ABOVE: ONE OF THE MANY YOUNG FANS IN THE STANDS AT RAP! 
GREAT tv COVERAGE, TOO BAD NOT MORE OF THE VICTORIA GAMES WHERE ON FREE-TV! BELOW:JAPANESE FREE KICK, LOTS OF MOVEMENT IN THE BOX!
The game had moments of drama and excitement, the first three goals (2 on PKs) gave the fans something to cheer for but the 2nd Czech goal - looked dubious - would have liked to see a replay (but replays on questionable calls where not shown in the stadium!)- looked like the player really embellished the dive! But in the closing minutes of the game it looked like their was a blatant hand ball in the box by a Czech defender on the line - ref gave a corner kick!
Surprising to see the Japanese give up a 2 goal lead, but they sat back especially in the second halfand tried to defend it instead of continuing to play their attacking game - bad tactics!
Something we WON'T see from the lakeHill u12 Gold teams this season (Coach Mario will have the lads running and scoring for the full time in each match!)!
126+ minutes of PURE excitement including 13 penalty kicks 3 in regulation time (3 misses in the Shoot Out!)final SCORE: Czechs 3 goals (all on 'dead balls') - Japan 2 goals
Czechs 4 goals to Japans 3 in the Shoot-out
Yellow Cards: 'lots' in the second half!
Red cards: 1 to both teams
Thanks to the Victoria SOC for a great event!
