CFL Round 15

12 June 2010 @ Siglap Sec Sch

It was La' Spezia 's second game under the new management. Fresh from a 7 - 2 drubbing over Yishun CC team last week many fans expected another huge scoreline on the cards but it was not to be. It was totally the opposite.

They started brightly putting the opponents under pressure in the early minutes. After a series of Corners and Free kicks one finally paid off, when Aravin's free kick was brought down by Sara who laid it for Siva to toe poke it past the on rushing keeper.

They were not particularly playing awesome football after that but they managed to keep probing the Prisoners defense. And they doubled the score in the 32 min with Prasad heading home from 2 yards from another set piece. Prasad was having an awesome game till then. Sweeping everything in front of the defense.

Second half everyone expected La' Spezia to gain more control over the game and put it to bed. But they did not. They failed to play with the usual pace and struggled to find the rhythm, especially in the center of midfield. They could not create any clear cut chances.

The strikers both disappointed putting some flashy moves together but to no great use. Even then they still had the upper hand. They continued to push forward in numbers but suddenly a quick counter by Prisoners left La' Spezia open at the back. Aravin brought the striker down outside the box and from the resulting free kick Prisoners managed to score.

La' Spezia had to fight on when their center back Aravin went out injured , and they held on for a scrappy win.

The La' Spezia team was given a hairdryer treatment due to their lack of urgency to kill the game off. The manager thinks it could have been a different result if they had played a big four team. They now have completed their current campaign and can now look forward to a few weeks of rebuilding and training to get themselves back in good form for the start of the next season.

Squad list: Arvin, Sathiya, Viknesh(C), Aravin, Kishen, Vinod, Prasad, Vikram, Kavin, Siva, Sara, Niresh

Final Score: La' Spezia 2 - 1 Prisoners
Goals: Siva, Prasad
MOM: Prasad