Some
met at the top of the drive, Luke, Josef, Jamie & Andy. Terry decided to lead whilst Andy waited for any
stragglers. Ten minutes later he left,
and was perplexed to find he was the first to arrive! Still, they all got there in the end.
Game
1 - The line up was:
Joby
Joel Callum
Luke Josh
Tom
Joe
Rolling Sub: Josef
They attacked straight
away and as the ball entered the area, their forward went for the overhead kick
which Joby caught. Joby launched a long
kick from which we won a throw. Joe
threw long, it bounced, and as it fell for the second bounce, Josh swivelled with a right foot volley
and it was into the back of the net 0-1. They attacked down our left and into the area
and shot just wide, then the same sort of thing happened again, this time the
ricochets fell kindly and they were through, but as Joel made the challenge,
Joby also came out and between them they cleared the danger. A corner from us was cleared to the half-way
line where Callum caught it well. It
zipped up off of the surface but the ‘keeper held it well. Callum was then caught trying to beat their
last attacker. He did, but lost the
subsequent touch and it was played across our area and then shot for the far
left as two of their players tried to get the important touch. Luckily they all missed. A poor goalkick out was won by Tom who laid
it wide to Joe. Joe went down the line
and put in a great cross, but it was just behind our attack. They took a short corner which Josh charged
down. He then attacked and got the ball
to Joe who was in on the ‘keeper. The
‘keeper came out however and got the important touch. We attacked again but a good ball in from Joe
was cleared and they broke. We stood off
or made half-hearted challenges and from the left corner, they hit it into the
bottom right 1-1.
HALF-TIME :
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Their
attacker ran across our area and hit it low, but Joby got down quickly and made
an excellent save. A kick out was won
back by Josef. He found Tom who took it
onto his right and hit a rising shot just wide of the post. They had a throw on the left which their fast
forward won and hit it high, off of the top of the crossbar for a
goalkick. Tom won the ball in our
defence, ran the length of the field and hit a shot just wide. They broke back and although we made good
challenges the ball kept falling kindly for them until the shot came in which
was well saved by Joby. We won a free
kick 20 yards out from which Joe shot.
It was heading top right until their ‘keeper got his fingertips to it to
push it for a corner.
FULL-TIME :
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1
Man of the Match – Chosen by Paul Godwin for
excellent play and continuous effort
– Joel
Game
2 - The line up was:
Jamie
Sam
B Mark
Spike Sam K
Max
Chilly
Rolling Sub: Jim
Sam B won the ball, and
got it to Max whose turn left a player on the floor. The ball was passed to Chilly whose passed
shot was saved and neither Spike nor Max could convert the follow-up and it was
cleared for a throw. It went to Sam K who cut inside from the right and
toe-poked it past the ‘keeper 0-1. They then won a corner, it came in and not
one blue player moved as their attacker rose to head it in 1-1. Sam K took a throw
which he got back, and cross it in.
Spike missed it but that threw their defence and Chilly was ghosting in at the back to put us back in the lead 1-2.
Spike broke up an attack and got the ball to Sam K whose shot was
blocked. Max won it back, went down the
line and crossed, but it was just behind Chilly. A high corner came in, Chilly overhead kicked
it, Max headed it on and Spike got a touch but it was at the ‘keeper. A quick break from Spike got the ball to
Chilly who played it through to Chilly, but his shot was just wide. Max then gave away a free-kick on the edge of
our area and their big defender lined up to shoot. Sam’s K & B bravely lined up in the wall
and K took the full force in his stomach where he went down winded. It was heading straight for the top corner so
it was a goal-saving block. He did
recover and Max, after being told that he’d be in the wall for the next free kick
he gave away, decided not to give any more away!
HALF-TIME :
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2
We won a corner which Sam
K went to take. He hit it in, it
rebounded a bit and Max attacked the ball as the ‘keeper did. It spun loose and Chilly followed up 1-3. Sam B was then challenging for the ball as
they attacked. He cleared it, but got
injured in the process and ended up having to come off. It started to look like it could prove
costly. They attacked and won a corner
which was floated in and no one made the effort to head it except their players
and the result of that was obvious 2-3. They were lifted by this and soon won another
corner. Mark got his head to it and
headed it on, but not high enough and a Weston player came in at the back post 3-3.
From the kick we launched straight back at them but they broke and Spike
was fully stretched to put it for a corner.
It went over everyone and was cleared down the line which Sam K chased and just never gave up any
challenge until he got to the ‘keeper and beat him too 3-4. At this point Sam B was
thrown back on to steady the “corner heading”.
They threw across their goal which Max ran onto and hit first time, but
it was just wide. They launched a big
throw into our area which we all missed.
It went to their player on the back post, but Jamie bravely attacked it
and got his foot to it to clear. Their
big attacker was in, but Spike stood tall to win it. He found Max and Max pushed it wide to Jim
who from the touchline crossed it back it to where Spike was steaming in, but
the shot was near the ‘keeper and pushed for a corner. From that corner it was cleared to the
half-way line where Mark returned it with interest, and it hit the top of the
cross-bar, going over for a goal kick.
FULL-TIME :
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Man of the Match –