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Spartacus continued their league play on July 28th with a game against Weston Soccer Club. The game demonstrated the fact, even a team that has been riding a wave of successful results cannot go into a game with the attitude it will be an easy game.

Spartacus had significantly more ball possession than their opponents, but much of that possession translated into very little positive purpose, as Spartacus played sluggish and uninspired football. Defensively, Spartacus lacked their usual poise and tenacity allowing the opposing offence to have opportunities to be menacing when none should have developed.

However, any successful team must achieve positive results when they are performing at a level significantly less than they are capable of, and at half time Spartacus had built a 2-0 lead.

In the second half Spartacus continued to fail to identify the correct tactical build up in a timely fashion when in possession of the ball, as well as invited unnecessary problems when not in possession of the ball as a result of apprehensive play. Nevertheless, Spartacus higher skill level allowed them to improve on their half time lead and finished the game with a 4-0 victory.

Although by the final whistle Spartacus won comfortably on the scoreboard, the game should serve as a lesson that regardless of how good the team might be, the team will struggle in any given game if they are to rely on past performance as a tactical strategy.