Match Report – Game 10 – Saturday 11th December
vs. Liverpool North 7-0
Team: Ciarán; Josh (capt.), Matty; Danny, Caleb, Adam; Jacob.
Ian took his illness and injury ravaged side into this game against lowly opposition. Danny made his first start and they were unable to name any substitutes but they emerged victorious as they ran riot against a ragged Liverpool North.
They took the lead in the second minute as an Adam shot took a big deflection to wrong foot the keeper, with Jacob ready to pounce. Although the flow of the game was broken with a series of foul throws, the boys had complete control: Adam had another left back to terrorise and Jacob kept the rest of the defence on their toes. Danny was having a lively debut in midfield, linking well with Caleb but they were guilty of not making the best of their opportunities.
It took until the 17th minute for them to double the lead as Caleb picked up the ball in midfield and slalomed, Messi-like, through a mesmerised defence to pass it into the left corner of the goal. They nearly extended their lead three minutes later as Matty put an excellent ball through but Adam was unable to take advantage.
The defence had had little to do but Ciarán needed to make an excellent one-on-one block to prevent a goal and then made amends for his own mistake to keep a clean sheet. From his long clearance, Jacob took the ball under control and almost put Danny through.
The third goal finally came a minute before half time as a long range shot from Josh went through the keeper, who had just made a good block to deny Adam. The first half scoring wasn’t finished though as, seconds before the whistle, a desperate push out by the North keeper fell to Danny to slot home as reward for his energetic half.
From the start of the second half, the boys created chances. In the first minute, an excellent cross from Caleb fell to Adam who missed the open goal. A free kick from Josh went narrowly wide through a packed box and Jacob forced a save from the keeper.
The fifth goal came in the sixth minute as Josh and Adam worked a short corner and Caleb slotted the ball neatly home. Jacob and Caleb were then quick to nick the ball back from the kick off, only for Adam’s bad luck to continue as he his the foot of the post.
Ciarán was briefly called into action to make a save from a free kick on the left but otherwise it was one-way traffic as first Jacob and then Caleb created space for Danny, resulting in corners. Adam had another header cleared off the line and then Matty hit one of his trademark long range fizzers that was pushed wide.
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With a quarter of the match left, Adam saw another header go just over the bar from sharp cross from Josh and then Jacob had a good shout for a penalty as the defender took his ankles. Danny then kept up his good display but saw his shot hit the side netting.
Having finally broken his duck a few weeks back, Caleb then completed a hat-trick in this game with a neat shot past the keeper to make it 6-0. With little defending to do, the defence were free to push forward and Josh sent a ball through the middle which nobody got on the end of.
With a minute to go, the tireless Jacob finally thought his time had come as he created space on the edge of the box but Matty was on hand to beat him to it and fire the seventh into the bottom corner to give the boys their biggest win of the season.
This was an excellent all-round performance, made better by the fact that the boys had to play the whole game without any substitutions. Jacob created space throughout the match, as did Adam, and Danny’s first display suggested good things for the future but the Man of the Match award went to Caleb not only for his three goal haul but also for a solid midfield performance.
Injury latest!
Ouch! This is much better than a boring old metatarsal break - a proper bone snap.
Just in case anybody thought he didn't fancy playing in the cold, here's proof that Joe isn't faking it. The top of my arm is feeling sore just looking at it.
Thankfully he is well on the road to recovery and expects to be able to open his Christmas presents without too much difficulty. Perhaps we'll see him on the touchline soon (or maybe he'll be sensible and stay tucked up in bed!).
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