APRIL 7th
The power has just come back on as a result of recent storms!
The last couple of days have been quiet on the birding
front. I decided to have a walk in the Atlantic Forest. All was quiet so I
joined Becca who was on her regular monkey hunt. The walk along the new trails
produced a pair of Pale breasted Spinetail and along the main track Chestnut
Eared Aracari and a Little Woodpecker.
The afternoon was spent lagoon side at soccer camp as the
PLT 6-a-side team were to feature in a competition in Santa Barbara! No
problems there as the teams were mixed and some were oldies!
We arrived
at the 6-a-side soccer pitch which had its own lighting around it and looked on
at the opposition who were mainly in soccer kit and wearing football boots.
This looks serious! But we had a kit and had been training during the afternoon
right! Fatima joined our team to make up the six. We were the only mixed team and
the competition winners would receive a pig! This is doubly serious! Our
opponents were drawn champions League style and we were playing the Speedy
Gonzales VI! This could be tricky! A few tactical changes were discussed and we
set about the job in hand.
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| (Pre-match Team talk!) |
Line up as follows:-
GK: Myself
DEF: Sean DEF: Joe
MID: Sjouke MID: Fatima
ATT: Becca
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| (Preparing for battle!) |
The only way I can describe the game was FC Barcelona v
Chelsea in the Camp Nou last year. We kept the youngsters at bay for the first
five minutes of the seven minute half. The defending and goalkeeping was
desperate but superb! There was a claim for a penalty at the other end as
Fatima was clearly brought down by their goalkeeper! The opposition were
clearly getting frustrated as the other teams on the sidelines cheered as every
save or ball was cleared by PLT! But sadly it did not last with the “Cat”
finally beaten from close range near halftime!
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