The return of Marc Overmars

The teams lined up 8 vs 8 under the lights at the Astroturf. On paper it was agreed that the sides looked evenly matched. The first goal took a little while in coming for the greens as Billy broke the 'offside trap' on the right hand side and he lashed it into the back of the net for 1-0. There seemed to be momentary confusion about whether the ball was in the area when it left his boot, but it was soon agreed that the goal would stand.

The greens looked in control at this point. They were passing it around using slick one or two touch football all across the park and it came as little surprise that they went 2-0 up after a few more minutes. At the other end of the field of play the greens makeshift defence of Jerry and Rich did their best to keep the colours at bay, but after 25 minutes the colours managed to pull one back. Geir went on one of his trademark surges through the middle of the park and the greens were too slow to close him down. His killer pass found a fellow colour and it was game on once again at 2-1.

The colours failed to capitalise on this goal however, and the greens scored two more goals to make it 4-1 at the half way point. Simon had realised that the game might become more interesting if things were swapped around. He said that Geir needed a ball player to complement him in the middle of the park so Dan was switched for Dave and the game resumed. At first it seemed that little had changed as the greens bagged another goal.

Things certainly had changed on the pitch though as Billy came back into defence and Rich pushed up into his more familiar striking position. Barry was obviously worried about Rich's presence in his half of the field so he decided to push up into attack himself. That's the moment when he transformed into Marc Overmars, that Dutch left attacking midfielder who mauraudered down the Arsenal left in the late 1990's.

Super Bazza could do no wrong as he, Geir, Dan and Joe Z engineered a superb passage of play that brought the colours right back into the game at 6-6. The moves were flowing, the fighting attitude had returned and the game looked very evenly match now as super Bazza jinked his way through the colours defence on no less than three occasions to score quality goals that Robin van Persie would have been proud of. He was thwarted for a 4th time only by a block from Marcus that stopped the ball from sailing into the top left corner.

Time was ticking and it looked as if the game may end as a draw. The greens had certainly had their fair share of chances as they had three cleared off the line and Rich also hit the bar when perhaps he should have scored. A moment of inspiration between Rich and Frazer had looked to have secured a winner for the greens as Rich played a one two with Frazer deep in the right side of the field. Rich was in the area and took his time to place the ball into the colours goal with the side of his foot.

There was to be a final twist in the tale though as the colours midfield, led by Geir Almlid but supported ably by Marc Overmars scored two quick goals in succession and the colours were in the lead for the only time in the game, but the only time that matters! The greens has lost it at the death... 7-6 the final score.

This was a truly superb match, hopefully enjoyed by all involved. A draw was probably a fair result if truth be told - but the day belonged to Super (Overmars) Bazza - for the performance of the night!