Boca Seniors! 22/09/03 ____________________________________________________________________
Tom Baker had his own game to
deal with, Jack Gooding had his lovely girlfriend and mother to contend with,
Sam Pike was in London watching Amy Pike and Carrie Churches perform Les Miserables on stage (well done to
them), Josef was ill and James came along but also went home ill before he
could play. There was also no sign of
Jamie Godwin at kick off so Aaron was lined up to play in both games. Andy took control of both teams.
The Yellow Team were first on
- The line up was:
Aaron
Zac Jack
Oscar
Jamie
C Mark
Sam B
Rolling Subs: Luke, Jay &
Tom
We kicked off and straight
away Boco attacked with a big kick from their ‘keeper which their Max lookalike
chased but Zac chased back and cleared the danger for a corner. The corner was crossed over and at the back
post the attacker was waiting unmarked to fire it back across goal into the top
corner of the net 1-0.
Another corner to Boco is
well hit, half cleared but sent back into the danger area where Zac tried to intercept it but only
succeeded in diverting it past Aaron 2-0.
In response, Jamie got the
ball in midfield and went for a run down the left wing but was tackled for a
throw. A ball was played into our area,
Oscar was unable to stop it but Aaron was on hand to make the save. Next the ball looked to have gone for a throw
but was waved on. It was played into our
area where Aaron made a stop, was played back into the area and Jack lost his
boot and just missed Aaron as they both went for the ball. Aaron got it and made a great save. Another melee in our area where first Tom
then Jack and finally Aaron blocked shots and saved a goal.
For the second half Boco launched straight into
us. They won a throw which Jack headed upwards. It bounced a few times on the dry surface
with Aaron unable to grasp it and ultimately bounced into the net 3-0.
The ball was then played past our defence, Aaron came out with both Tom
and Zac getting back and all combined to stop a shot, which appeared to be
going out. Our players stopped and Boco
didn’t. The attacker just kept it in and
squared it to their other forward who stood alone by an open goal 4-0.
A big kick by Aaron went out for a throw in their
half. Mark won it and beat three players
before being tackled by a fourth and the ball went out for a throw. Another throw to Tom was crossed in and
handled just outside of the box. Tom
took it but dragged the ball wide of the right hand upright. Near the end, Boco won a corner. It was hit hard and went in off of Aaron 5-0. In the last minute Tom
stormed through and shot, but the ‘keeper made a great save.
Man of the Match – Chosen by Tim Carreyett, for
always looking dangerous when he had the ball – Jamie Charles
The Green Team were next and
Jamie had arrived:
Jamie G
George Ethan
Joe
Max
Rolling Subs: Sam K, Dan
We kicked off and were on the
defensive. Jamie had the ball and missed
his goal kick so picked it up again outside of his area. The free kick was well struck as we milled
around, it ricocheted off of Charlie across goal to an unmarked Boco player who
passed it into the open net 1-0. From a big kick by Jamie, we won a throw in
their corner. Max got the ball and
passed it to Joe whose shot was just wide.
Joe then went on a blinding run down the wing and is eventually tackled
for a corner. The corner was cleared and
Max scampered after it, turning with it and wrong footing four Boco players at
the time but he was unable to score from it.
Two Boco players then
attacked against Charlie. He made a
great tackle but fell at the same time and the quickest to react was another
blue who buried the ball into the far corner 2-0. Our team then decide to
all attack together, which didn’t quite work.
Boco broke out but Sam sprinted back and made the saving challenge. The next attack however resulted in a goal as
we all stood still as the ball pinged around the box and was eventually put in
the net 3-0. Sam picked up the ball on the halfway line,
ran down the right wing past three players but hit his shot into the side
netting.
For the second half we started like we did in the
first. Confusion outside of the area
with no one taking control and a shot is blasted from 20 yards into the back of
the net 4-0. Ethan then took a blow to the nose and had to
come off for a while. We won a corner
and the ball came to Joe just outside of the area where he was fouled. He got up to take the free kick but hit it
wide. Their goalie did a poor kick
out. Joe won it and hit it back with venom, high over the ‘keeper and
into the net 4-1. A throw bounced over our players who stood
and watched it go to a Boco player and hit buried it high into the roof of the
net 5-1.
A corner was then hit into our area. A Boco player hit the ball instinctively goal
wards where it came off of Jamie’s head and into the net 6-1. That was the last real
action of the game.
Man of the Match – Chosen by Sam Sutton for all round good effort and commitment – Jordan Harris
Boco moved
the ball better than us, were quicker to react than us and generally wanted to
win more than us. Not technically
better, just more desire. That is not
something we can teach, it has to come from our players.
They also
had at least three players able to drag the ball backwards, turn and go. We can do this, but no on does as yet. Hopefully that will come with time and
practice.
One thing
I will say to the players however. We
are here to play football and not muck about.
They need to remember that when the management team are trying to
instruct them and give them advice!