It
Takes Two Sunday
14th October 2007
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Finally
Aaron was available. After last week’s
result had given us a massive boost, I looked for today to be a chance to build
on that. There was no way that I was
going to change the 10 from last week, so Chilly up front was the only new face
in the starting line up.
The
line up was:
Joby
Jack Callum
Joel
Spike Sam
Josh Tom Max
Chilly Joe
Subs:
Dan & Aaron
We
exert pressure from the start with a great flowing move, starting from Jack on
the left, inside to Tom, across to Josh and out to Spike and he forced a throw
in their left corner. Joe took it and
Tom headed it onwards and saw it cleared to Jack. He chipped it across into the box and it came
to Chilly with his back to goal and he tried to turn and shoot at the same
time. He hit it, but it went wide of the
post. We worked the ball down the right
hand side and Tom hit in a great corner which Sam attacked, but it came off of
his shoulder and went narrowly wide of the left post. There was a clash of players and after
treatment they hit it back to Joby. He
kicked it long and Sam flicked it on to Josh, who turned and chipped it wide to
Joe, and although he was 30 yards out, Joe wellied the bouncing ball, however
it was well over. We worked the right
line with throws before Spike got it and chipped it over the top for everyone
to chase. Chilly got there first,
however from 30 yards out with the ‘keeper still quite a way back he elected to
shoot, but was only able to toe-poke it at the ‘keeper. Callum won a header at the back which Sam
picked up and got to Tom. Tom found Josh
and his chip wide found Joe and we all thought “goal”, however he scuffed it
and it bounced across goal and wide.
From
the kick we attacked down the right and Josh forced a corner. Tom swung it in and Aaron in the middle got a
glancing knock to it, but it went wide.
Sam won the ball and played Tom through, however their fast defender got
back and made the challenge. Tom still
had the ball however and their ‘keeper charged out, so Tom swung his leg at it
and missed it completely and it rolled out!
A goal kick out was won by Aaron.
He knocked it through to Chilly and he passed it wide to Dan who took a
shot, but it was pushed wide. From a
goal kick Max won the ball and played inside to Aaron. Aaron passed wide to josh who forced another
corner. Tom swung it in right into the
middle where Aaron was completely unmarked four yards from goal, but he flicked
it rather than forced his head at it and again it was glanced wide of the far
post. We kept up the pressure and
eventually Max went down the left, passed inside to Sam who went wide to
Tom. As he was closed down by their
sweeper, Tom this time hit a first time pass into the middle where Aaron got it, ran past the defender and
as the ‘keeper came out he hit it with his left foot across to the right side
of the goal, and a defender running back was unable to stop it 1-0.
Max won the ball and got it to Aaron whose shot was cleared to the half
and Jack, from about five yards in their half hit it as hard as he could and
this one flew over! Aaron won the ball
on the left and ran across goal where he was brought down about four yards
outside of their area, right in the middle of the goal. Tom
stepped up and hit it, it flew high, hit the underside of the bar and down into
the net which saw Val going mad with excitement on the side of the pitch 2-0.
They did keep trying and were suddenly through, however Callum raced
back with a sliding tackle to dispossess them as they were about to shoot. In the last ten seconds a long throw from Joe
was flicked goalwards by Sam, but their ‘keeper held it well.
Man of the Match – Chosen by Darren for
excellent play and effort – Max &
Sam