gU13 03-Nov-07: Oswald Rd 1-11 Urmston Pumas (HT 1-4)

The Urmston Pumas match report!

The match against Urmston Pumas wasn’t a great success; mainly because we didn’t win but we put in 100 % and we can’t try any harder. Last time we played against Urmston we lost 3-0 but this match we lost 11-1, so the score slipped a bit since last time we played against them but at least we scored 1.

Positions: Sophie, Ruquaya & Shay (defence) Zoe, Katie & Kenesha (midfield) Tara (striker) Rebecca (goal keeper)
Sophie: Always kept her head up and never stopped trying and when she was marking a player she stayed with them and kept them from scoring.
Ruquaya: Helped Out Rebecca quite a lot and also tackled a lot of the oppositions players and stopped a lot of goals going in.
Shay: Used to be scared of the ball but now she is a very confident player and is tackling a lot more players.
Zoe :Is a very good player, she puts a lot of effort into each and every game, keeps her head up and convinces everyone else to keep on trying even if we are losing.
Katie: Is good at getting past all of the players and scoring goals and she is always there when you need her to give you a helping hand.
Kenesha: Was trying her best and was tackling quite a lot of players.
Tara: Managed to get quite far up with the ball and made some very good passes which lead to us getting at least one goal in.
Rebecca: Is a very good goal keeper because she tries her best when she needs to and isn’t scared of the ball which makes a very good goalie.

Kenesha

This time the Pumas had their full team available but Oswald Rd still did extremely well, scoring our first goal against them. We started off well in the first half, keeping it scoreless until the 20^th minute, our defence playing well and Shaye and Sophie keeping goal side of the attackers and pushing them wide. However, the Pumas kept up the pressure and some fast moves saw them 1 goal up. Then an unfortunate error by the Pumas goalie gave us a free kick just outside their penalty area (Zoë kicked a dropped ball towards the goalie after the ref stopped play for an injury and the goalie got confused and picked it up outside the penalty area). Katie took the freekick and smacked it over the wall into the top right of the goal. That woke up the Pumas and they pressed forwards and got three more goals in the last 7 minutes of the half as we were tiring.

In the second half, our players lost the plot a little at the beginning of the half and the Pumas scored some scrambled goals that should have been cleared. We woke up a little and made them work harder for the rest of their goals but the Pumas fast players were back for this game and they rolled back on as subs and gave our defence a torrid time just as they were tiring (don’t forget no subs and 8 vs 9 again).

Kamal

Goals: Katie (Zoe/freekick)
Opposition’s Player of the Match: Kenesha Bagi
Managers’ Player of the Match: Katie Shaw
Team: (fwd) Tara, (mid) Kenesha, Ruqayyah, Zoë(c), (def) Shaye, Katie, Sophie, (gk) Rebecca