The Sunburnt Zebras kicked off their new league season with an epic victory against the odds, overcoming Jack FC 11-10 with a late goal from Tattersao.
It was a fitting reward for the Zebras who were forced to play against six men for the entire first half due to a refereeing display of breathtaking incompetence that was too biased even to be regarded as cheating. Put kindly, the referee was a blind, clueless, incompetent twat.
After the referee delayed the start of the match by 20 minutes because he needed to have a cup of coffee, the Zebras started strongly, surging into a 2-0 lead after good play from Freemisco, Latinaldo, Reito and Tattersao. With the skillful Vanhoino omitted again in favour of the more hard-working flame-haired Paildo (despite Paildo's request to be dropped), the Zebras continued to impress.
Although their opponents gradually fought back the Zebras remained on top. The Zebras were denied a blatant penalty by Referee Twat before Reito missed the opportunity to make it 5-2. The Zebras stretched their lead to 6-4 before Tattersao was sent to the sin bin for questioning another shit decision.
The Zebras briefly lost their composure as Freemisco threatened to have a tantrum before blasting the ball out of play and it was 6-5 at the break, with Tattersao facing another 90 seconds in the sin bin.
Latinaldo took charge at the start of the second half, resolving to keep possession until the Zebras were back to full strength. Unfortunately he was bundled off the ball from the restart and the score was levelled at 6-6 within about 6.3 seconds of the game getting underway again.
With Tattersao detained at Referee Twat's convenience and pleasure for nearer six minutes than the prescribed three, the Zebras fell behind 7-6. Freemsico petulantly slammed a free kick into an opponent's arse and the rebound fell kindly for a Jack striker.
The Zebras hit back to make it 8-8 before Ricadisco was beaten by a vicious swerving shot that appeared to deflect off a divot and just beat his desperate dive (OK, it was a really, really shit piece of goalkeeping).
However, the refreshed Tattersao was in inspirational form and the Zebras took a 10-9 lead before Jack equalised with a couple of minutes remaining. With the next goal looking to prove decisive both teams had chances to win. Ricadisco atoned for his earlier error with three surprisingly good saves (good by any standard but simply exceptional for a blind man who relies on the force as much as his eyesight) before Reito and Tattersao combined for the crucial goal.
Despite the referee playing extra time to allow Jack to search for an equaliser and Freemisco failing to grasp the concept of time-wasting, the Zebras held on to start their new campaign with a victory on a night when five - and sometimes four - was better than six.
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