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WILL PORTO EVER BEAT COULSON?
Do you believe in 'jinx', if there is something like that well FC Porto are in something sort of a jinx. And they need something like a miracle to break it. One reggae legend sang, 'he who fights and run away lives to fight another day', little did he know that we have our friends (Porto) who will go through such things.
Firstly was the much awaited Coulson-Porto league match on the 3rd of November at NUST grounds. The Porto administrators made a terrible mistake of talking too much about this match before it was played, but I think on a positive note, it brought about almost the largest crowd to watch a match, the entire season!.
Well the cool and calm Coulson did not sweat to beat the more ambitious FC Porto, the match only needed two goal to send a clear fulfillment of the proverb which goes like 'empty vessels make too much noise'. Porto's defeat was very painful, imagine losing by two goals in the second half after threatening your opponents' goal for the better part of the first half. You know what, I feel pity for the Coulson golie Botha, yes it's not a mistake, you know Botha as the Coulson right back but did you know that he featured on two Coulson matches as a golie and those were Coulson's 2-0 and 1-0 wins against Porto and Masavhaya respectively, I was saying I felt pity for him because in the first half he was kept busy by the Porto marauding striker Kazza, three clear chances were missed by Kazza, I think if those chances could have fallen to Coulson striker Simba he could have burried all of them. Thanx to the big Coulson defender Day, Kazza was dealt with in the second half and that made Botha go to some sort of a holiday.
Then came the moment Porto would like to forget quickly, Coulson was awarded with two goals after a few chances were created.
As if it was not enough Porto officials organised a friendly match against Coulson in pretence that it was a celebration match since Coulson has just clinched the league title. At half time Porto was leading 3-1 after Kazza capitalised on a terrible mistake by the Coulson right back, Botha, to score the opening goal. Kazza then added another one. Just at the stroke of the first half, new acquisition Jerry pulled one for Coulson.
Before they settled in the second half Botha made it 3-2, Jerry became a menace in the last ten minutes with a good combination with Day from the back he scored two more goals to make it three for himself and four for Coulson.
Yes Porto lives to fight another day.
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