FREETHORPE U12A GIRLS

FREETHORPE U12A GIRLS

THIS WEEK ENTERTAINED HIGH FLYING SHRUBLANDS A.FREETHORPE LINED UP WITH 3 IN DEFENCE REBEKAH G ON THE RIGHT, ELLAN P CENTRAL AND ELIZABETH G ON THE LEFT.THIS WAS IN EXPECTATION OF SHRUBLANDS ATTACKING STRONGLY.SHRUBLANDS DID NOT LET US DOWN AND PEPPERED OUR DEFENCE EARLY ON WITH THERE LONG BALL TACTICS WHICH ARE VERY EFFECTIVE.

FREETHORPE'S DEFENCE DID A GREAT JOB WITH ALL THREE DEFENDERS PLAYING WELL.WHEN THE SHRUBS DID GET PAST THE THEY FOUND LIBBY B IN IRRESISTIBLE FORM IN GOAL MAKING SOME GREAT SAVES AND COMING OFF HER LINE WELL.

OLIIVA S AND MISSY H WORKED HARD TO HELP THE DEFENCE WITH SOME GREAT RUNNING AND STRONG TACKLES.ERIN K WAS AGAIN ISOLATED UP FRONT WITH LITTLE SUPPORT AND STRUGGLED TO MAKE AN IMPACT.

SHRUBS DID MANAGE TO TAKE A DESERVED 3-0 LEAD MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF AFTER SOME SUSTAINED PRESSURE DESPITE FREETHORPE PLAYING WELL.

FREETHORPE INTRODUCED JESSICA H AND EMMA P TO THE FRAY AND WHEN SHRUBLANDS TOOK THERE FOOT OF THE GAS FREETHORPE POUNCED WITH TWO GREAT GOALS FROM OLIVIA S AND EMMA P.JESSICA H AGAIN SHOWED WHAT A STRONG RUNNER WITH THE BALL SHE IS AND EMMA P LOOKED VERY TIDY WITH HER PLAY.THE BREAK CAME WITH THE SHRUBS LEADING 3-2.

THE SECOND HALF WAS VERY CLOSE THROUGHOUT.WHEN ERIN K RETURNED TO THE PLAY SHE LOOKED VERY SHARP AND MADE SOME GREAT RUNS PRESSURING FOR THE EQUALISER.CLAIRE A AGAIN SLOTTED NICELY INTO MIDFIELD AND DID A GREAT JOB FOR THE TEAM.

FREETHORPE WERE NOW PLAYING THE BEST FOOTBALL SINCE THE TEAM WAS FORMED WITH ALL THE GIRLS GIVING IT THEIR ALL CHASING THE EQUALISER.LATE IN THE GAME HOWEVER SHRUBS SCORED A FOURTH GOAL TO SEAL THE VICTORY 4-2.

THIS WAS A WONDERFUL GAME BY BOTH TEAMS PLAYED IN A SPORTING SPIRIT AND WAS A GREAT ADVERTISEMENT FOR GIRLS FOOTBALL .THE GAME SHOWED WHAT A MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT CAN BE MADE WITH EFFORT AND COMMITMENT IN A SHORT SPACE OF TIME.

WELL DONE GIRLS. G.O.M. LIBBY B FOR A GREAT DISPLAY OF GOALKEEPING