The match against Aioli was deemed tough, due to the fact that many Vikings are raping and pillaging overseas during summer holiday period. However, a strong lineup was secured due to great commitment from both Cosmo and Vets teams, supporting our Sunday friends.

Despite it being a very warm and sunny day we observed coach Schoene spending full time on the line, dressed in his well known white long sleeved shirt. The brilliant referee blew the first whistle at 01.00PM – very warm!

Vikings dominated the game the first 10 minutes, leaving hardly any chances for Aioli to challenge our wall – Riber.
It was like the heat caught up a bit earlier on the Northern Vikings compared to our Southern European opponents, but towards the water break, Cosmo President Rafa literally Playstation controlled Vikings first goal. A great pass from captain Lindved, in between 2 Aioli defenders saw Cosmo star US first time the ball into the net without any chance for the Aioli goal keeper. All clearly hackled and commented by Rafa well in advance of the actual happenings happening!

The match was played at high level of intensity even only one yellow card was handed out. Viking left back Hans Staal got the honor with a real Viking tackle! Well done Hans!
1-0 Vikings at halftime and a well deserved water break.

Second half barely kicked off before the equalizer came from Aioli. Vikings lost the ball on the mid-field and well describing the whole match, the ball was quickly turned towards goal and with a shot from the distance, Aioli was back in the game again. Keeper Ribers vision must have been blocked by a defender or the sun….

Intensity increased even further after the equalizer and we saw lots of fair and hard tackles and one on ones. One of those situations resulted in the Vikings getting up 2-1. Anders scored in his just second match for Vikings, after dribbling past 2 Aioli defenders. With a flat shot from the edge of the box he left the keeper without chance.
Vikings had chances to get up both 3-1 and 4-1, but last week MOM Leslie surprisingly failed to deliver, as well did US, who came close to claim his second goal of the match.
As it often goes in football when one team fail to take advantage, the other team equalized shortly before final whistle and the match ended 2-2.
All in all a fair result against a team that haven’t lost a match this season. Well done coach Shoene!

Thanks to the referee and Aioli for a great Sunday exercise!

Queenstown Secondary School

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