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Coming off perhaps their best matches played all year...hard fought losses to Yellow and White (when we had 9 on the pitch)...Scarlet came into this match full of optimism that their fortunes could in fact be turning.

Arriving at Monarch Park it was refreshing to see more and more players turn up as the call went out and the troops responded. By the time all were accounted for we were at 13.

13 players!?!?!?! How the HELL did that happen!!! Did this mean we would actually have…

Arriving at Pantry Park those of us on Scarlet where struck by the sight of a lot of players in white...I mean A LOT!

As kick off arrived and two teams feeling a win was possible going into the match, the advantage was clearly with White as they started with 16 and we...sadly...had a field of 9. No matter if they had 5 subs and we were two short, we saddled up and gave it a go.

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Scarlet v Blue round two ended exactly the same as game one did, with the same score and with convener Greg coming to play with us to make up numbers...hmmm....are we seeing a trend here? I'm starting to wonder...

Does the addition of Greg automatically mean that the opposition with A) loose and B) end up scoreless.

Well one thing we did learn, you really don't need a ref if the two teams are respective of each other. See, Greg put on the whistle and took control when it was…

It's a good thing that there has been a week between games as Portugal needs all the time they can to get over their defeat...nee...slaughter at the hands of Spain.

Coming off a strong performance vs Yellow Brazil, Portugal went into this with great optimism and spark but the game was quickly defined by a flurry of quick goals from Spain as Portugal tried to make up the numbers on the pitch.

Mind you the sun in the eyes, own goal, and dropped goal didn't help…