Anyway, as was alluded to earlier, the game started out in Daejeon's favor almost immediately.  They were hungrier than us at the outset, and it should be no surprise then, that it was Daejeon who struck first.  While their striker appeared quite offside, he none-the-less made the best of a non-call and slid a ball into the the corner of the net.  The carpet lent to that goal with our keeper getting a little piece, but the ball certainly skipped where it wouldn't have on another pitch.  Still, 1-0 to the home team.  With Daejeon essentially controlling the flow of the game, we were awarded a free kick from the top of the 18 because their keeper held the ball for a little too long (the 6 second rule was in full swing today).  Ever thinking, Guillaume [season:1goal, 1 assist] calmly slid the ball over to Alastair [season:1 goal], who (with the Daejeon boys still arguing the call), blasted a shot dead center of the goal.  The keeper got a hand on it, but it appeared simply too hot to handle: 1-1.  Play resumed much in our favor after that.  We were smart on the ball, passed well, and made a few nice runs.  Shortly before the half, a ball was knocked out of bounds.  Kevin [season:1 assist] threw a perfect pass which Guillaume got a good head on, thus resulting in 2-1 halftime lead.

　

  In the second half, the floodgates were indeed opened, or we can at least say the dam had a leak in it as the last 45 minutes featured 5 goals in total.  The home team found the back of the net after we didn't exactly play the whistle (although everyone keeps yelling that we should), on what was undoubtedly a hand ball on Daejeon's part.  Needless to say, with a bit of yelling added with a bit of confusion, the equation was that the home team found themselves in a tie (2-2)after they basically waltzed through the middle to hit a low hard shot passed the keeper.  Play resumed and it not too long after that the home team struck again from the left side putting them in the lead 3-2.  Showing grit and determination (after all, we did pay 50,000 won to go down there, and we didn't want to come back with a loss) from a corner kick, Karl (season: 2 assists) found Evan [season: 4 goals, 1 assist] who laid his noggin on the ball with enough force to drive it home: 3-3.  Not to be outdone, Daejeon soon after played a high ball that was ill-played, and their forward found the net from a most ghastly angle.  The ball must have had a homing beacon or some magnetic lace in it because it was almost struck from the baseline.  After its miraculous teleportation, the ball found itself resting in the back of our goal for a 4-3 Daejeon lead.  This is when the Harriers dug deep.  After some nice play on our part, Karl passed a through ball to Evan.  The ball skirted around, hitting a few Daejeon players, but Evan kept with it and blasted the ball from the top of the 6 yard box so hard that Oliver Kahn would have been afraid to step in front of it.  Okay, not Kahn, but certainly any other goalie besides him: 4-4.  While George hit the crossbar with a laser in the second half, and a`few others had some go wide, the keeper was able to get his hands on the other Harrier shots and the game ended in a tie.  Not bad, it still puts points on the board for us (well, one anyway).

 

*Notes:

              With all due respect, we are not yet firing on all cylinders.  It has been mentioned that we put great expectations on this season, and needless to say, we are not exactly living up to them.  We are not out of the running, but we need to step up and play Harrier football.  We are a deep team, with a plethora of talent, we simply have to get our heads in the game and play like every team is better than us.  No one is going to roll over and and give us a 'W' (which we don't have as of yet).  I am not saying that I think that we deserve anything, what I am saying is what I hear, and that's that we need to play to our potential, not the other team's.  On an aside, it should be mentioned that many of our players not only shared the pitch this week, but they also shared the soap in a local bath house after the game - now that's team unity!  A special mention goes out this week to Yann, Guillaume's young son, who came all the way from Seoul to support the team by fervently playing on the sidelines with me when dad was working his butt off on the field.  Next week is SBFC, we have the potential, now lets live up to it ...