A Heartbreaking 16-5 Defeat...

The Special One and the Sunburned Zebras made it two losses in a row as they succumbed to a narrow 16-5 defeat.

The Special One made numerous changes, bringing in Wimo, Paginho and Tattersao to replace the injured Vanhoino, the retired Wardlisco and the otherwise-engaged Latinaldo. However, the changes, plus the late arrival of Austisco could not prevent another defeat.

Tattersao put the Zebras 1-0 up with a clinical strike before Freemisco dithered on the edge of his own area and allowed the ball to deflect off Paginho and spin past Ricadisco.

After that it was all downhill as the Zebras collapsed against superior opposition. Tattersao did his best to keep the Zebras in touch with their opponents by firing in the goals and Ricadisco was exceptional in goal, pulling off one memorable double save.

However, the youthful enthusiasm of Wimo and Paginho was not enough and their inexperience was highlighted when they helped form a three-man wall which allowed three opponents to surge through the middle unchallenged to score another goal.

Austisco looked rather portly after stepping off the plane from Italy and his shooting boots appeared to have been mislaid by H.M. Customs as he routinely smashed the ball wide of the target. There was certainly no danger of Austisco being charged with attempting to smuggle goals into the country.

After gifting the early equaliser to the opposition, Freemisco had another night to forget, splitting his own defence with one brilliant pass to an attacker and generally looking short of form and fitness. It may be time for the Special One to consider hanging up his boots and concentrating on his managerial career before the results spiral out of control.