Posted by Darren D on April 30, 2008, 12:03 pm, in reply to "Oxford City Colts U8's Match Report 26th April 08"
Excellent report mate
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: Another Great Team Performance from the City
: Players
:
: Game 1
:
: Team: (GK) Morgan, Defenders: Kian &
: Luke Martin, Midfielders: Declan, Ollie
: & Luke Milward Striker: Jamie
:
: With the player’s full of confidence and
: really up for the match, they started this
: game with the same passion they showed
: against Didcot the previous week.
: In the first half Oxford City kept Drayton
: in there own half and were very quick to win
: the ball back whenever Drayton looked like
: they were going to break. Despite all our
: pressure we were unable to get the ball into
: the back of there goal, and at times,
: through lack of communication we found
: ourselves tripping over each other when two
: or more of our players were too attracted to
: the ball. Towards the end of the half
: Drayton capitalised on a small mistake from
: us and scored the opening goal.
: After a inspiring team talk at half time,
: our players went back onto the pitch
: believing they were still well in this game
: and the win was very much possible.
: It then didn’t take long to get level,
: Drayton gave a penalty away and Jamie
: stepped up to score an excellent goal from
: the spot slotting it into the left hand side
: of the goal. Dec made a great solo run from
: the back right up to the edge of Drayton’s
: box skipping around players as if they were
: only statues, sadly he was brought down
: before he could capitalise and had to be
: substituted for Leo. Kian and Luke Martin
: played their part, they communicated very
: well and shared their defensive duties
: taking turn to go up for corners, and
: returned to the defence with great speed and
: awareness. Ollie showed his usual skill and
: ability with some great darting runs towards
: goal, and as for Luke Milward he yet again
: covered most blades of grass on the pitch
: and added two more great Goal to his tally.
:
: Final Score: Oxford City Colts 3 – Drayton 1
: Man of the Match: Luke Milward
:
: Game 2
:
: Team: (GK) Leo/Ben , Defenders: Megan &
: Carlitos, Midfielders: Adam, Thomas and Ben
: (Morgan) Striker: Andrew (Bailey)
:
: Unlike last week we had all our players back
: and did not have to swap players around to
: make up a team.
: From the early stages of the game Megan and
: Carlitos played well together and stood
: strong against the Drayton attackers, they
: communicated very well and took in what was
: said to them before the game, every ball
: that entered our half was quickly dispatched
: with immense determination, and with Leo
: back in between the sticks we looked pretty
: safe in defence. The midfield set up
: consisting of Adam, Thomas & Ben also
: did what they were asked and got back to
: help out there defence as well as breaking
: up the pitch at every given opportunity.
: Thomas ran his legs off, chasing any Drayton
: player who threatened to get forward. Ben
: showed great awareness of danger and was
: back to help his defence when required, Adam
: was really on the ball with his treacherous
: runs from defence to attack. Andrew was as
: ever alert and his movement of the ball was
: excellent.
: At half time Ben went into goal and gave Leo
: a chance out on the pitch, Ben made a
: splendid save from a Drayton shot and was
: swift to cover the ball from any further
: danger. Bailey came on for Andrew and he
: showed his pace and skill with a few
: dazzling runs of his own. We played pretty
: much the same as we did in the first half,
: we were marking well, we stood strong and
: our effort was 100%. Morgan came on with 5
: minutes to go and he showed that he is not
: just a good keeper but can do just as well
: out on the pitch. Despite having a few
: chances we were unable to benefit but a
: clean sheet was an exceptional result.
:
: Final Score: Oxford City Colts 0 – Drayton 0
: Man of the Match: Carlitos
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