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Originally Posted by TLW
Won 5-1 tonight. Hat-trick from Lindfield, and the others from San Jose and Kelly.
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I was waiting for a match report from Remington but as he hasn't posted yet, I'll chip in seeing as I went and watched the game.
As you say the lads beat Tigres 5-1 last night. This was a strange game and to be honest they really didn't play too well - nowhere near as well as on Sunday. Potterill and Spearing especially looked tired (maybe the jet lag caught up with them as I heard they flew in on Friday). The Tigres team looked pretty handy - good ball control and some nice passing - they just couldn't put it in the net when they needed to. The difference between the two teams was that Liverpool took their chances and then defended well.
The massive crowd of about 500 people (497 of which were Mexican) were crammed into one small stand and also around the perimeter of the pitch (small college field for this game). The Tigres fans brought drums, flags, banners, confetti, nacho's - the works, and they made a lot of noise for such a small crowd.
I am not sure of the starting 11 but it seemed similar to that used on Saturday. Huth, Insua, Spearing, Potterill etc all played and all seemed to come through unscathed despite several fairly nasty challenges from Tigres midfielders. The left back (who's name I don't know but it wasn't Insua - he played in the midfield) took a nasty kick on his ankle but he seemed OK.
They play Pokemon FC tomorrow at the same college field.