CHEVROLET "Winter" CUP " 2008/2009 Finalist

It is a measure of how good we can be on the day when with justice we can say that today the best team lost.(Joseph Marinio) Our opposition ended 2008 in second place to Greve as Sjællands master on goal difference.
 Undefeated Espergærde continued their undefeated run through out the Chevrolet Cup in their group beating all opposition easily to give them a goal difference of 54 v 9. Today was as honourable a defeat as it could possibly be. Five goals were scored against us, so we can not complain that they won the Chevrolet Cup 2009. I could of course mention the string of bad luck that plagued us through out the first half.

1^st Half: Espergærdes opening play with a speculative long shot, nearly caught Simon of guard,. Simon saved it, but smashed his head in to the goal post and suffered a cut under his chin a centimetre long but deep. Less than 1 minute after getting back on his feet the ball was in the back of our net as our team still stood ball watching after the long interrupt. 1 v 0 Esp. Five minutes later and everyone including myself expected the referee to blow for a free kick to Espergærde just outside our box,. Unfortunately because of Emil’s, sense of fair play, Emil  stopped to check that the injured player was ok, Esp continued to play the whistle and seconds later we were behind 2 v 0 Esp. This was an important lesson to our boys, to play to the whistle. ! (Or kick the ball out of play).

After this nightmare start, we really rallied and played some absolutely beautiful football.

  We hit the bar and post twice each, we shot over, around, and across the goal, the goal keeper was bombarded with miss hits and full power and half power shots and headers. The law of averages says eventually the ball must find the net and at last it happened., If ever a goal was hard earned it was this one.

  Oliver scored from the right side to send it over Esps goalkeeper in to the long corner. 2 v 1 Esp.

    Just as bad as the first half started, so ended it, in the same fashion,.Two very good counter attacks  hit us right on half time 4 v 1 Esp. Any neutral observer must surely think it was us that lead 1 v 4. It is was clear to see why Esp have such a large goal difference with some determined and often desperate defending., In the first half except for a double spectacular save from Simon they didn’t miss what few chances they had.

      2^nd Half: What can a trainer say in a situation such as this your team is 4 v 1 behind and playing very very well! “Put the ball in the fuc¤/*;?%g net boys! and continue as you have in the first half.” (We agreed before the game with Espergærde, that even if one team was behind 3 goals, that the other would not use the extra player allowed ... we held to that agreement).

At this point I would like to say that our team tactic to pressure them constantly to stop them from getting into a good rhythm was impressive.  Everyone fought hard, and the very few times we did,t press them, we were heavily punished. Ten minutes into the second half and more combination play by Bagsværd, now with a light breeze in their backs created yet another chance, but this time Thomas J found the net to give us renewed hope. With free space on the right and a good shot that hit the keeper but found the net 4 v 2 Esp, this was an important goal for us. Five minutes later and Thomas J again breached their packed defence.4v3 Esp. The game and theCup was in our reach, but with time running out we needed to throw caution to the wind,. I sent Emil Forward as an extra man in attack. Unfortunately this give Esp good counter attack possibilities and soon after we went  further behind 5v3 Esp.  It could have been worse except for some good saves late in the game by Simon ,as we left ourselves exposed pushing forward. Nothing went in our favour today. With three Bagsværd corners at the end of the game and a late Oliver Strike to finish the game 5v4Esp. We must accept defeat. But one thing is clear we give them a game they will not forget. All the boys received their new white and black training strip, and a medal and consolation Cup from Ølstykke. Well done boys.

Simon , Theis,  Mads, Magnus, Asger, Thomas J, Thomas C, Oliver, Emil.
1st  Half  4 v 1 Espergæde
2nd Half  1 v 3 Bagsværd
Goals        Oliver    2
                  Thomas 2

Man Of The Match : Simon for his heroic attitude, typical of everyone..
Tak for kampen Espergæde og tillykke med sejren og "Fairplay". Vi ses snart ! Kamp rapport er set gennem Bagsværds brille.!
Tak Ølstykke og dommern.

 

    6 Feb. 2009      Chevrolet Cup rund 3

 BBK(1) 11 v 1 Karlslunde 

Karslunde in the autumn of 2009 won convincingly their 2 division group (2 række pulje), with 25 out of 30 maximum points.

  Unfortunately for them they ended up in a winter tournament with 3 very strong 1^st division standard teams. If they had had an easier 1^st division group they will have cleared themselves as an average team at this level. They have several very good individuals, and our high goal tally against them does not reflect on this team’s potential, a team who fought to the bitter end and finally scored a well deserved consolation goal at the end of the game.

   However Bagsværd clinically out played Karslunde in every aspect of team work. Something Karslunde really need to focus on, if they have hopes of making the spring from division 2 to division 1, successfully.

   Karslunde started unlucky with two forced own goals from a Thomas Joe shot and Mads TL pressure. There after except for some very quick counter attacks through the middle of the field Karlunde were for the largest part of the game pressed back in their own half of the pitch.

Simonour goal keeper had a quiet 1^st half but was awake enough to make some saves in the 2^nd half.

   Thomas Cset up many chances for us with his precise passing, scoring 1 goal himself and several assists that set up Oliver A for 4 goals and Thomas J for 4 goals. The highlight of this evening was Thomas Joes solo run along the byline, without any room to work in, He slid past without dribbling 1,2,3,4 and then 5 players, 3 of them fell over each other without getting a tackle in, Thomas then squeezed the ball between the legs of the oncoming goalkeeper. (and i had been concerned that in the latest he has not been himself on the pitch, and maybe the cold winter effects him). Well done Thomas J.

This evening we were effectively missing 3 first team players Magnus, Emil (injured) and Frederik who despite turning up to play had a bad back. (So keen is their enthusiasm to play). Lucky enough it was easy to see he had problems and he therefore Frederik played little part in tonight’s action.

   Stepping forward in a central defence position (he is not very happy for) was William B from the 2^nd team, who is beginning to show himself alongside Mathias TL and possibly Andreas W as reliable reserve players for us. Allowing these 2^nd team players to train with us is giving more depth to the team and heading in the right direction of troop training. William Bs contribution earned him Man of the match, and gives him valuable experience he can take back to the 2^nd team.

     Karslunde have some tough games in front of them against Gladsaxe Hero and Ølstykke and not least against us again. I have however been assured from the Chevrolet Cup organisers that under the competition rules that we have actually already qualified for the Final after this evenings result, If this is correct, (I, m not totally convinced) then I can use the last game against Karlslunde as a training game to try 1^st and 2^nd team players in different positions to that they are used to. I can then save some 1^st team players for the 7 man in doors competition in Top Denmark Hallen, shortly after.

Well done boys, it seems like you have won a very tough group, and deserve to be in the final.

Our opposition will possibly be “Sjælland mester” silver team Espergærde, who appear on the results to be the only quality team in their group. Although they easily beat Frederiksund, .Who we had a drawn 4 v4 against in the autumn of 2008 in division 1.

      Thank you again Karlslunde for a spirited fight,

 

Feb 28 
Chevrolet Cup rund 6 - 2009
Karlslunde3 V 3 BBK(1)

With an easy victory to BBK(1) in the 3rd round of the Chevrolet Cup against the same team as today’s opposition, it seemed on paper to be a formality,.
We have already qualified ourselves to the final and I planned to use the game to experiment a little, if the game went in the same direction as I expected by half time.... so could we play Brazilian !
   However Karslunde over the holiday period notched up a moral boosting good 2 v 5 victory over a strong Ølstykke team, and came fired up to revenge their humiliation against us. 11 v 1!
Against the run of play Karslunde snapped up 2 chances to lead 2 v 0 in the first 15 minutes. Opposite to Karlunde and slow reacting after a lazy long winter holiday, BBK(1) despite having most possession of the ball, lacked sharpness. Ball control (first touch) and shooting were not the best I have seen.
 A compact small pitch allowed a very defensive Karlslund to always get some one behind the ball to block or misdirect our efforts.
We pulled a deserved goal back with a shot into the long corner from Oliver A just before the end of the 1st half.2 v 1,.
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                 After a strong period of BBK(1) pressure, a forced error by Thomas C, forced Karlslunde to score an own goal (credited to Thomas).2 v2 BBK(1). Now we expected to run Karlsunde in over them selves, but this hard fighting team were not finished and again through the middle we allowed them to slip through against the run of play. An unchallenged free runner now put the home team in front again 3 v 2 Karlslunde. Now it was about avoiding a shock result and thoughts of playing "Brazilian" were far away. Good work by Thomas C allowed Thomas J to slot the "expected" equaliser in 3 v 3,BBK(1) although fears of an effective counter attack from Karlslunde remained at the back of my minds.
 It was clear after the game Karlslunde were most happy to hear the referees whistle. We can consol our selves that with a little bit more sharpness (which will come again) today could and should have been a comfortable win.
Magnus JH earned Man of the Match for his more determined attitude.
All credit to Karlslunde, who could finish their winter tournement in 3rd place over Gladsaxe Hero,... which shows the margin between sucsess and failure in this tight group has been very marginal, indeed. Karlslunde with another win could lift themselves from no hopers to also ran,s,. Well done.

 

1st Feb                      Chevrolet Cup 5 rund        2009

 

                                 Ølstykke 1 v 3 BBK(1)

Today we where rewarded for our hard work and not for fine football. I expected a tough fight on a very cold winter day and it took all my resources to get the boys in the right frame of mind to fight of the cold and focus on the game in hand.

   I was constantly after them, and to there credit they responded fantastic. Ølstykke were tough opposition, with good technical ability and physical strength.

Both sides have tightened up dramatically in defence since their crazy 9 v 6 encounter 1 month ago.

Both defences were so difficult that I would guess we scored 3 times out of 6/7 good chances, whilst they scored 1 out of maybe 4/5 good chances.

   The game was full of mistakes, poor passing, poor man marking, desperate last tackles, and uncoordinated play. In return the ball was beaten backwards and forwards in a midfield battle, a battle we where in danger of loosing towards the end of the game as we ran out of steam. But now we were 1 v 3 in front.

  But in between the clumsy rhythm of the game, now and again we also put enough passes together to give us the edge.

Our starting line up included playing with an injured heroic Emil who was a double hat rick hero in the earlier 9 v 6 win over the same team. Emil was now reduced to being a blocker in front of our defence, and we avoided using his incredible running abilities, to reduce the possibility of making his injuries worse. Emil played another fine game. Mads TL although not always doing the correct thing with the ball was lively and active and helped keep the ball in the oppositions half and therefore helped the defence and the rest of the midfield to get their breath back.

Magnus had 2 wild shots at goal in the first 5 minutes of the game , and this give me some satisfaction that at least he dared have a go, something we practiced in training the day before.

 1 half:

 The luxury green grass deceived to give an impression this was a nice summer day, especially when the sun shined through, but make no mistake this was an ice cold winter day. With a wind chill factor well under minus blowing directly in to Bagsværds face.

Ølstykke took the lead from an in swinging free kick. Simon stood in the right place at the right time, but some how it slipped through to give Ølstykke a deserved early lead. 1 v 0 Ølstykke.

   Without really creating any clear cut chances at this stage, a solo dribbling effort and shot from Oliver, equalized just before half time, against the run of play 1 v 1Bagsværd.

2 half:

 The tide changed slowly but surely as Ølstykkes now faced the ice wind, but not before a ten minute period of Ølstykke resistance. We now begun to create more chances and have more play, and finally the deadlock was broken with another Oliver Angus rebound shot at goal that found the net. 1 v 2 Bagsværd.Thomas Joe hit the bar and Ølstykke hit the bar twice in the closing stages to keep the tension there, but finally with another well struck shot, hat trick hero Oliver closed the game to become Man of the match. 1 v 3 Bagsværd..... Result

  Ølstykke were a tough nut to crack and I think Gladsaxe Hero will have a hard time beating them.

We are now in pole position in our group and clear leaders with 9 points. This was a very good victory to put on top of our win against Gladsaxe Hero, last week.

Well done boys.

 

                   I was also out with my other son in this cold winter weather earlier today to see AB go down to Brøndby 0 v 3, and I am still like an ice cube 3 hrs after coming home, but nothing warms me up more than thinking about how good our boys are and what progress they are making.

                                     Med venlig hilsen

                                                  Steven 
In the previous 3 games   BBK(1) 9 v 6 Ølstykke          In the last 3 games  GVI(1) 2 v 4 BBK(1)
                           Gladsaxe  6 v 5 BBK(1)                                               BBK(1) 8 v 3 Gladsaxe
                 Virumsorgenfri  8 v 3 BBK(1)                                            Ølstykke  1 v 3 BBK(1)
                 Goals for 17 goals against 20                           Goals for 15 goals against 6
It is clear to see our new tactics are effective !

 25 Jan                       Chevrolet Cup  Rund 5 - 2009

               BBK(1) 8 v 3 GladsaxeHero
Today we gave our biggest rivals something to think about. After an incredible series of events the last year has seen these very good teams directly opposite each other in the league and cup. Until today all the honours went to Gladsaxe Hero, who won broze in the sjælland championship in October (instead of us), beating us to 1st place in the league,. They then stole the Dansk Bank Cup with a solitary 1 v 0 win in the final and beat us 6 v 5 in the 2nd round of this competition.
  It is difficult to stay cool and calculated and pretend todays game was not important. Besides putting ourselves into 1st place and minimising Gladsaxes chance to go further, it was important for our boys to get recognition for all their hard work over the last year against this team. That we done it so convincingly "crushing" Gladsaxe Hero comes as no shock to me, who has believed all along that we play the better football. The depth of our troup is expanding, and we are quickly adapting to some new fresh ideas tactically ., We are also gradually but surely also becoming less dependent on just a few players who carry the load, although it won,t happen overnight, there are positiv sign on all fronts , that this will get even better. The addition of a dynamic new player to the troup Thomas Curtiss (man of the match) has not threatened any other boys position, but added an exciting new dimension with new possibilities, to our collective work.It also allows me to change out in between some of the other load bearing players.
  The match: Karim (Gladsaxes Hero,s ace player) nearly spoilt our day (like he usually does) by scoring a hattrick in the first 15 minutes.It seemed like a nightmare of a day loomed in front of us ! 0 v 3 Gladsaxe Hero.
   Instead the boys decided without nothing to loose (except the match) ,they might as well have a go. Our games are never boring against Gladsaxe Hero and before the 1st half was finished we had fought our way back into the game to 2 v 3.
 Now i played my biggest gamble! at the start of the 2nd half 3 of the teams load bearers Theis, Oliver and Thomas J sat out, to save energy for the last 4th part of the game, so we could finish strong. The rearranged team now went on to not only equalise to 3 v 3 but went on to score again to 4 v 3, an incredible turn about.
   With one more cast of the dice we could end the game with 3 fresh strong players on the field, already leading. From this point i was not in doubt we would drive home our first victory over Gladsaxe Hero since a training game 1 year before. There was an own goal,5 v 3 there was a penalty 6 v 3 and a goal keeper drop, gifted  to Bagsværd,7 v 3,and another goal8 v 3 ,who without these would have won 5 v 3 anyway. Even Karim (GH)who was heroically carried of the field after a bruising tackle with Oliver(BBK) late in the game could not help them this time.
    Relief and satisfaction, and the hope we don,t meet them again in the leauge in spring were my first thoughts. (Happy to be on top of them with nothing more to prove!) Now their trainer can sit and speculate over them there Bagsværd fighters !
GOALS: Thomas C ..... 2    Man of the match
             Frederik K ....2
          Oliver   A  .....1
          Mads TL .....   1
          Thomas J ...    1
          OG  ...........   1   
When we were 0 v 3 down , i decided not to use an extra man as the rules allow, ( I think this rule disguises a teams weak points and we cannot learn from it), However Gladsaxe from 6 v 3 down used this extra man rule and against 8 men on the pitch we went on to score twice more without reply.
Bagsværd were fantastic this evening.
                          
                                     mvh Steven

 13 Dec 2008  Chevrolet Cup Round 2
GladsaxeHero 6 v 5 BBK(1)
Its hard to be objective and analytical just after a defeat by a team who wont lay down and be put in their place. Not since this time last year in a trainings game were we defeated them by the same result 6 v 5 have we managed to beat them.
  The league and the Dansk Bank Cup went to what has become our nemesis , voodo, or boogie team. We were dynamic , we pressed we pushed we fought and most of all played some really nice football. Thomas Joe was our player who i was convinced would tip the balance in our favour, missing the DBC and being of colour in the league, he also rightly earned Man of the match, carving Gladsaxes defence in to shreds in tonights exciting thriller.
 All our goals came from good movement and good football, unfortunatly with a strong breeze against us in the first half we made a few defence mistakes which were heavily punished. Despite these unlucky breaks and a corner which blew directly in to our goal the defence worked well, and under normal circumstances the law of averages would say that we would slip lightly for some of our mistakes (but we did,nt). But despite our hard working team who in one attack alone, hit the bar twice and the post twice and lead not less than four times in the game the defeat comes as a shock!
   It must also be said that Gladsaxe bounced back time after time to make it another memorable encounter, and the truth is you can not give six goals away and say you deserve to win, against ateam who ended with bronze in the Sjælland championship this year.
   We can have another go at them in the new year were we must win if we are to have a chance to win our group... It is possible, and although Gladsaxe have had the early initiative and ... luck against us, our belief is there. It will not bother me however after our next encounter if we don,t meet them again for another season or two.
    I think seriousely that between us we have 2 of the best 5 teams in Sjælland, right on each others doorstep ! at this moment in time!
The others must be Greve, Espergærde, Gladsaxe,Vallensbæk, and Bagsværd.
Let us see who is on top after we have played another two or three seasons and another 10 / 15 games against each other!
  We are down but not out ! we live to fight another day.
Goals:    Oliver        3
             Thomas J  1
             Emil          1
Team: Simon, Mads TL, Asger FH, Theis, Frederik, Emil, Oliver, Thomas and debutant William who adjusted OK to the much higher tempo and requirement at this level, than that he has been use to.
Træners comment: Another great fight and another great game, well done boys

 7 Dec 2008         Chevrolet Cup rund 1

   BBK (1) 9  v  6 Ølstykke
Our winter program of training with only a few training matches behind us, was not the ideal build up to this hard fought game. ( I have used just so much energy on the 2nd and 3rd teams, to the neglect of the 1st team). However the boys after a poor start and 1 v 3 behind after only ten minutes fought back heroically to go into the 2nd half level 3 v 3.
   There were many tired legs out there today, and our energy level combined with an improving football standard throughout the game finally seen of a determined but ever increasingly tired Ølstykke. Pysically strong and technically good Ølstykke will be a good team in division 1 after winning all their games in division 2.
   Our training games against the physically strong Bagsværd 99 (årgang) proved to be ideal preparation for this game. After loosing the most of our training games (not important) today was a good match to get on the winning trail.
Well done boys.! 
Trainers comment: A typical winter training game where contitions are not always ideal for good technical football and the focus moves over to the pysical duel ,which we won today.
Man of the match : Emil  with not less than 6 goals. (offensive midfield)
                            Oliver 1     goal                        (defensive midfield)
                            Thomas J   2 goals                    (right midfield (and left)

Team: Simon , Frederik , Magnus , Mads , Thomas J , Emil , Oliver , Asger , Theis.