Season 118 - Are you ready?

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Nouvion FC had two tough matches yesterday, the first an away League match against a -13% team, and their cause wasn't helped by their second winger injury of the season, this time to left-winger David Dorizon. Left-wingback Celio Pita was the face-saver with a 58th minute strike that gave Nouvion all three points. In the 1st leg of the Round of 32 in the Cup, -11%Q was the order of the day for the home side, and Nouvion got off to a flyer with goal in the 9th minute from striker Yala Johnson. A straight red card for defender Louis Nwodu put a spanner in the works for the visitors and caused a bit of a reshuffle in the side after the hosts equalised from the resulting free-kick. Despite a good period of pressure early in the second half, Nouvion failed to find the net again in the match and take a 1-1 draw and an away goal into the 2nd Leg.



Today the order of service was a home Champions League match and away in the League, and a couple of good results achieved. A good 29%Q separated the sides in the first match, Nouvion capitalising on their Quality advantage to boss the opposition off the park. It was a pity all the first half effort failed to advance the scoreline, but that was rectified early in the second half when relief left-winger Thomas Lukastik provided a subtle pass for striker Yala Johnson to slot into the net for the first goal. Lukastik got himself on the scoresheet after a good run and cross from opposite number Gary Sampson, and the defensive resistance of the visitors was finally ended with a penalty by Federico Benitez. The Quality difference was smaller in the evening match, and after a period of intense pressure by Nouvion for the first 15 or so minutes, an entertaining end-to-end contest followed. Four minutes into the second period a freshly-healed David Dorizon opened the scoring, and he had a hand in the second goal, providing a pin-point accurate corner for Celio Pita to nod into the net.