After a mere thirteen years away from the field, Charles made his triumphant return to the pitch. He played in a calcetto match (five on five) with some English guys from work and some of their friends. Even after warning them that he hadn't kicked a soccer ball in about thirteen years they were still happy to have him on the field rather than cancel their game, so I guess in the end, any warm body would have done.
Well, as it turns out, he's still a pretty decent player after all of these years. He still remembers how to play the game well, it's just shaking off the rust that's the problem. With his team up 2-0, he made a terrible pass across the middle of the field and was immediately scored on! He knows better than that but sometimes you have to learn/remember the hard way. Other than a few bad passes and the inability to run for more than 5 minutes straight without sucking air, he had a rather good showing. In fact, he scored a goal and played some solid defense for the most part. Though in the end his time lost in a fairly competitive match.
His teammates were quite relieved to find out that he is actually a decent player and they have invited him back this week. Just in time for my aching bones to finally feel normal again. That next day was a rough one, actually, the next 4 days were pretty rough but hopefully after a few more matches we'll get a win and my body will get used to a little physical activity again.
p.s. Allie took video of this debacle and hopefully we can figure out a way to get it onto the website for you all to join in on the laughs.
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