A good finish to a hard fought game …..

Today’s squad Frankie, Tom, Morgan, Edonis, Bucks, Chris, Louis, Saul, Jed, Connor, Theo, Gabe, Arlind, Joel and Reynolds.

To be honest this is one of the smallest pitches with smallest goals that you will play on this season. We started off well, true it was 10 v 11 but you have to play what is in front. Theo made some good early runs while Jed and Chris were causing problems out wide. However the first real chance fell to them. They broke down our right and played a early ball in only for the forward to head over. A little asleep at the the back. With ten minutes gone we broke down the left Jed and Theo combined to play in Connor who finished in the bottom corner. 0.1

Very soon after it was 0.2 Theo was played in and was taken out just outside the box. Originally the referee played on, but no advantage so he pulled it back for the free kick. Tom drove the ball into the bottom corner. However we were not to have it all our own way. from a corner the ball pinged around and after two or three ricochets its was forced home 1.2

The rest of the first half we were the better team but they were good on the counter and we seemed sluggish at the back. Reynolds was unlucky with a good run and shot down the right and Gabe was unlucky with a couple of his chances. Half Time 1.2

Second half started and Nick went to three at the back to try and swarm the midfield. Chris was unlucky with a run and shot that could of easily been a penalty. Soon after a speculative long ball fell just between Frankie and the defense 9 times out of 10 you would bet on Frankie to clear but this time it just got caught under his feet and they rolled it into a empty net. 2.2

The next ten minutes we were under pressure a bit and eventually after having a couple opportunities to clear the ball got played across to an unmarked player who smashed it in 3.2

After weathering the pressure we started to come back into the game another corner and this time Louis first hit the cross bar and then followed his own shot in to bundle it over the line just 3.3. We were now back in the ascendancy, they were still a threat and Morgan, Edonis and Frankie made some important interceptions and clearances.

Nick kept rolling the changes and Connor’s first touch when he came back on was to score in the far corner. 3.4 A good team goal that was fully deserved. You did let your heads drop and you kept pressing. Five minutes later a short corner between Connor and Chris got half cleared Tom picked up the clearance and rifled a shot into the Top corner. Game over , you saw their heads drop and you were still pushing. 3.5

Chris was now wrecking havoc down the left and must of won three free kicks in quick succession, It was from another break down the left and he cut inside, sold one player a dummy and the next player just kicked him . PENALTY. even the referee said he hadn’t seen a more blatant penalty for a long time. Tom took the penalty and made 3.6

Last few minutes and you still created a few half chances but no lucky seven. The referee warned a couple of their players for wreck-less tackles and even warned them that on another day they would gotten yellow cards. Final whistle went 3.6

MoTM: Again a few candidates Chris had a great second half and didn’t stop running and creating chances, Connor two goals , won the ball back a lot whilst always playing his passing game, but today’s MoTM was Tom he got a hat trick a really good free kick, a cool penalty while under pressure and a thunderbolt to finish.

All of you played well, alot of players played in positions to help the team rather than in their preferred, but that is why its a team sport. Without this we would not be playing as well as we are.

See you all at training Tomorrow