Look out for Neymar!

Did you see any of the football that was played in Brazil in the schools holidays last month. There was a tournament called the Confederations Cup. Brazil beat Spain in the finals. One of the things I enjoyed about Brazil was watching a player called Neymar. Last year he played for a club called Santos in Brazil, but starting this next season, he'll be playing for Barcelona. Barcelona paid over $100 million so he would play for them! He has some amazing moves! His top 10 goals from last season and the highlights from the final are below. Neymar scored Brazil's second goal in the final and set up the first. Enjoy!

Raiders vs Annerley Hawks

Our best "working as a team" effort ever! I don't know if you remember our first games of the season, but we've come a long way since then, when I used to count the number of good passes in a game on one hand. I'd have need the whole team's fingers and toes to count all the good passes I saw today! The highlights for me were:

• Ralph running with the ball down the right side of the field from half way, crossing it into the goal mouth where Geordan threw his left foot out and got a touch on it to score! Ralph's effort, amongst others, earned him the player of the match award.
• Alex and Mateo solid as a rock in defence in the first half. Some great moments where they worked together with passes to get the ball up the field. 
• Harry's well taken goal in the second half to give us the win.
• Jadrian's run with the ball from half way getting to a one-on-one with the goal keeper. Ethan had a couple of good chances in attach too.
• Christos and Joshua not giving up and getting some good passes away.
• And finally a shout out to Geordan's knee which saved a goal right at the end!

Really proud of everyone. It always feels nice to have a win every now and then. I think all of us parents on the sidelines enjoyed this game too. Well done! Here's a few photos...