gU13 15-Sep-07: Cadishead Sports 17-3 Oswald Rd (HT 11-1)

Awaiting match report

Zoe

This was the definitive ‘game of two halves’ – in the first half we were overwhelmed by the speed, passing and dribbling of Cadishead’s players and ran around a lot but to no avail. Their swift passing and running enabled them to get past our defence and score 5 goals before Becky, who started up front because we wanted Katie’s powerful goal kicks to help us get the ball out of out half, injured her ankle and went back into goal. This strengthened our midfield as Katie went into the middle but combating a pass-and-run game needs a very organised defence – ours was too inexperienced in the first half and we let in 6 more goals before the half ended. There was one ray of light when a good pass from Katie freed Tara who ran with the ball and coolly put it past their goalkeeper – Tara had nearly been offside but kept a close eye on their defenders to stay just onside before Katie’s pass.

The second half was very different – the players were learning fast and getting a lot of experience in a short time! We defended a lot better – defenders stuck to attackers and others came in to back them up, attackers were marked a lot better and generally Cadishead found it harder to break through. Goal kicks weren’t just left to their attackers to pick up and we put together some good passes. Initially we started the second half slowly and Cadishead scored a very good goal, but then when they pressed again, Sophie got the ball off them and passed up the field to Katie who found herself temporarily free from markers – she picked up speed and went past a couple of players and smacked the ball past their goalie! Cadishead were having to try much harder now and their goals in this half were all very well worked out, with good passing and fierce shots into goal – except for one, a beautiful clearance lob from Katie over Rebecca who managed to get a hand on it but couldn’t prevent it going into our own goal. Katie then made up for it by scoring another goal (this time at the right end) after a good passing move ended with Tara crossing it to Katie. Caddy scored a couple of goals in time added n for injuries – in the second half a couple of out players got injured and we played for some of that half with only 7! So attaining a half-match score of 6-2 was quite impressive after the 11-1 first half. Well done for the second half girls!

Goals: 1^st half – Caddy 1’, 6’, 8’, 12’, 15’, Becky goes into goal instead of Katie, 17’ then Tara at 20’, Caddy 22’, 24’, 25’, 30’, 34’.

2^nd half – Caddy 40’, Katie at 42’, Caddy 46’, 55’, 58’ (Katie’s brilliant OG), 62’, Katie at 70’, Caddy 70’+2’ and finally at 70’+3’

Kamal

Goals - 1^st half: Tara (Katie) 20’, 2^nd half: Katie (Sophie) 42’, Katie (Tara) 70’
Opposition’s Player of the Match: Katie Shaw
Managers’ Player of the Match: Tara Chrystal
Team: (fwd) Tara, (mid) Ruqayyah, Katie(c), Zoe, (def) Shaye, Kenesha, Sophie, (gk) Rebecca