South West Warriors vs Blue Sticks, 6-5 Win
Matt Gill, player & match reporter – Nov 6, 2011
This week we had Big Matt (Spider), Al, Matt G (Princess), Harry, Nick, Morgs in goal, Michael and Dan
They had a quick break away almost immediately after the game had started, Morgs saved the first shot but despite Michael’s efforts and Morgan’s dive the second shot hit the back of the net. 0-1
A short while later we had a strong attack down the left wing Matt passed to Nick who was unable to get it in.
They quickly brought the ball back to our defensive circle and took another shot. This time Morgan had a great save which was picked up by Matt who ran the field and took the shot. 1-1
They came back at us hard, there was a good defensive clearance from Matt G and Morgs, but a turn-over saw them come back again. This time Matt G held them up until enough players could get back and break down the attack. The game see-sawed for a couple of minutes until they got into the circle again, this time they passed around Morgs and got the ball into the back of the net 1-2.
We had an immediate reply with Matt running the field and putting it in the back of the net. 2-2
They won a series of corners until the ball unfortunately clipped Dan and flew into the back of the net. 2-3
They then got another opportunity to score and took full advantage by passing to around Morgs and putting in it in the net. 2-4
With only seconds remaining in the half, Matt G ran down the right and placed a short pass to Matt who dragged a defender then put it behind the goalkeeper. 3-4
Half time
We came back from the half time all fired up to win.
We got straight into the half with a pass from Matt G to Dan who then passed to his brother Matt who took a high shot into the back of the net. 4-4
Before you knew it the brothers where at it again, Dan got a pass off to Matt who then got a corner. Dan pushed out to Matt who then dragged two people and put it out to Dan on the post. Dan’s great deflection put us into the lead. 5-4
The blue sticks were not out as they then showed us when they put the ball passed a sliding Morgan to even the score. 5-5
They then got a corner in the last seconds of the game. Morgs showed us what he could do with a brilliant save. The ball deflected to Matt who quickly ran the field and passed to Nick on the post who pushed in the winning goal. 6-5
A special thanks to Tony for another great game and all the parents that brought their kids. Also on a special note anyone who played in the under 13 SWU team last year Kiko’s sister Fila was playing on the other team, she was their best striker (with a blue glove).
