Heol Hir Black 0 - Marlboro Sports Black 2
An outstanding first half performance against possibly the toughest team in our league had Marlboro working hard to stop us taking the lead. Brilliant work on the wings by Matthew and Kyle and some fantastic tackling and passing in the middle by Tyrone and Gethin created a fair few great chances to take the lead. Unfortunately we were unlucky not to find the net with Lucas and Kyle coming close.Adam and Liam stayed solid at the back doing a brilliant job keeping Marlboro out and Sam made some great saves to keep it 0-0 at half time. The second half saw Kyle and Matthew take a well earned rest and Alice and Josef take up their positions on the wings. Unfortunately we lost a bit of the momentum we had built up and despite working hard were beaten by two decent goals from Marlboro.
Maindy Corries White v Marlboro Sports Black
Whilst Maindy and Marlboro played each other the team kept themselves warm with a slow paced practice game. A big thank you to Sam for playing a great game in defense for Maindy to make up the numbers and for giving 100% effort despite playing for another team.
Heol Hir Black 2 - Maindy Corries White 1
As Maindy were missing one player Lucas kindly helped them out for the first half and worked really hard despite playing against his own team. Thanks Lucas!!!
This game started really well just like the first one and saw a strong attacking lineup with Alice and Josef playing wide, Matthew and Kyle paired up in the middle and Gethin sat in front of the defence controlling the game with some solid tackling and excellent passing leading to a great early goal from Matthew. By half time this lead had been doubled with another well worked attack resulting in Matthew's second goal of the game. The second half saw Tyrone come on to replace Gethin, Matthew drop into defence filling in for Adam who played the second half for Maindy and Lucas back with his team mates and playing up front. Despite some excellent football we were unable to add to the first half lead with Tyrone coming the closest to scoring and Maindy worked hard until they got a well earned goal putting the pressure back on us. The team did well to see the game out with some solid defending and tackling in the middle of the park and were unlucky not to extend the lead with a few great attempts.
Scorer(s) Matthew 2
Man of the Match
Picking "Man of the Match" gets more and more difficult every week with the whole team giving 100% effort and all of them playing some fantastic football week after week. This week after two excellent performances, two well taken goals and non stop hard work in a variety of positions it was Matthew that deserved to take the honours (and the £2). Great work Matt. Well played.
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