South West Warriors vs Taurus, 5-2 Loss
Tony Meredith, Coach – Oct 23, 2011
We took an Early lead at a minute and a half with a well worked goal by Matt. A number of good chances went begging and eventually we made a mistake on a free hit, gifting them the ball which put them in and at half time the score was 1-1.
In the second half once again we were applying pressure but not scoring. We defended all of our defensive corners and some great play by both keepers kept the scores even for the first couple of minutes. Eventually we made another mistake in the defence and they were able to go round us for a second goal. Within a minute they were in again through good team work and we were 3-1 down. This was really the first time that they had scored without our mistake.
We replied with some good team work and individually good play and drew a penalty stork which Matt W. converted.
Unfortunately, the wheels fell off at this stage and they scored again putting them ahead 4-2. In the last minute or so, they were able to score another when their centre forward wondered into our circle between four of our player who all failed to attempt a tackle and threaded the ball past Tom. We were pressing at the end but being 2 goals down had no chance of winning.
I short we were competitive but failed to capitalize on our chances. We have to slow our attack down in the circle and ensure that we score, especially when we have a 2 or 3 on one on the goalkeeper. We need to play out the whole 18 minute half not 15 or so minutes of it. We have still to jell together as a team up front, when this happens we will score more goals and win.
