Heol Hir Black 3 - Marlboro Sports White 2
Its been a long time since we faced the Marlboro Whites and we have had some good results this season against the other Marlboro sides so this was set to be an interesting game. The game started well with some good work from Kyle, Josef and Lucas going forward and neat passing from Gethin and Tyrone in the middle. A well taken early corner from Kyle found Tyrone who shot but it was deflected into Liam's path and unfortunately his shot went just wide. Marlboro were first to score as they capitalised on a rare defensive error. Gethin did really well to keep hold of the ball and played a great pass through to Lucas. GOAL!! A lovely touch from Lucas found the back of the net and got the equaliser that we were working hard for. It wasn't long before we were on the attack again and Gethin did well to get past a defender down the left and played a neat ball to Lucas who was in the area with plenty of time to think about where to shoot. GOAL!!. Another great finish from Lucas and a well deserved 2-1 lead at halftime.
The second half started brightly with a great attacking move which started with Gethin playing a clever pass to Liam who found Tyrone in space who then played a lovely ball to Lucas who laid it off for Kyle whose shot only just went wide. Soon after we were given a free kick as one of their defenders handled the ball on the edge of the area. Liam stepped up to take the indirect free kick and struck it beautifully aiming it towards Gethin in the box. Gethin deflected it across the box to Kyle who volleyed it sweetly. GOAL!! Kyle's volley flew straight into the back of the net for a 3-1 lead. The team were playing really well and Liam, Gethin, Matthew, Tyrone and Alice did a good job defending and protecting the lead. Sam was extremely unlucky after having such a great game to be beaten late on by a deflected shot ending the game at 3-2.
Scorer(s): Lucas 2, Kyle 1
Heol Hir Black 1 - Canton Rangers 2
The second game started with Matthew rested, Alice and Liam in defense, Josef and Kyle on opposite wings, Gethin and Tyrone in the middle and Lucas up front. Not such a good start and within a few minutes Canton went 1-0 up after a bit of sloppy defending gave them an early chance to test Sam and finished well. Canton gained confidence from the early goal and Alice, Liam and Gethin had to work hard to keep them out. Sam was forced to make some excellent saves but showed his ability keeping out two difficult shots. We started to get back in the game from this point and were soon attacking in numbers. Great work down the left from Gethin who then played a neat ball to Josef who found Lucas with a lovely lay off and his shot only just went over the bar. 0-1 down at half time.
A slow start to the second half and a bit of careless football in defense let Canton in and they grabbed an untidy second making it 0-2 and a lot of work to do. The team showed that they were not beaten yet and started to play some excellent passing football building some brilliant attacks down both wings. Josef did really well to keep the ball down the left wing and wriggled through two defenders to make a pass to Gethin who played a perfect pass to Lucas in the area. GOAL!! A lovely shot off the outside of Lucas's left boot curled around the keeper and we were back in the game. More excellent attacking football but Canton did well to keep us from getting an equaliser despite attempts from Lucas and Kyle. The game ended a hard fought 1-2 loss but the team showed a lot of spirit coming back into the game and came very close to earning an equalise.
Scorer(s): Lucas 1
Heol Hir Black 5- Heol Hir Red 0
After last week's tough win against the Reds we were going to have a difficult game especially being two players down. Kyle was rested to start and Tyrone and Matthew paired up in defense with Josef left, Alice right,Gethin in the centre and Liam and Lucas up front. The attacking formation worked well with an early break leading to Lucas having a shot go just wide. The next attack started with Josef coming in from the left and playing a neat pass to Lucas who shot but had his shot deflected out towards Liam. GOAL!! A great finish from Liam and an early 1-0 lead. Josef again did well down the left and worked hard to hold the ball up before putting a lovely pass to Lucas. GOAL!! A sweet touch from Lucas found the back of the net and it was 2-0. Matthew and Tyrone defended well and Sam did well to stop a break by the Reds. Alice played a ball in from the right to Lucas who, after wriggling loose of the defenders passed to Gethin inside the area. GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A brilliant finish from Gethin for his first goal of the season and let's hope it's the first of many. The first half ended 3-0 up and the game was looking pretty comfortable.
The Reds came out determined to make things difficult for us and defended well meaning that we had to play even better if we wanted another goal. Luckily enough that's just what we did and the whole team played so confidently it wasn't going to be long before the next goal came. With Alice and Josef working hard down the wings and Tyrone controlling the middle there were plenty of chances for Matthew and Kyle to push forward. Josef found Kyle in the box and Kyle was keen to get on the score sheet but had his first two attempts deflected back to him. GOAL!! It was third time lucky and Kyle grabbed his second of the day making it 4-0. Next it was Alice's turn to create something and after getting past a few Reds she passed to Kyle who shot just wide. Only seconds left and Gethin again played a perfect pass to Josef who considered shooting but then played a clever ball across the goals to Matthew. GOAL!! Just to make sure Matthew decided to hammer his shot into the back of the net. 5-0 just as Steve blew the final whistle. A classy, confident performance and our biggest win for some time.
Man of The Match
As usual it was extremely difficult choosing a Man of The match this week as everyone played well and again gave the spectators some exciting football to watch . But. For his fantastic work all over the pitch, solid tackling, excellent passing, some brilliant individual skill and his first goal of the season Gethin definitely earned this week's Man of The Match award. Well played again this week Gethin you finally got a goal that couldn't be disallowed.
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