the team lined up with Oliver up front and that turned out to be a fantastic decision by me! ;-). within a few minutes we were seeing one touch passes and excellent movement which led to an early shot from the Captain. top corner : 1-0
after that we dominated the first half, with Oliver scoring again and Ed also. Oliver nailed his hatrick shortly after. unbelievably, these were his first goals of the season!
With such a commanding lead we could afford to change a few positions around and this did lead to us conceding one. However this did mean we could take a look at a few players in different slots with one eye on next season. Elliott had a good spell in the middle of the park which is not his usual place & Marcos and Joe both had time at the back and coped well.
the second half didn't quite have the passing cutting edge of the first, but we did witness a lot of shots (one from Emre in particular must have really stung the keepers hands) which is something I asked of the team before kick off.
Their keeper was actually on good form and made some stunning stops. Once, Elliott tried a shot from the edge of the box and Oliver just got a tiny flick on it to divert it to the right. somehow, the keeper managed to throw out an arm for a fabulous reaction save. well done to him!
Late on, Marcos took a very long, speculative shot which somehow squirmed under the keeper to give us a 6-1 victory.
I think I missed one of Oliver's goals off here but I can't recall the move that led to it!
overall, a good day at the office with players improving now all the time. the players are now looking way more organised and are paying attention to team shape and communication.
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