gU13 10-Nov-07: Cadishead Sports 11-0 Oswald Rd (HT 5-0)

Last week went good. Everybody played well, we lost 10-0 to Cadishead football team which was great compared to what we lost last time which was 17-0.

The Players (in order):
Becky – Played well in goal, got some great saves. Also played well out of goal and didn’t let the other team get the ball which was great.
Katie – Shot some good powerful kicks and passed the ball well when she was out of goal plus got some great kicks when she was in goal.
Kenesha – helped out loads during the first half and ran really fast during the second half, she used the wing which was great.
Rookie – played well in mid-defence. Also managed to get some brilliant kicks in every time the other team got too near the goal.
Shaye – played great in defence, panicked a bit when the ball went near her but managed to get the ball away at times which is better than anything!
Sophie – also played great in defence and got some brilliant kicks which kicked the ball away from the goal even though she had to keep pushing up!
Tara – communicated really well when she had the ball and was running rapid up and down the pitch!
Zoe – also communicated well whilst passing the ball plus she ran rapid – nearly got a goal in too!

Shaye

Oswald Rd are still improving – this time our defence was much better and Cadishead had to make some exceptional moves and shots to score. Of course, we had the usual share of silly goals let in: Straight from a goal kick, attempted clearance across goal, trying to dribble past everyone while not gaining any ground and not passing – the normal ones we do less and less of nowadays. This game, the defence moved up more often when we had possession, closing the gap between them and midfield. This was successful quite a few times with either Cadishead attackers being caught offside or having our defenders pressurising then straight away rather than after they had plenty of time to gain speed and work out what to do. We also had a set of mishaps, as with any newly learnt skill, and a couple of times Cadishead passed the ball between the defenders and ran past them (they were fast players), and as we got more tired the defenders didn’t always come up together and so played the Cadishead attack onside. We didn’t care – this was a learning experience, and we got better at it as the match went on. We did have a few attacks but our attack isn’t yet fast or good enough at passing – they did give the Caddy defenders a few scares though with Kenesha and Zoe zipping through a few times.

Kamal

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