Monday 22 March 2010

Peña Compadres 5 - Marbella Paraiso 0

A great performance by the Los Compadres team against the visitors from Marbella Paraiso, who put on a good battle, but only had one real shot on goal thanks to some great defending by Yousef, Moreno & Miguel.  This came from a free kick in the second half, which was well executed, but the goal was denied by a fantastic save by Benito.
German opened the scoresheet after just a few minutes, followed by an incredible free kick conversion by Yousef.  John did a great job in the midfield, despite being closely marked throughout and Jorge made some good attacks up front.  Sergio was also marked tightly, but put on a great performance and lined up a couple of great passes in front of the goal, converted by Moreno and Juampe.  Manzano also scored a brilliant goal from a fast ball down the right wing.  The whole team gave it their all from start to finish and definitely deserved to win these important 3 points .....well done! 

Half time : 3-0
Full time : 5-0
Goal scorers : German, Yousef, Moreno, Manzano, Juampe

Sunday 14 March 2010

Tiro Pichón 0 - Peña Compadres 3


A well contested match, which went into half time with no goals, although Peña Compadres had mostly dominated but with a few missed chances. Sergio Esteban opened the score sheet by scoring from a penalty shortly after the start of the second half, and then scored a second goal as the Compadres visitors started to find their form and put together some good attacking moves.  The third goal was a cracker from Antonio, to secure these important there points for Compadres.
Half time : 0-0
Full time : 0-3
Goal scorers : Sergio Esteban (2), Antonio

John does well at the Centre of Excellence 2010 in Colchester

After a busy four days of football in Colchester, John came back happy to report that the training and match had all gone very well.  He made some new footballing friends and really enjoyed the experience of the English game - and playing on grass... with metal studs as the ground was very soft and muddy.  He really enjoyed the drills in practice and was delighted to be chosen to start the match on Sunday against Wycombe Wanderers.  It was 9-a-side, so another new experience, and the match was played in four "halves" of 20 minutes each.  Colchester have invited John back in the Summer to do some more training, so watch this space for more news!

Sunday 7 March 2010

Colchester United 5 - Wycombe Wanderers 3

A great result for John's first international invitation! 
He was very pleased to start the match, and made a worthy contribution - as well as being involved in some great team moves, he did a spectacular save to keep a clean scoresheet to keep the lead at 2-0 after the first 40 minutes.
Half time : 2-0
Full time : 5-3

Saturday 6 March 2010

John trains at University of Essex

John heads back in from a great training session on the grass pitch of the University of Essex in Colchester, on a very bright but cold day.  The training was taken by an official FA coach, which was a fantastic experience, and as a Man Utd fan, John was very impressed when he heard that he used to train Wayne Rooney! 
By chance, the official photographer was also there for the Saturday training so John got some mug shots taken - we will post them on the blog when we receive them.

Peña Compadres vs Malaga CF - Suspended

The match had barely started when the clouds opened and torrential rain soon flooded the pitch.  After just a few minutes, the decision to suspend the match was an easy one to make.  John was in England this weekend to train with Colchester, and was sorry to hear the weather in Marbella was so bad, but delighted to not have missed the match!

Friday 5 March 2010

New boots for the grass!

John needs some metal studs for playing in the grass ..... don't suppose they will look that nice and shiny for long!

Thursday 4 March 2010

Shrub End Community Centre training

The Centre for Excellence U11 coach Phil welcomed John to his first training session with Colchester United.  As always, John couldn't wait to get started, even though he had just flown in from Málaga.  It was cold, but clear, and the two hour training went very quickly.  Unfortunately it was getting dark, so there weren't many photo opportunities!

John Wallace heads for Colchester

The Colchester United Centre of Excellence invited John a few weeks ago to go to have some trials, do a bit of training and play a match with the U11 team, so John is heading off to England today on an exciting trip!  He will go straight from Stansted airport to the training ground at Shrub End this afternoon, and then train again for two hours on Saturday, before playing a league match against Wycombe Wanderers on Sunday.  Good luck John & play well!