OM Oquirrh Field, West Jordan. May 8.--An overwhelming Olympique Montreux First Division team showed last night why it is the uncontested champion of the division each of the past three years.
The team lived up to the hype last night at OM Oquirrh Field, powering past FC Berlin ‘59 in elegant fashion, chalking up its sixth straight win of the season and cementing the prognostic as the team to win it all.
Led by a blitzing Tim Ballantyne who is finally playing like the winger everyone believes he can be, OM quickly went to work, dominating a good Berlin side that had difficulties getting possession of the ball.
Tim Ballantyne’s revival is due in part to his giving up the playboy lifestyle he was famous for and his upcoming marriage to beauty queen Stephanie Mongkolsomba.
The majesty of Ivan Marcos Olmedo in the center of the field and the holding job of a rejuvenated Jimmy Cuadros in the holding position assured the Olympians’ supremacy in the middle. The ruthless and serene partnership ship, assisted by the irrepressible Colton Spencer playing defensive mid pitilessly tore apart the opposition.
Is OM-D1 a good team! Nephi or Alma’s team! An overwhelming team! The team that survived Gold Gym’s 6’10” Giants, Ninjas, Judokas, Karatekas, Wrestlers, Boxers, Cage Fighters, Snipers and Kung Fu Panda attacks!
Hyperbole? Try facts!
Berlin was out-run, out-thought and outplayed in clinical fashion, made all the more startling by the fact that this team had showed real fire and grit against their opponents due to their size and speed. But two goals from Tim and a goal from Leo Oliveira within the first 22 minutes disrupted Berlin’s good intentions.
As if things were not bad enough, an harrying Esteban Lecuona took over in the second half, bobbing, weaving and scorching past Berlin midfielders and leaving Berlin’s defenders in a muddle to score two sublime goals in typical dummy-the-keeper fashion.
The performance of an in-shape Isai Tapia and his burning speed unsettled Berlin defense time and time again.
By the 60th minute, with the score already 5-0, OM manager Bel-Ami was urging his men to maintain possession with quick passing and to halt the scoring.
Yet, the quick passing proved unhealthy for Berlin when midfielder Patrick Fairchild who substituted for Jimmy let loose a powerful strike from the edge of the penalty in the 72nd minute to make the score 6-0.
Leo closed the scoring in the 85th minute.
A vocal keeper Jaddon Rogers registered the shutout.
"We played a great match," Bel-Ami told the club’s official website. "We are delighted with the way we played, but the competition will get harder as the season gets older."
“We were able to get into our rhythm early,” added the Boss.
To Berlin's credit, their stars came out to play, and nearly took advantage of defensive errors and tiredness twice. But Jaddon who has promised to let in no goals from now until his long-awaited marriage to OM great fan and the team’s part-time website photographer Haley Peterson was keen on keeping his promise.
NOTES: OM Premiership plays undefeated Lazio on Saturday June 11. The D1 will also take on Meatus FC.
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