What Fabian Lorca didn't like about the U17 coaching staff on Saturday during the season opener in the Bezirksliga away against JSG Masterhausen was that the team let themselves be too influenced by the host's play 🤔. On the other hand, his summary of how his protégés faced the task and what they made of it is positive 💪.
We didn't let ourselves be intimidated and proved ourselves in a war of attrition with many tackles ⚔️. There was hardly any opportunity to shine with skillful play on the grass pitch in Mittelstrimmig ✨. Nevertheless, the 4-1 (3-1) victory was a deserved result for the youth players from the Ahr Valley 🏆.
Even before halftime, the district town players laid the foundation for the first three points of the season 🥅. Even the interim 1-1 score (25th minute), after Alexander Braun had put his team in the lead 0-1 (15th minute), didn't deter the team coached by Joe Yankey, Fabian Lorca, Jürgen Deutsch, and Karl-Heinz Classen from their path to success 🛤️. Mohamed Al Abd, assisted by Lorian Diabi (37th minute), and Elias Ensafi (39th minute) with a direct free kick, scored two more goals to secure a comfortable two-goal lead at halftime ⚽️⚽️.
Winger Mathis Schmidgen scored the goal for the final 4-1 score, heading the ball in after a precise cross from Julien Kuhn 🎯. Lorca summarized the game as follows: "More than just a mandatory exercise, but no reason to go crazy!" 😅
On the upcoming match day, the U17 will once again face a promoted team 🚍. The kick-off against JSG Rheinhöhen, who lost 1-5 to JSG Hunsrück-Mittelrhein at the start of the season, will take place on the artificial turf pitch in Urbar at 1:30 PM ⏰.
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