At last……. We finally played a game of football.
The pitch may not have been fantastic , a little sticky in places but generally not bad.
Game started off at a quick pace we closed well in midfield and gave them little time, However we gave away a early goal. A long ball down the right and we were caught out. Dubai was caught out to far up field and Josh a little slow off his line. The good thing was we didn’t let our heads drop in fact we started to play some football. The first real chance feel to Mario who just put it wide. After that we started to build some real pressure. The defence kept firm and must of caught there player offside around 30 times with Chris having a real battle with there number 10. With Connor and Sam passing the ball forward at every opportunity Charne and Carl were creating chances for the forwards. To be honest we should of scored at least twice with chances falling Kevin,Archie, Mario and Sam. I don’t how but we finished the first half 0.1 down.
Second half was always going to be difficult with the wind against us, We started a bit slowly and they had a chance in the first minute. Then 10 minutes in they made it 2.0 a very long ball down that went flying with wind and they scored as we were outnumbered at the back. Still we carried on battling. Josh made two fantastic saves, they hit the post twice and also shot wide with a open goal. Yes we rode our luck a bit but we deserved it. Finally we got the break we deserved Connor and Louie combined in the middle and set Sam through who finished superbly 1.2 back in the game. We quickly had another chance by Mario which was well saved by their goalie. Sam also had another shot well saved by their goalie and they were rattled. all they had to offer was the long ball. There was only one team playing football !
A few corners and still no Joy, Charne was unlucky with one run and Kevin had a excellent chance to make all square. However it was not be our day with 5 mins to go we got caught trying to over play and they scored a very good goal. The last 5 mins pitted out to nothing.
A few points to think about, try to strike the ball cleanly and dont be afraid to use your weaker foot. Sometimes play the ball the way you are facing dont turn into trouble. Play ball back turn and look for space behind the defenders. When passing the ball lets also look to play the ball behind a defence.
Training bring please wear the yellow top for training. Please bring both boots and Astro tomorrow
Remember positive attitude at training, messing around will not be tolerated as we now have a large squad.
Keith MotM Chris
See you all tomorrow
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