Lone Peak Park, Sandy, UT – Olympique Montreux Division 1 is handed their 1st loss of the year while the Premiership soars past Pan World FC in stunning fashion.
Friday evening the First Division looked to continue where they left off last week with a win against Pan World FC. Much to their surprise things wouldn’t quite turn out the way they hoped.
The game started a bit late due to the delay from Pan World FC. They were playing a man down for the first few minutes so early on in the game OM tried to capitalize but just couldn’t convert. Right before halftime Pan World took advantage of a poor clearance by defender Jacob Christensen and scored to take the 1 – 0 lead over the Red Warriors. Once again OM found themselves in the same predicament as last week where they went down a goal to begin the game. At half coach Bel Ami made a few key substitutions in order to battle back. Isai Tapia entered the game and helped in the midfield giving OM a few more chances at goal. But it wasn’t before Pan World would capitalize again on another OM error to go up 2 – 0. The 2 goal deficit was very defeating. Still the Red Warriors would battle back a few minutes later and score off a free kick that was headed in by forward Khalid Alnajjar to narrow the deficit back to 1. With time winding down the Red Warriors needed to score quickly to even up the score. But those hopes were soon diminished as Pan World crossed a ball in to the box that took an unfortunate curve into the upper 90 and gave them a 2 goal cushion with just 6 minutes left to play. OM would eventually score another goal in the 88th minute but it was too little too late giving the 1st division their 1st loss of the year by a score of 3 - 2.
“I’m disgusted with our level of play,” said captain Colton Spencer, “We need to score early and keep the same intensity throughout the game”. Afterwards coach Bel Ami Montreux responded “What can you do? It was a couple of really critical errors that lost the game for us. We need to play mistake free soccer.”
Looking to rebound from the 1st Division loss the premiership quickly got ready to take the field against the Premiership team from Pan World FC. The lights were now on and the stage was set. The cold was settling in but that didn’t stop Olympique Montreux from catching fire. From the very first minute OM would dominate possession of the ball and never looked back. Early in the game captain Tiva Zarate was kicked in the mouth away from the play and went down hard. Blood was rushing out of his mouth. “You could just sense it was bad” said a fan. Later that night Tiva would receive a total of 19 stitches to seal up the cuts he suffered both inside and outside of his mouth. OM fought on and in the 20th minute was awarded a Penalty Kick from a hard foul committed inside the box. Midfielder Jimmy Cuadros converted spot on to give the Red Warriors a 1-0 lead. Isai Tapia, who was now playing in his second game, increased the lead OM had over Pan World FC with another great shot on goal. His 3rd of the season. The second half was much of the same. Great defense, great ball movement, and great soccer. The icing on the cake came when once again midfielder Isai Tapia raced past the Pan World defense in the 70th minute and fired a bullet with the right foot to the bottom left corner of the goal. A true “shake and bake” said coach Montreux. The score would stay that way until the final whistle blew. OM wins it with yet another clean sheet over Pan World FC 3 – 0.
“I am very proud of the guys. They played like professionals out there”, said coach Bel Ami Montreux. It was a very satisfying win for the Red Warriors who will be traveling to Idaho next weekend to take on the U21 Mexican National Team. Go OM!
MY PLAYERS!!!!
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