Strange Days Sunday 26th
August 2007
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And
so to our 2nd game. People
still away meant that Kyle, Clappy & Aaron again turned out for us,
although Callum Churches made a guest appearance for them. Due to late arrivals we finally kicked off at
11.00am.
The
line up was:
Joel
Mickey
Spike Jack
Josh Sam K
Tom Max
Kyle
Chilly Dan
Substitute: Aaron
From
the centre Spike won it and got it to Max.
He looked around and saw no one however Tom came towards him on the
inside and that’s where he passed it.
Tom saw the ball through for Chilly and went for it, however Callum got
across to defend for Deerswood, however it was great long passing. Max got the ball on the left and played it
down the line for Sam K and he crossed.
Everyone missed it but Josh had got down the left and so returned it
in. Kyle got the ball with his back to
goal and laid it back for Jack to hit it and the ‘keeper made the save. Kyle found Dan and he played it through for
Sam K, however with Max in the middle waiting, we were adjudged offside. Aaron attacked at them and then stopped. They stopped as well as Kyle sprinted past
and took the ball with him to cross, but they were there to clear for a
corner. Chilly won the ball from the
corner but had his back to goal. Max
went left so Chilly found him, but the shot went just wide. They then broke down their right with real
pace and both Mickey and Jack had to chase hard into our area to slide in as
the shot was about to happen. It rolled
to Joel who licked it up for a drop kick, however it only went as far as the
edge of the area and their player brought it down and shot back as high as he
could and it crept in under the crossbar 1-0. Sam won the ball in the middle from their
free kick and found Tom. He raced in on
goal and shot. The ‘keeper made a great
save but could only parry it and Chilly
had followed up to make sure 1-1. Tom won the ball on the halfway line and held
onto it to allow our players to get back onside. He then played it down the left for Chilly to
chase, and although his first time left foot cross was blocked it came back to
him and so Chilly laid it back out to Max who hit it as hard and high as he
could for the far right post. It looked
like it was going to go just wide, but Josh
stole in at the back post and headed it in 1-2.
Kyle
won the ball out on the left, crossed it across field to Tom who ran at goal,
and although we had players swarming in Tom elected to try to beat the ‘keeper
at the near post and saw it rebound off of the ‘keeper’s legs. He received more than a few dodgy looks from
our players who had ran into the middle!
We then had the mother of all goalmouth scrambles! Tom was brought down out on the right and so
Kyle chipped it in. The ‘keeper parried
it and there then followed at least six attempts on goal whilst they had
virtually their whole team between us and the goal and in the end it was
cleared. They won a corner which was
floated in. Tom tried to control it on
his chest, however it ran away from him and they crossed it in for a tap in 2-2.
Tom then won the ball on the halfway line and attacked towards
goal. Callum came across to stop him and
the ‘keeper came out but Tom managed to get his shot away which flew up from
the ‘keeper and Tom reacted first to
knock it into the open net 2-3. They took a goal kick wide to Max who won it
and went down the wing. He crossed it in
and it evaded everyone except Aaron
at the back post who controlled it with his right, then prodded it in with his
left 2-4. The same move was repeated after Mickey found
Max, only this time the shot went just over.
An offside decision just inside our half saw Mickey clip the ball over the
top and any one of three chasing could have got it. Aaron
was first and he then knocked it past the ‘keeper and went around him to score 2-5.
Max then cross/shot and the ‘keeper parried it to Chilly who shot, but
the ‘keeper recovered to make a good save.
Man of the Match – Chosen by Andy for
excellent play and effort – Aaron & Max