U16's Saturday Division 1
Hucknall Sports 1 Edwalton 2
10/1/15
In a welcome change Sports could boast 16 players for their game against Edwalton. A howling wind blowing directly down the pitch meant that this was always going to be a bit of a lottery with the winning team likely to be the one who could handle the conditions the best.
Sports won the toss and elected to play with the wind at their backs in first half. However, all instructions to test the keeper and gamble on the conditions with long range shots were forgotten. Instead Hucknall elected to maintain their passing game in the hope of picking their way through the opposition defense. Unfortunately, no matter how much possession they boasted the final pass was almost impossible to judge and regularly ran out of play or through to the keeper. Lang stumbled as he was about to pull the trigger and Hallam unselfishly squared across goal instead of driving on and smashing home. Sports managed just one shot from outside the area in the entire half of play and went into half time with the score level.
Sports won the toss and elected to play with the wind at their backs in first half. However, all instructions to test the keeper and gamble on the conditions with long range shots were forgotten. Instead Hucknall elected to maintain their passing game in the hope of picking their way through the opposition defense. Unfortunately, no matter how much possession they boasted the final pass was almost impossible to judge and regularly ran out of play or through to the keeper. Lang stumbled as he was about to pull the trigger and Hallam unselfishly squared across goal instead of driving on and smashing home. Sports managed just one shot from outside the area in the entire half of play and went into half time with the score level.
Half-Time: Hucknall Sports 0 Pelican 0
Edwalton took the lead when Sports failed to react to the second phase and stood watching as the opposition headed a bouncing ball home. Moments later Edwalton extended the lead further when they used the conditions to perfection to punt a long, wind assisted, shot up and over Keeper Orton. With time running out Towle couldn't quite get his shot away with the goal at his mercy and with only minutes left Lang scored after great work from Hallam. But time ran out and Sports trudge off knowing that they had missed another opportunity to take points.
Full-Time: Hucknall Sports 1 Edwalton 2
We can blame the conditions for a poor game but there is no excuse for not changing your game to suit them. As mentioned before football is not all about ability, some times its about be clever enough to see things differently.
Today's Man of the Match was Dylan Smith who had a simply terrific game. Playing at right-back he showed for the ball time and again. He also took the opportunity to drive his team forward when the opportunity presented itself - well done Dylan, keep it going
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| Dylan Smith MOM |
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