Futsal Peninsula Team

For the photos from the boys finals against Alianza, New York, please check out:-

https://www.facebook.com/snapshotsbydawn/

Final Score 2-4 to Alianza FC

For photos of our game against Galaxy FC check out:-

https://www.facebook.com/snapshotsbydawn/

Final score 4-0 to Peninsula FC

For all the snaps from our game against Rose City of the USA please check out:-

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Final score 3-6 to Rose City USA

⚽️COACH’S SUMMARY⚽️
Very proud of our boys, going down fighting to FC Barcelona 0-14 after what was a superb first half effort in particular, earning accolades from other international coaches here for holding out the superstars for big periods of match.
Nil All for nearly half the first half!
0-1 for over 75% of first half!
Starting to create our own opportunities and believing the ‘Miracle at Blanes’ just may be possible. The top bar was hit from a corner play, we forced super 1v1 saves from the Barca Keeper, if we just had that bit of luck we could have been on the scoreboard and close the margin to 1 or 2 goals at half time.
However. 3 classy late Barca goals in last 2-3 minutes of the first half saw us down 0-5 at the break, a cruel but still very praiseworthy score line for our exceptional defensive effort and discipline, against the relentless iconic Barca possession game!!

Second Half saw the combination of our boys trying that bit too hard to ‘press’ and force Barca mistakes and buy a cheap goal or two. But Barca don’t make those mistakes, and started to elevate their game to a level we’d not encountered before in a killer 10 minute spell where they nailed every pass, run, shot and gave us a scoring clinic!
At 0-12 or 0-13 with plenty time on clock, it could have ended up over 20 goals, but a late gutsy stubborn display ‘held’ Barca to 0-14 with a few near misses from us again.

In summary, an amazing experience to see our boys perform so incredibly well to frustrate Barca for most (95%) of the first half, and nearly score multiple times ourselves. But the ultimate compliment to our Peninsula Futsal Team had to be that FC Barcelona had to find another gear to kill us off in that second half, that I’m sure they thought they’d only need to use in the expected Grand Final against Rio (Brazil) - we earned their respect, and forced them to produce their ‘A’ Game, which was very satisfying and rewarding!

Thanks to Dawn (“Snapshots by Dawn Bordin”) for taking a stunning set of captured moments from the boys “game of a lifetime”.

Plenty of compliments from other coaches over here. Key stat for our boys is they kept Barcelona from scoring for the first quarter of the game.

Evening all back home. Quick message from the coach re the upcoming game against Barcelona.
Our measure of success is just learning from and enjoying being on the court with a team ‘from another planet’ in FC Barcelona. If we can make them earn every goal they get with uncompromising defence, and create some scoring opportunities ourselves, then we’ve done exceptionally well! A goal or two for us would be the icing on the cake.

Hi everyone, game one against Barcelona FC (yes, the boys are playing Barcelona FC first up!) will be live streamed at 3pm local time which is 12am Brisbane time. (Wednesday midnight)I know it’s early but his is the one and only chance the boys will have to take on the world’s best. Aussie, Aussies, Aussies..........

The Peninsula Team have now arrived in Blane ready for the 2017 World Futsal Cup.

http://usafutsal.com/peninsula-futsal-ready-to-conquer-europe/

Peninsula Futsal ready to conquer Europe Leia em Português | Lea en Español The World Futsal Cup VI will take place in Spain this December and will feature teams from countries like Brazil, Spain and England. Among them is Peninsula Futsal, a club that has impressed their Australia with their impressive... ...

Article published in today's Redcliffe Herald on page 12

Thanks again to Packer Leather for inviting the team to be part of their Family Fun Day, the boys had a great time and we all enjoyed listening to our super coach Scott Jimmieson during his radio interview with 96.5 FM........a great day had by all!