Match report v Aloysians
Score: won 3 - 0
We welcomed Aloysians to Bramley Road on Saturday. This was the team that was promoted with us from Division 6 last year. Our home game against the last year ended up 5 - 5 and I was hoping that we would do better this time against them.
We had a few players missing this week and ended up with 12, with Chris Bagley starting as sub. I also had a quiet word with Lewis to make sure he didnt let their goalkeeper score like last week!!
We started the game well and played some great football in the first half. We passed it around and it seemed that sometimes they were chasing shadows. Everyones passing and control was good in the first half except for Shag, who we thought must have been on the piss last night.
Their only chances in the first half were given to them by our mistakes, but they were very few.
We put pressure on their goal and created a couple of good chances. After about 20 minutes we scored with Harvey slotting the ball into the net. 1 - 0
We put pressure on them for the rest of the half but could not extend our lead.
At half time we talked about getting the ball earlier to the front two and this was the plan for the second half.
During the second half we had so many chances that we could have scored as many goals as Spurs did on Sunday, but the ball just wouldnt go in. Niki must have run over a bag of black cats. He had one chance where he lobbed the keeper and if was going into the net until their centre back somehow managed to get back and clear it off the line. He also had a header from a corner cleared off the line. The best one was a header onto the cross bar that rebounded onto him and off for a goalkick. On another day he could have had 5 goals like Defoe.
With 15 minutes to go and the score still at 1 - 0 Chris came on for Sean. We continued to press and with about 10 minuted left Niki finally got the goal he deserved. 2 - 0
Soon after they kicked off we attacked again with Petros finishing off a good move 3 - 0
Finally, our skipper, Shag, got a golden opportunity to score. He ran into the box as the ball was crossed in, and found himself with loads of space in the six yard box and no defender around him. The goalkeeper was on the floor and the goal was empty. Unfortunately for him, he was so far up the pitch that the blood from his nosebleed must have blurred his vision and his header went wide of the post for a goalkick off the corner flag. Never mind, he will get another opportunity to score in the next 5 years.
A good win for us which puts us 2nd in the league with 2 games in hand of the top team and only two points behind. It was good to have a clean sheet as well. I thought everyone played well on Saturday and if we play like that there wont be many teams that will be able to cope with us. The front two of Harvey and Niki seemed to link up well and their movement was good throughout the game.
Man of the Match: Niki
This week we are at home to Egbertians and I will post details when I have them.
John
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