As we know good football and possession does not always win the game and if you don't punish your opponents when the opportunities arise then you can pay the ultimate price and indeed the girls learnt this harsh lesson going down away Boroondara Lions 2-1 last Sunday. The girls played some lovely moves with solid passing and team work now a regular feature of their game and were unlucky not to be up 2-0 nil in the first 20 minutes as they dominated with wave after wave of attacks which included 3 shots hitting the post and numerous into the side netting. I told the girls on the bench we would be made to pay for this and sure enough Boroondara went ahead with a rare attack, just before half time, that looked very offside but their striker calmly slotted the ball home with the referrees blessing.
In the second half the girls fought hard and again dominated the play but Boroondara were brimming with confidence and with a long ball from defence their very fast striker (same girl who scored in first half) ran through our girls and put the ball away nicely and we found ourselves 2 -0 nil down and fair to say a little shocked at the score line. We continued to fight hard and Jordy scored a nice goal slotting home a loose ball in the penalty area after a corner. The girls continued to fight hard until the end but but time had beaten us...
My coaching record was again in tatters as coach Lee was absent (injured and on crutches from a nasty tackle in the seniors game on Friday night) from another hard game and his clean sheet of coaching victory's with the girls continues.... only kiddin Lee, I do have big shoulders!
Some highlights from the game were:-
Izabella who had an outstanding game and was never beaten to the ball by anyone... she got the coaches votes for this game
Liz and Narin were solid in defence with some very impressive and brave headers.
Adriana for going in goals to take over from a very pale and sick Holly at half time. Both girls did well and could not of saved the goals we conceded.
Sarah Jane and Beth Anne for playing well in their last game for the club. They are going back to USA and we wish them all the best and thanks for being part of our team.
All the girls who worked and fought hard
We did have a large squad last week and apologies to the girls who did not get enough game time, we will make sure we rectify that this week.
A special thanks to Rosa who helps out every week with all the admin and paperwork, we do appreciate it.
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