Tuesday, 6 December 2016

MATCH REPORT - SAT 3 DECEMBER - MATCH 2

WAVERTON BEES 1 - 10 UPTON WHITES

With George's injured ankle and Oliver having to pull out at the last minute, we were lucky we had Samuel and Yazan back fit and in the squad.

Waverton started well and were applying a lot of early pressure and almost took the lead.  Unfortunately, we could not find the back of the net and Tarvin hit us on the break and converted their first chance of the game.

This was to be a rather telling moment, as Tarvin's two strongest players (number 9 & 11) began to assert themselves onto the game and it was not long before Tarvin doubled their lead and then the floodgates opened.  In fairness, we have not seen U7s 'thump' the ball quite so accurately as these Tarvin lads demonstrated.

There were some encouraging moments from the Bees as they looked to pass the ball about the park and get into forward positions, albeit exposing us at the back to the counter! The boys continued efforts resulted in a really well worked consolation goal.  Having taken the ball into the corner, it was drilled across the goal mouth where it found Henry on the back post for a tap-in and a deserved first goal of the campaign!
 
Waverton were unlucky not score more, and were only denied by goal-line defending and the uprights on at least 3 occasions.

Some tackling work to be done in training, but a spirited effort by all. Well done to Yazan, Thomas, Isaac and Ben in goal for preventing further onslaught from a very big and physical Tarvin side.  Their outfield performances were equally good and complimented by good positional play and passing by Henry and Samuel.

Man of the match goes to Yazan, for his tiresome running up and down, strong tackling and dogged determination to carry-on following a couple of hard knocks.

A big thank you to all the parents for their support as always and Will (Duke of Edinburgh Volunteer) for helping us out and doing a great job refereeing.

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