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Red-faced mistake costs Colonel and mates

Giebelhaus may have been sporting a shiner, but it was the Colonel who had egg on his face after the revived veteran stripped the feisty forward and scored the goal that sparked his side to a 15-12 win in Sunday's game.

With the Colonel trying to take advantage of Giebelhaus' lumbering gait by deking his way out of the defensive zone, the slow-motion forward reached in to steal the ball then ripped a shot past a bewildered Twizzler to restore his side's advantage late in the game. It was that kind of commitment to strong checking that forged his team's victory said his line mate Bam Bam.

"We had some good defence that lead to strong counterattacks," said the speedy sophomore.

It also allowed his team to shake off three surefire goals that rang off the post and crossbar.

"If the guys were putting the ball off the crossbar and off the post, you know you're getting your chances," said Chico, who had to overcome a painful rifle shot off his toe to earn the victory. "You've just got to stay focused on the next goal in front of you rather than worrying about the goal you could have had behind you."

"You just have to brush those plays off," said Bam Bam of the missed markers. "If you keep working hard, you know the goals are going to come."

After fighting to take their first lead of the game midway through, the Colonel and his mates just seemed to run our of steam, struggling to maintain the backcheck, giving up repeated odd-man rushes.

"We went for our chances, but it hurt us in the end," said the Colonel. "The other team was taking it us in the second half of the game."

Posted by jaysuburb at November 13, 2011 08:10 PM