THE LINEUP:
GK: Cameron
RB: Adam
CB: Ethan
CB: Jack
LB: Ben H
RM: Sam
CM: Marshall
CM: Ben D
LM: Owen
CF: Jon
ST: Alfie
Subs:
Calum
Lewis
THE OPPOSITION:
Beighton Magpies are a okay side in the division but we felt that this was a winnable match. An aim with these two matches, we aimed for a win in at least one of these fixtures. Beighton have a good side but lack a player with real quality.
THE MATCH:
The match took 10 minutes to get into its grove, but Beighton had the first clear cut chance of the match as a deflected shot fell to the striker but his weak effort was cleared off the line by Jack. EMU's then moved down the other end and had a decent strike at goal from Owen, which was well saved in the 17th minute. In the 22nd minute, Beighton moved forward with purpose and had a strike at goal which took a deflection and looped into the bar and was eventually cleared. The breakthrough came in the 28th minute for EMU's when Ben H whipped a corner into the back post, but the ball cannoned off a defenders head, into the goal. With 5 minutes left of the half, I was forced to make an excellent one on one save, after carrying on with a damaged Achilles.
HALFTIME: EMU's 1-0 BEIGHTON MAGPIES
The second half was incredibly tight and no side managed to create any chances worth talking about, until the 64th minute, when Ben D did incredibly well in the middle to take on a couple of players a play a 40 yard through ball to Owen who took it round the keep and slotted it away. Unfortunately for EMU's, we couldn't hold on for the clean sheet, as the ref gave Beighton a soft free kick 20 yards out, and the player lifted the ball up and around the ball and found the top left corner in style with 10 minutes left.
FULLTIME: EMU's 2-1 BEIGHTON MAGPIES
PLAYER RATINGS:
Cameron - thought I had a good game, made a couple of important saves, and even carried on through the pain. 9/10
Adam - had a decent game, did everything he needed to do. 8/10
Ethan - player well, like Adam, did what he needed to do. 8/10
Jack - once again, he had a great game, made a very good goal line clearance, but gave away the free kick for their goal. 8/10
Ben H - was very solid throughout and his delivery was excellent. 8/10
Sam - worked hard but didn't see much of the ball. 6/10
Ben D - was unbelievable in the midfield, rarely made a mistake, produced a great assist. 9/10
Marshall - like Ben D had a fantastic game in the midfield, if he didn't get injured in the second half, I reckon we wouldn't have conceded. 9/10
Owen - played fairly well on the wing but struggled at times to get on the ball, scored a fantastic goal though. 8/10
Jon - ran his socks off but didn't get loads of the ball. 7/10
Alfie - like Jon, worked hard but didn't get on the ball much. 7/10
Calum - struggled with the physicality of the game but worked hard. 7/10
Lewis - like Calum seemed to struggle throughout, should've scored a goal as well. 6/10
ON A PERSONAL NOTE:
Very happy that we got the win, disappointed we couldn't get the clean sheet but the three points were in the bag at that point and I think I played pretty well, made plenty of important saves, but this one is for my teammates, they played well and deserved the victory. We go into the last game high on confidence and I can't wait to be involved in what will probably be my last ever Sunday league game.
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