Scotland (8) v (5) Zimbabwe

Scotland and Zimbabwe provided an absolutely thrilling game of head to head competition proving to be two teams that were closely matched in their abilities and determination.

Scotland came out the winner at the end of the match scoring their final 3 goals in the last two minutes of the game bringing the scores to 8-5 at the end.

There was a lot of passing back and forth between Scotland's Alec Wade, Kevin Begley and Michael Brannan in the middle of the field while they searched for an opening which they eventually found and made a clear pass to score the first goal of the game.

The strong attack of Scotland was equally matched by the unrelenting defence from Zimbabwe making it possible to be anyone's game.

Number 9 for Zimbabwe scored a super shot on an angle into the goals which was immediately followed by another goal for Zimbabwe by Vincent Chawanda.

These two goals immediately sprung Scotland back into play and forced them to move into a strong attack with Wade scoring another goal not long after. This fast play up and down the field kept both goal keepers extremely busy and on alert.

Zimbabwe and Scotland were at each other's tail playing a game that consisted of back to back goal scoring leaving the crowd in anticipation for the next goal and the scores level at half time on 4 all. At the beginning of the second half Zimbabwe caught the lead with another goal in the first 30 seconds which forced Scotland to get brutal in their attack and score another goal to level the scores yet again. Both teams were displaying absolutely brilliant defence and attack and put all their power into every step of the game. For the first 12 minutes of the game both teams were neck-to-neck. In the last two minutes of the game, from having the scores level at 5 all, Scotland really pushed into attack mode and Brannan and Begley scored 3 goals between them taking the lead and winning the match against Zimbabwe.

End result was 8-5 in favour of Scotland. By: Judith Kirszbaum

Photos: Photoworx