Careless talk costs lives as they say. But careless passing has painful outcomes too. In truth, Slough were much improved on their opening match but some sloppy work put them one down against Club an der Alster in less than a minute. Ashleigh Ball managed to equalise on the ten minute mark but Alster were back in the lead shortly afterwards and scored a third on 15 minutes. A penalty stroke award was thankfully put away by Jane Smith shortly before the break, but that was Slough's last goal of the match, Alster clocking up three second half goals to take the game 6-2.
Overall Slough looked more composed and played the match at their pace rather than getting sucked into the frenetic pace seen in their first match. They meet the Russians from Vympel tomorrow and three points could see Slough enter the relegation pool with a chance of avoiding the drop. Anything but a win could doom their chances of staying in the top European indoor competition.
