THE FIRST HALF
After the typical scrappy first 15 minutes, the Wirral Chinese defended really well with Stephen Barrow, Mark Johnson, Danny & Tango at the back. Central midfielders Chung and David Liu were as determined as ever and held their own against a large Wirral Nomad team. New edition Brett played well at right midfield, running up and down the flanks and covering very well for right-back Danny. Mike Yee was forcing the Wirral Nomad back-line as usual and Captain Roger Ho was the invaluable link between attack and midfield, and it was from Roger where the break-through was made. A great tackle be David Liu in midfield was released to Chung, who slotted the ball to Roger. Roger managed to play the perfect ball through the Wirral Nomad defense to release Mike Yee down the left. While the Wirral Nomads appealed for an offside that never was, Mike chipped the ball with his first touch and the ball smacked the inside of the left post and into the net. One Nil.
After that the Wirral Nomads played down the wings and used long balls to create chances. The back four and midfield were very good in defending through the centre and reduced the Nomads to crosses and punts up the field. Chris Magin played excellent in goal but 2 rather fortunate cross-shots managed to creep in and the Nomads went into half-time with the lead.

THE SECOND HALF
The second half was pretty dull for about 20 minutes until the Wirral Nomads scored. Another cross came in was defended, but a slight mix up gifted the Nomads with a simple tap in. at
3-1, the score was slightly flattering but the Wirral Chinese kept attacking and chances came their way. One of them saw Mike Yee take on a couple defenders down the left to the touchline, but his weak left-footed shot was easily saved by the Nomad keeper. Other efforts were shots from distance but with 5 minutes to go, after wave after wave of attack, the ball found its way to Jordan on the left hand side. He clipped the ball to Mike Yee who had his back to goal. Mike controlled it in the air with his first touch, turned and chipped a defender with his second and finally chipped the keeper with his third! The ball never touched the ground and even the Wirral Nomad keeper applauded the superb goal! That made the scoreline respectable and the game ended 3-2.

OVERALL
It was a good performance by the team and we can take great confidence into the next few games this summer. The defence (Tango, Danny, Stephen Barrow, Timothy Yee, Chung & Gary) and midfield (Brett, David Liu, Chris Heseltine & Wah) played very well together and as long as we have that core setup we'll have no problems. Chris Magin in goal was superb again - always keeping us in the game. Mike Yee did well in attack, claiming his customary goals, but Captain Roger Ho was fantastic. His motivation and commanding attitude was vital in the team's performance and he easily ran more than any other player on the pitch. He was helping out in defence, covering for midfielders and supporting Mike Yee whenever he could.

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