Saturday (Day 7).

CHAMP LEAGUE: Group Match 3.

Result: LONDON CITY 3-1 DOINA FC
Goals: Gomez 10, Mueller 39, Kennedy 84p, Tavares 89
M.o.M: Andreas Costa

We had almost our first comfortable win, in this lunchtime kick-off. Pablo Gomez opened the scoring with a fine solo effort, early on. We dominated from then on, but it was still a relief when Hector Morgada conjured a second, before the break. We seemed to ease up during the second half, and it became a midfield stalemate, until an Andreas Costa corner, was handled in the box, and Dave kennedy calmly slotted the spot kick, past the 'keeper. A good match was spoiled for us when we conceeded a goal, via Jose Tavares, from sloppy defending, during added on time.


LEAGUE: Match Day 5.

Result: TSG RHEDA 1-1 LONDON CITY
Goals: Gomez 51, Acheampong 80
M.o.M: Hector Balcazar (TSG)

Before the match, we would happily have settled for a draw against the best quality team in our league, who were 100%. At the end though, we were a little frustrated that we didn't win. After a goalless first half, we took the lead when an Andreas Costa was headed home by Pablo Gomez. We held the lead for half an hour, before Iddrisu Acheampong got an equaliser for the home team. Although a good result, we actually dropped 3 places down the league because of it.


THOUGHTS OF THE DAY.

We started the day in 2nd place in the league, 2 points behind the leaders, but although getting an excellent draw, the other results conspired against us, and although Rheda are still top and we are still 2 points behind, we have actually dropped to 5th spot.

In the CL, a good win put us top of the group for a few hours, until our nearest rivals overtook us on goal difference, by virtue of their 8-0 win tonight. Our two teams are level on 7 points, with a gap of 4 to the 3rd place team.