The players are mostly the same athletes as the Man United and Chelseas. However, the technical skills of the players are clearly not as exact and precise as a Juan Mata or Suarez. For examples, passes were consistently a little off, so the defender could jump in. Or the right wing/outside half of Leyton could not receive the ball cleanly even though he could easily blow by the opposing back.
Fans are totally into it: Parents, sons/daugthers, grandparents.Nice atmosphere overall and you can feel there is a lot of history here. The coolest thing I saw was a stadium official approach the handicap section on the sideline with a full team set (real teapot) to serve them. So cool.
(The bastard did not offer me any but that is OK
I was right on the field for this match-probably the last time that happens!.
Peterborough had a dominant back four with the outside backs very talented and making effective runs and crosses to the midfield and one decent forward. The second half, the left back was involved in many puhes forward and really wore out the Leyton midfield.
Leyton had a weak midfield offensively but worked hard. They counterattacked and connected with the one good forward and hit the post in the first half. The forward scored on a nice flick header via a corner to make the stadium (called "Matchstadium" original right?) go nuts.
Late in the second half the midfield was dying and should have been subbed. Two really quick goals, one a nice blast from the top of the penalty area with no defender within 5 yards of him, and second giveawy under pressure by the weak mid let to a tap in-game over. Crowd was very quiet but huge turnout of loud Peterborough fans.
Tomorrow (Sunday Feb 9th) I see the "spurs" play Everton at the home field Tottenham. The spurs goalie is Tim Howard of the US. Did you know that the US for some reason is well known in soccer for it's goalkeeper development?
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