Adecco MOM BEFC vs Sala - Nils Simon

  • Adecco BEFC Man of the Match Award - Nils Simon

BEFC vs Sala matches are always robust and hotly contested affairs. And this one was no different. Nils Simon has already impressed since joining BEFC with his exceptional tackling, explosive runs, encouragement of a better passing game and on field passion. This MOM again was hotly contested, with some other big performances but Nils stood out especially for his shut down of Sala's only true threat in - 'kick it to the fast kid' (a well known TML tactic). Early on Sala were exploiting the pace of their fast number 11 breaking in from the left wing, who Nils stopped brilliantly twice with cover slide tackles. After that we gave Nils the task of shutting 11 out, and he promptly put the fast kid into his back pocket. Without this as attacking option Sala were mostly toothless, relying on punting in high balls to their big guys. This didn't prove much threat to a capable BEFC defence used to that sort of thing.
So for a defensive shut down of Sala's key threat, and bursting runs forward to spark the attack - Nils Simon is the Adecco BEFC Man of the Match.

There were a lot of good performances in this match, especially some of the subsitutions showing real impact in winning balls back and getting control of the game. Sala matches are always battles and it was a good team performance. We started a little slower than they did but improved once we reorganised ourselves in the second half and focused on winning the ball. This control then allowed the passing game to work for us better. Defensively it was great, restricting Sala to one long shot on goal.