Yeah, choke, choke… let me explain
Ok, we had a game tonight and the first half felt really good. I scored a goal and finally broke the slump that I’ve been in with scoring (about time!). We were playing really well, and we ended up scoring 3 unanswered goals.
Well, not everything was great, every time I held the ball longer than a few seconds, the other team just wiped me out! The one guy gave me pretty awful dead leg. Just rammed his knee into my thigh because I beat him. This is one of the things I’ve been afraid of since I started playing over 30. I’m still a bit quicker than a lot of the guys because I’m young, and they don’t realize they are 20 pounds heavier and 20 percent slower than they used to be. I just hope I don’t get seriously injured by this sometime. So, by the end of the game I was hit from behind on a header, tripped, kicked, both my ankles are banged up and I have carpet burn on both knees. (Indoor so we play on turf.) The second half was even worse with the fouling.
That’s not the worst part though. The second half we didn’t score at all and they scored 4 goals! I botched atleast 3 or 4 chances. So, we ended up losing. Talk about a major choke! Ugh it’s so frustrating. I wish we could just play consistently.
Oh well, I guess there’s always next year… 😉
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