Sliding Doors Friday
20th April 2007
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The
full squad was available, but Andy chose to change the team around to
compensate their tall players in the ‘B’ team and the set-piece threat, so Jack
and Mark swapped teams.
Game
1 - The line up was:
Joby
Joel Callum
Mark Josh
Tom
Joe
Rolling Subs: Luke &
Dan
They
attacked from the kick and Joel won it well.
He passed down the line for Tom who went across to Mark. Mark played a reverse pass for Josh to chase,
but their ‘keeper got there just in time.
From a corner Tom closed down but they skipped past him and shot through
the crowd past the unsighted Joby 0-1. Dan took a nice throw, got it back and found
Joe and he hit a brilliant ball through, but unfortunately no one had made the
run. A high shot in was parried by Joby,
and as they chased in, Joby dived on it to claim it. We had the ball but lost it and suddenly it
was two on Callum. He held them up and
Dan raced back hard and they were forced to hit wide.
Tom
won the ball and ran past two players to shoot, but unfortunately the ‘keeper
made a great save. They took a goal kick
which Tom won, ran past a player onto his right, and his shot was high and
over. They took a throw which Callum
headed on, but it came to their player so fast that he couldn’t control it and
it went wide. Joel won it on the left
and went down the line where he crossed it to Dan on the right, and he took a
shot, but the ‘keeper grasped it. Their
‘keeper took the drop kick and as it came down Tom hit it first time, but
unfortunately just wide. Tom went down
the line and passed inside to Josh who turned and shot, but the ‘keeper made
the save. From a goal kick they hit it
hard and high but Joby got across quick and made the save. They won a corner on the left that was hit
high towards the back post and their attacker headed it down towards goal. There were two defenders on the line, but it
bounced up and neither could do anything about it 0-2. Josh won it well and
got it to Joel. He found Tom who hit a
low scorcher, but it just went wide of the far post. They then won a free kick 20 yards out which
was hit into our box towards goal. I’m
not sure if Mark deflected it past Joby or whether he was just unsighted,
however the result was the same 0-3. Nice interplay between Mark and Joe led to a
shot from Mark at the near post but the ‘keeper made the save.
Man of the Match – Chosen by Andy for
excellent play and effort – Josh
Game
2 - The line up was:
Jamie
Sam
B Jack
Spike Sam K
Max
Chilly
Rolling Subs: Jim &
Josef
Spike
& Jack won the ball well, and got it down the line for Spike to chase, forcing
a corner. It was taken short to Sam K
and he crossed to the back post where Max turned it just the wrong side of the
post. A massive kick by Jamie bounced
once, their defender headed it the wrong way and as it came down Chilly tried
to guide it past the ‘keeper but it went just the wrong side of the post. Sam K crossed from deep and at the back post
Chilly headed goal-wards only to see the ball hit the ‘keeper in the face and
bounce wide. Their ‘keeper took a goal
kick which came to Chilly and he shot as the ‘keeper was running back and as he
was turning to look for the ball, it entangled in his legs and he fell on
it. They had a fast attacker who got
through, but Sam B never gave up and eventually made the sliding tackle to
clear the ball. A huge kick from Spike
out wide was met first time by Chilly as it came down, but it went just the
wrong side of the post. From a quick
throw Sam hit inside to Chilly and he went forward to Max, who had a shot, but
the ‘keeper caught it well. Sam K won
the ball and played wide to the run of Spike.
He turned inside and found Jack, who in turn found Max. Max got to the bye-line and laid it across,
beating the ‘keeper to where Chilly was odds on to score. He had his foot angled to pass into the open
net, but it hit the wrong part and went agonisingly the wrong side of the post.
A
long kick to Max saw him hit it first time as he was closed down, but again the
wrong side of the post. Jim played Max
in, he beat two players but shot as a third just got his foot in and it went
out for a corner. We took a short
corner, Sam K to Max, and Max hit a lovely cross in and Jack, from a metre out
leathered it, but somehow their ‘keeper got a hand to it. Their attacker was through, and Jamie, for
the first time in the game was called into action and slid in well with his
feet to win the ball. It bounced loose
from the challenge and he dived on it.
Max & Sam K again worked well to get the ball inside to where Jack,
now virtually a second forward hit it hard, but again the ‘keeper was in
inspired form.
Man of the Match – Chosen by Andy for excellent play
and effort – The Whole Team