Team set out in a 4-4-2 formation.
The pitch at South Bank Univeristy was amazing and the Team were looking forward to kick-off.
The match kicked-off and straight from the kick-off, the Team boys were hounding down the opposition. Five minutes in, Young broke down the right and played the ball down the channel to Kieran Allen Curry, who instantly turned his man brought it into the area and blasted the ball past the keeper to score his first goal for the club.
In the tenth minute, Allen-Curry used great strength to hold the ball up before releasing his strike partner Mitch Lassman who cooly slotted the ball home to make it 2-0 to Team.
Team were totally dominating affairs. The midfield of Sternberg and Rones were stopping everything coming through to the back line, and if it did Korn and Kent shut the opposition out.
The third goal came again from the right hand side. Moss played the ball inside to Young who once again picked out Allen-Curry this time though he was surrounded by three men. He somehow managed to hold the ball up swivel and turn past all of them before a crisp finish into the bottom corner to make it 3-0 to Team.
By the half hour mark, Team were really beginning to enjoy themselves with Kieran Allen Curry proving unstoppable. The next goal game when Breger from the left thread the througgh ball between the defence onto the on running Lassman who casually slotted home to make it 4-0.
It was 5-0 before half time when Allen Curry socred his hat-trick. This time James Korn took a free-kick from the half-way line who found Young, he rose like Sir Lesley Ferdinand and nodded it down to Allen-Curry who turned and shot nicely into the corner. 5-0 at half time and Young had to make sure they focussed in the second half.
The second half no doubt Team took their foot off the gas as legs began to tire but nonetheless, the work rate of Matt Whitehead, Adam Rones and Rich Sternberg was evident.
Team created a fair few chances with Young, Lassman, Breger and Allen Curry all guilty of missing the net, but none the less the game was well and truly over in the 80th minute when Young broke from midifeld and threaded the ball to Lassman who was taken out by the goalkeeper. Lassman on his hat-trick took the penalty and slotted home. Team won the game 6-0 and move forward to the last 16 of the compettiton.
Young said after the game "I am delighted to get such a positive repsonse from the team after last week. This week has been brilliant we have sorted many things wirth in the team out and I would like to thank our Captain Paul Kent for all hsi work this week. There were some fantastic individual performances today but it was really about the whole team today from goalkeeper to attackers, we fought brilliantly.
"There is no doubt in my mind if we can keep our squad togther we can move forward in the league and the partnership of Allen Curry and Lassman will jsut frighten the life out of defenders. All in all I am delighted but I believe there will be a lot tougher test to come.
"Next game is another Cup Game Jim Rogers Division One County Cup against harrow St Mary's. I have to get the team focussed, but most importantly we have to imnprove our fitness and with the guidance of Peter Moss we aim to do this starting Thursday at the track."
