FREETHORPE U9S

Freethorpe this week faced a sporting Gunton side at home, on a heavy pitch soaked by a pre-match rainstorm. As the game started, Freethorpe applied some early pressure and went close on a couple of occasions, before taking the lead with a lucky own goal scored by one of the opposition defence. With Tyler working tirelessly in midfield, Freethorpe dominated the 1st period and an excellent throughball from our star midfielder, left Henry running through and an excellent finish at the near post made the score 2v0. Freethorpe had other chances to score but some brilliant goalkeeping by the Gunton goalkeeper kept the score down. As the half drew to a close, an excellent corner from Ashley caused the keeper problems and Liam was on hand to back heel the ball over the line for 3v0. This was the last kick of an exciting first half display by Freethorpe. In the 2nd half, Freethope started slowly and some slack defending by the team, left a Gunton player 1 on 1 with Ben and a tidy finish pegged the score back to 3v1. The re-introduction of Tyler into midfield, saw Freethorpe take a grip of the game again and before long the Gunton keeper was being called into action and a string of excellent saves left the Freethorpe crowd wondering whether they would see any more goals. Freethorpe continued to pile on the pressure and 5 minutes before the end, a ball dropped to Jordan-Lee in the box and with the goal to his mercy he smashed a ball home from 3-4 yards making the score 4v1. The game still wasn't finished and before the end, another super corner from Ashley was met by the head of Tyler to cap another excellent display from our box to box midfielder, leaving the score 5v1 at the final whistle. This was the teams 1st headed goal of the season, maybe, just maybe, the work done in training on headers is starting to have the right effect. This was a really excellent team performance in very tricky conditions, with goalkeeper Ben, rarely troubled in the Freethorpe goal. Everyone connected with Freethorpe U9's would like to wish Natty all the best for his pending move to Kuwait with his family. MoM this week Tyler, an all action display capped off with a brilliant headed goal (yes, that was a Tyler header!!!) Next match we are away playing Waveney E, kick off times to be confirmed.