For What It’s Worth   Sunday 16^th September 2007

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We lost in the League, and then in the Cup.  We had to bounce back quickly, but this again was no easy task.  The wind was very strong and we were into it in the first half.

 

The line up was:

 

Joby

 

Sam B     Callum     Jack     Joel

 

Josh     Sam K     Tom     Max

 

Joe     Chilly

 

Substitutes: Dan, Mark & Spike

 

They attacked down our right and Joby was forced into an early parry, where first Callum then Jack blocked to force a corner.  It was cleared, however they won it back, attacked down the right wing and crossed it in to where an Oldland player was un-marked, and how he missed only he knows!  They won a free kick on the right.  Their player hit it high and hard and it dropped over Joby, who had come off of his line to challenge an attacker and bounced between two defenders stood on the line and in.  For some inexplicable reason they then both looked around at me!  0-1.  They were suddenly through again, however Joby raced off of his line and made the clearance.  It reached the half-way line where Sam K brought it down and turned quickly.  He ran right and then crossed it inwards.  It went behind Chilly but this deceived their defence and it ran to Joe in a little bit of space.  Joe took one touch out from under him and he hit it hard and high, just over the ‘keeper’s arms and into the net 1-1.  There then followed a sustained bit of pressure from us as we passed the ball around well and both Joe and Sam K had shots, however these were blocked and they cleared long, suddenly finding themselves through.  Despite Joby’s best efforts it was in the net 1-2.  We had a throw, but we lost the ball and they hit it long with the wind and were through again 1-3.  Josh won the ball on the right and laid it down the line for Sam K to run onto.  He hit it across and Chilly’s shot was blocked wide to where Max was running in, however their defender got there and cleared it for a corner. 

 

HALF-TIME : FRYS   1    OLDLAND   3

 

They were through almost immediately and Joby came right out to the edge of his area so they shot, and Joby reacted really quickly to dive to his left and save it.  For some reason Spike decided to clear across goal and it came to their player who shot high.  We feared the worst as the wind seemed to hold it up to drop in, however it just went the other side before it dropped.  The ball flew across our box and Jack got his foot in.  There was then a mass melee, but Callum got the important tackle as they went to shoot and the ball was cleared.  Joby kicked long but their midfield won it and returned the favour.  Joby came out, but their attacker got there first to hit it high, and this time the wind was in their favour as it slowed its flight, allowing it to drop in 1-4.  Their ‘keeper was struggling to clear with his kicks into the wind and Joe found Dan, but he was tackled as he tried to shoot.  By this time, Jack and Callum looked really tired but ran as hard as they could.  They had a shot and Joby dived backwards to push the ball onto the bar and as it came down Callum got in to clear it. 

 

FULL-TIME : FRYS   1    OLDLAND   4

 

 

Afterthoughts…………………………………………………

Both teams were able to score just one into the wind, however they were able to make the most of it when it was in their favour and got three, whereas our wind assisted pressure ended with blanks.  We did create quite a few chances in this game, we just didn’t take enough of them.