The boys had a good warm up, unlike the opposition, who's coach didn't arrive until 10 mins before KO. And I mean the manager, not the vehicle.
A beautiful sunny afternoon to play football too & the pitch was not too bad. No dog poo anyway!
We started brightly, passing around like we know they can do. I had challenged them all to improve their game in individual ways & they seemed to relish the task.
The opposition gave us far too much space & time on the ball, which suited our passing game & we witnessed some lovely sweeping passing moves, leading to lots of first half goals.
First Jayden popped in 2 from right mid, then Xander crashed in with one from midfield. Then Elliott got a first half hat trick from centre forward. Two left foot ones & a rocket right.
Jamie had the midfield totally sewn up & with solid Zack & Tyler behind him, he spread some fantastic passes wide to Ben & Jayden/Ed.
Second half, we were pleased to have Emre back after injury & he was a bit rusty as he managed to miss three chances that would have given him a hat trick too.
Bmth Sports changed their keeper at half time & he was the difference in the second half. We took our foot off the gas a bit but without the keeper we would have got another 7 or 8. We had to settle for one more from Xander, a fab half volley that thundered into the net!
Sam, in goal, was having a good game. He didn't have much to do but kept his concentration well & did whats was needed. Unfortunately, when chasing back, Zack got a bobble or a heavy touch & put him in real trouble. Despite manic chasing back by Jamie & Elliott, their striker got a shot away & Sam could only palm it into his own net. He more than made up for it though with a super save from a header late on.
Final score 7-1. (although they reported 9-1)!
into R2;-)
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