Halloween Horror For Liberton

Edinburgh University 2s set about rectifying their “Liverpool” start to the season by actually winning a game of football in the league on Saturday. None of their big names were rested for Wednesday when the side travels to RGU in a bid to keep the chance of winning the BUCS Cup alive, although, this may be because the team lacks big names…Scott Macfarlane however did pick up an injury in the warm-up, meaning that Benji Antoni started his first match of the season on the left of midfield. This change helped Burgh to a comfortable 5-0 thrashing over Liberton, with the pacey winger helping himself too 2 goals.
Burgh started the game with very good possession, yet once more they lacked the final cutting edge when opportunities arose in the final third of the pitch. Liberton, on the other hand, opted for a route one approach, letting the low sun hamper the defenders clearances and hoping to pick up the pieces. Yet, the away side soon got frustrated when the defence stood firm to any attack mounted. Ed Senior however, picked up a knock and had to be replaced by Steve Kenny.
Not long after this Burgh earned their first corner of the game. Calum Erskine swung it in and the ball came out to Jamie ‘the machine’ Sime, who should maybe consider adding ‘goal’ into his nickname somewhere, at the far corner of the box. The right winger didn’t hesitate to smash the ball through the crowd into the left hand side of the goal, giving him his 4th goal of the season and setting Edinburgh on their way.
Edinburgh put themselves into a domineering position 5 minutes later, when Sime rode a challenge on the right, then delivered an inch perfect cross to the far post where Antoni powerfully headed the ball into the top corner, putting Burgh 2-0 up. The goal had come after some wonderful passing football from Edinburgh, enough to torment any side in the LAEFA League.
2-0 it remained until half-time, yet the second half saw the home side come out slowly. Liberton fought hard to try and get back into the game, but the defence easily coped and Dave Meehan, who had an exceptional game, was constantly tenacious in midfield breaking up any mounting attacks.
Stuart Robertson saw fit to make changes to his side and the switches had immediate impacts. Thomas Heemskerk, who replaced Maxwell on the right of midfield, leaving Sime to move into the centre, played a lovely one-two with Nick Ghamgosar on the wing and with his third touch of the ball delivered a driven cross to the front post area, where Antoni grabbed his second and Burgh’s third putting the game out of reach for Liberton.
Edinburgh’s 4th came from Mario Velez. The striker who had replaced Erskine showed unbelievable footwork, driving across the edge of the box, keeping the ball constantly out of reach of each defender he by-passed, before firing the ball low into the left corner of the goal.
Kyle O’Neill later completed the scoring, heading home to put some extra gloss on the score sheet. The striker now has four for the season, joint second in the goal scoring tally behind strike-partner Erskine, who has 5. However, Burgh now has another 3 points on the board and will look to add to their total in order to stake a serious claim for the title.