Match Review: SCC Firsts vs German-Swiss All Stars

• GK Ronnie Smollett
• DF Jack Cullinane
• DF Jahan Rezai
• MD Anthony Garreau
• MD Enrique Sanchez
• MD Ross Plain
• MD Tim Walter
• MD Sam Balls
• ST Andrew Hutcheon
• ST Liam Shotton
• -- Adam Bowden

• MD Matt Zatto
• MD Matt Hulen
• -- Mike Hemmingway
• -- Marcus Nagle
• -- Kike Perconig

Not a game to live in the memories

SCC found themselves kicking off at an unfamiliar venue and an unfamiliar time....3pm at Turf City. After strong performances the previous week against OG and Home United (S-League) the strongly assembled squad was looking forward to an exciting and competitive game against the German All Stars. Needless to say this was the type of game that would always been shown last on the MOTD highlights. The first 15mins was an evenly competitive game but was lacking any real quality. SCC seemed to forget how to pass, control, talk, track runners and shot....not a good combination. The first instant of real quality from SCC started from Jahan at left back and after some sharpe and accurate passing was well finished off by Liam. Either side of the goal saw what could have been a turning point in the game....a unusual Red card for Tim. With his words about "staying on your feet" before the game still ringing in the players ears we watched as he not only once, but twice decided that sliding was the way forward. Both tackles mistimed, rather than dirty but two yellow cards and he was making his way to the bench. Sadly for Tim the bench on this day also consisted of the whole family over to watch is 25mins. Before the half ended there was another smart finish from Liam to give SCC a 2-0 halftime lead. Stand in manager (a norm these days), Matt Hulen made some big calls at halftime to keep it tight with the man less but aside from a few half chances there was no real danger for Ronnie in the SCC goal. MOM for SCC was Liam but a day the majority of the SCC players will wish to forget. Thank you to the German All Stars for the game and wishing you the best for the season ahead and good to see some new young signings coming through. Despite the red card a game generally played in good spirits by both teams.

• Daniel Grueber DF
• Phillip Von Pein DF
• Takahiro Kawabata DF
• Quirin Regensburger MD
• Lucas Cochrone MD
• Michael Klemm --
• Teo Premto --
• Thommy Lim --
• Florian Gädke --
• Jan Wiechmann --
• Bastian Wolff --

• Martin Hadrian --
• Luis Schmalhofer --

Again not more than a good match

Scc vs Gas. The game started at 3 pm at Turf City under the hot glaring sun. Both teams were aggressive from the outset, ready to win. In the first 10 minutes, Germans had a couple of chances to score but without success. It was SCC that scored the first goal and did so in the first 15 minutes of the first half. 10 minutes later again with counter attack SCC scored the second goal. One of the SCC player was issued two yellow cards, causing them to continue playing the rest of the game (60 minutes) with 10 players. The first half ended at 2:0. In the second half GAS controlled the game especially in the midfield and SCC relentlessly looked for counter attacks. In the first 20 minutes of the second half, GAS had two good chances to score but luck was with SCC. Last 25 minutes of the game was more concentrated in the midfield and it ended as the same as the end of the first half - SCC – GAS 2-0.