Mad Max 2 Sunday 3rd September 2006
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Mad Max 2 Sunday 3rd September 2006
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Our
first proper League game and we were back down to Deerswood where we had played
the week before! That had been a close
game which had saw us emerge victorious, what would happen this time? Dave K had kindly supplied a digital
Dictaphone so “Andy on the mic” was back in business.
Game
1 - The line up was:
Joby
Jack Callum
Josh Joel
Tom
Joe
Rolling Sub: Josef
Tom took a big throw
which was headed clear back to him. He
ran at them, past two challenges across goal and took a shot, which the ‘keeper
turned away for a corner. The corner
came in and was hit up and goal-wards to land on the roof of the net. Parent’s cheered, but in vain. Josef beat a player and found Joel. His ball inside went to Josh who in turn
found Tom on the left. Tom had a shot
but the ‘keeper made the save. The ball
came loose in the area and a mass scramble saw it turned towards goal quite a
few times. It went wide and back in and
into the net, but the ball had crossed the line on the way in so a goal kick
was given. They had a throw which Tom
won and ran in from the left side, past a defender and he shot, but the ‘keeper
pushed it onto the crossbar and out for a corner. Callum produced a great throw to Tom and he
found Joe who turned and shot high but unfortunately just too high. They took a goal kick which came right the
way through to Callum. He passed it to
Josh who in turn found Joel. Joel played
it to Joe who went past the last defender and passed it past the ‘keeper, but
unfortunately just the wrong side of the post.
A
ball out was chased by Joe and he got it inside to Tom, He sent it back wide to
Joe who crossed in for Josh, but the ‘keeper got there just ahead of him. A good throw down the line from Callum was
picked up by Joe. He beat a player, then
cut inside another and the ball rolled across goal where Joel was storming in,
but his shot was just wide. They then
had a throw on their right. It bounced
and three players let it go through them to where a Deerswood player was in on
goal. Joby came out to narrow the angle,
but it was hit past him into the back of the net 1-0. They then had another
break and were almost through past Jack.
They had a shot which hit Jack, sending Joby the wrong way, but he
reacted quickly to get his hand to it and pushed it around the post for a
corner.
Man of the Match – Chosen by Gareth Chilcott for
excellent play and continuous effort
– Joel
Game
2 - The line up was:
Jamie
Sam
B Mark
Jim Sam K
Max
Chilly
Rolling Sub: Spike
1-0 down from the first
game and we needed a good start. They
won a corner which Sam B cleared. The
shot was hit back in, Mark tried to head it out and only succeeded in
deflecting it past Jamie 1-0. Sam B cleared to Sam K who ran and crossed
it, but just too far ahead of Jim and Chilly.
We forced a corner, which in turn forced a melee. The ball eventually came out to Mark who
shot, but it was just wide. Sam K worked
hard and got the ball to Chilly. He beat
a player, got in on goal, but his shot was just too close to the ‘keeper. Sam K launched down the right wing and crossed
it in. Max reached for it and his touch
turned it goal-wards, but the ‘keeper made the save. Nearing half-time and their attack was broken
up by Sam K on the edge of our
area. He ran forward, and as he
approached their area he played it into Chilly who had two defenders around
him. Chilly did the simple thing and
laid it back into his past and he buried it into the bottom left corner of the
goal 1-1. They decided to shoot from kick off which
Jamie safely gathered and kicked it right down the field. It bounced twice and they missed it, but Max had gambled and as it came down for
the third bounce he volleyed it into the bottom left corner to put us up in
this game and bring the overall match level 1-2.
From the kick off they
tried another shot which Jamie saved again.
He again launched downfield which Jim chased. He got to the bouncing ball and crossed it
first time to where Max was storming
in and he headed it so hard that the ‘keeper could only parry it into the net 1-3.
They attacked again and Jamie charged wide to clear it, but it fell
invitingly to their attacker who shot.
Sam B was there and it appeared to hit his stomach (although apparently it
hit his hand after – ball to hand, not deliberate!), and the ref’ gave a
penalty. Jamie stood tall and reached to
his right to make a great save and push it away for a corner. From the corner, Sam B won it and hit it
across to Jim. Jim went forward to
Chilly who in turn found Spike on the halfway line. Spike got it back to Chilly and he hit it
through the middle to Sam K. He took the ball left and hit a first time
high shot into the back of the net 1-4. Deerswood were still in it however and from a
throw, their attacker cut inside and unleashed a shot which seemed destined for
the top corner until at the last minute Jamie’s hands came up and touched it
over. A long ball forward by Sam B came
to Max who knocked it inside to Spike.
Spike found Max again with the return pass and he ghosted past two
players but the final shot was just wide.
A shot came in which Mark blocked with his body, it was hit up and Sam B
raised his hands, which the ball appeared to hit, but the ref’ motioned to play
on and it bounced towards the line where Jamie grasped it just in time.
Man of the Match –