FREEBETS4ALLFC (0) 4 BUTLER BENFICA (2) 3

An action packed thriller at Southglades.
BBFC first ever EMPAL match on artificial turf.
Nothing fake about the first half display from the Crows.
The midweek training sessions paid dividends with a fine display of confident, possession football , dominating throughout.
Appleby pile driver and a Newman deflected fee kick, 0-2.
A late tackle, an over reaction and a mini pitch invasion from the ASBO home crowd resulting in Butler's ex Barca professional  Fedy being frog marched off the pitch with a bear hug from a gorilla of a man, or was it a whale?

And so the second half collapse - three goals conceded in the first 15 minutes. 2-3.
Half time warnings of complacency, need to keep talking , passing and moving, play the SIMPLE ball fell on deaf ears.
A Gibbs yellow card for a karate kick on a midget.
Another Appleby pile driver 3-3.
Another bad goal conceded 4-3.
Another defeat from the jaws of victory.

Fourth bottom or ninth top anyone?
All part of the learning curve i hope...

EG