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Wednesday evening pickup game (10:7)

We played at Scottsdale Reata field #20 at 8 PM.

So many people registered that Scott had to run two games. Since I arrived early, I was allowed to stay, but at some point he sent everyone else to the other part of the field to play the second game.

Note

We played small goals and received a goal early. Michael tied 1:1 with a nice shot. Then my moments arrived. First, Victor scored a goal after my deflected shot. Then I gave Raka a straight goal pass. He went all the way into the net. Another pass to Charlie, right in front of the empty net. I scored two goals before halftime, both with a bit of dribbling beforehand.

During the break, I talked briefly with a Canadian guy from Montreal about ice hockey. Therefore, when I scored the third goal, he called me "Slavkovsky". But after my fourth goal he called me "son of the bitch":) Then we scored one goal without my participation, and our 10th goal was by Victor after my pass. Then they called it a day.

I already had over 8km, but I felt I wanted to play more. So I headed to the other game, where I immediately subbed in for Chad from Utah. When I received the ball, I was a bit confused which net was ours and went the wrong direction first:) But then Michael explained to me, so I went there and scored the equalizer. It turned out they had been waiting for this tie goal for quite a long time. The winning goal was played, which we scored quickly. So we played another winning goal, another quick. The third winning goal was never scored, as both sides failed to find the net despite plenty of chances.

My end summary was 10.5 km. I felt a bit tired. My left heel blister pad held well. However, I felt some pressure in my knees.