On a cold, fresh sunny afternoon in the premium priced Brussels suburbs.. Vets 1 intended to demonstrate to the elite neighbours some high quality up tempo efficient , Champagne football.. well, that clearly didn't happen but other stories emerged..

In the spirit of learning from our recent slow poor starts and early conceding Matt took a proper warm up on the athletics track leading by example with high knees, thrusting and back heel bottom slaps (more to come on that later)

The chèvre shout got us in the mood to start quickly and aggressively.

Line up as follows:

Penalty hero Tommy in goal

In defence ex 1st teamers with Lolo sweeping, Simon and Lars on the man and dictating the play.

Will took his place as left wing back, Matt on the right.

In centre midfield the silky Serbian Milos, recently arrived from Caspiy Kazakhstan, slightly in front of Ed the protector of the defence. Ra Ra Rafa aiming to unlock their back line with trademark swivel and feint shoulder drops.. behind the front 2 of Golden Boot candidate doesn't miss from anywhere until he does Cian and left foot magician Thierry.. a late comer to the line up at the expense of Horacio who was sadly heading to the hospital after his son fell and was bravely fighting back the blood from a nasty head wound..

Nigel and Dams on the bench to come on and cause the opposition problems when fatigued and pay the 5 euro subsequent reward.. at the same pricing level as a 1 euro per minute massage but with a happy ending in this case..

Emotions were running high from the Ref ID checks with the team reacting slowly to the Captains request to get a move on..

Game started well with good movement from the back going forward orchestrated by Lolo switching play with good passing.. clear from the beginning their number 13 on Lars side was the danger man as highlighted pre game. Good moves down the left with Simon, Will and Rafa gaining ground, making space and the thinking was opportunities must present themselves soon.

Ed winning the 1st, 2nd and 3rd ball and Milos passing it around nicely.. simple play was having an effect. what was lacking was the final perfect run and adequately weighted ball through the defence.. Rafa was excellent on the ball going left, right with the ball at feet.. Will and Matt went through beating the offside trap but chances came and went.. Rafa was through on goal but the attempted chip was mistimed hitting the ground first before the ball. Milos hit the post and the GK stopped it crossing the line by mms.. Will following up and with momentum caressed the keeper's head with his foot much to his anger.. (might be relevant for later..) It was deemed a pass back and RBBFC had the opportunity inside the area but the shot powered over the bar. Was it going to be one of those days..

Time was ticking away in the first half and Matt picked up the ball driving forward..Will in anticipation of a cross managed a few more Km/hs speed to get away from his ageing man and leapt like a salmon to meet the ball and head perfectly cross goal into the top right corner to the dismay of Azur and disbelief and joy of everyone else.. Game on!

More chances for Rafa, Milos, Cian, Thierry, Will followed.. but the play became a bit sloppy with misplaced passes and a lack of killer instinct.. frustration was building and emotions, passions running high.. calls of "be positive guys" by supporter Matthias were falling on deaf ears.

With the sun getting lower and tension mounting at only 1 to 0..Nigel came on to show us what an ex semi pro looks like and interchanged nicely with Milos. Simon now had the dangerous number 13 on his side and gave him little space or chances.. This brought Will back to defend more and afforded Lars more space on the right to go forward and to show his crossing ability but with no-one on the end of it.. Ed, Milos and Cian were driving into the box but unable to get it set up nicely for a decent shot.. Our captain was trying to make things happen with positive effect and although the defence was solid no-one was comfortable.

Our awesome supporters Totti, Neil and Matthias in the crowd were getting nervous as chances came and went with Milos somehow robbed of another attempt off the line. So it came to the last 15 minutes and Matt saw Nigel free and found him in space.. cross came in and Will was quickest to react and find the bottom left hand corner with another diving header.. amid the respectful celebrations the incroyable hulk goalkeeper took exception to being beaten by 2 headers and aimed a wayward kick at the goalscorer and a red card for his trouble.. Azur were broken and done..

Not the finest performance and killer instinct but for one player in particular it was a day to remember and 3 more points to keep the promotion dream alive..

The fun didn't stop there and in the prison style shower set up Matt saw an opportunity to show his "hands on" and cheeky side and left a mark of respect on Lolo.. who was by then almost calm BUTT not happy yet..

Drinks flowed and flowed, Ed, Rafa and Simon received well deserved recognition of their performance. MOM was Good Will and with 2 goals he improved his stats exponentially - expectations will be high and re-calibrated for the next game.

5 more games and Forestois on the 5th.. Let's make it 25 unbeaten, the promotion is still on Boys!!