With so many candles, birthdays at this age always involve the fire brigade!
We started reasonably well with Chasewell with the better play, they had a few searching attacks that we managed to evade by good goal keeping, good defending and some good luck. However, they pressed more than us and we had problems transferring the ball from defense to attack, eventually their good right sided forward had a good shot to make it 1-0 at 12 min. The game continued with Chasewell having the better possession and several attacks with Cumnor largely on the defense. We did press in the dying moments of the 1st half and Flynn scored an opportunist goal on the final whistle, after some much needed pressure on Chasewell. We came in 1-1 at HT... phew.....
We changed the formation from largely 5 at the back to 3 at the back in the second half. We had a 5 man midfield and decided we were going to go down trying for a win even if it left us exposed at the back. The experiment largely paid off and most of the football took place in the centre and the Chasewell half, a change from the 1st half. We had the larger part of the play, but they had the better chances with our 3 man defense largely holding strong. They did have a shot with the ball bobbling ball in our box that came off the post. Well done Adam, Elliott, Cameron and Mehmet. We played some good football at times and it was a move of the best quality football, from where we had our best opportunity. An unnamed player had largely an open goal but could not get his foot on it and it drifted past the post for a goal kick. They then attacked and won a free kick near the edge of our box, was it or was it not? who knows, but at least Elliot had made a strong challenge that we were pleased about. From this their player had an excellent strike to hit the top corner of the woodwork. Right at the death we won a corner and from this the ball bounced around and Harry poked in another goal within their six yard box. The whistle went at the same time the goal was given. We had won!FT 2-1 The boys went mad and the parents invaded the pitch completely ignoring the respect barriers. Great play from the midfielders, George M, Matthew, Mason, Wills, Gareth, George D well done forwards Harry, Flynn and Louie.
A wonderful game from the Cumnor viewpoint, they had more chances than us although the overall play was largely close. I am sure if I was a Chasewell player I would be upset with 2 goals at the end of each half, but it was exciting.
A game played with a great bunch of kids, with Eric their manager refereeing fairly. They even gave us some doughnuts to eat, a lovely gesture. We wish them well and Thank them.
Man of the match postumously sponsored by diocalm after eating Brownies made for Richards birthday and doughnuts from Chasewell was Cameron, it could have been many including Adam, Elliot, Mehmet to name a few BUT well played to all we were all were 'man of the match.'
WE WILL ENJOY THIS WHILST IT LASTS - are we too late for a title challenge? ......
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