FREETHORPE U12A GIRLS

FREETHORPE FC U12A GIRLS TRAVELLED TO LODDON LOOKING FOR A CHANGE IN LUCK AND A WIN TO RESTORE THEIR CONFIDENCE AFTER SOME DISAPPOINTING RESULTS .

FREETHORPE STARTED WELL WITH ELLAN P,ELIZABETH G AND REBEKAH G GIVING THE TEAM A SOLID BASE ON WHICH TO BUILD THEIR GAME.JESSICA H AND EMMA P BOTH LOOKED LIVELY IN MIDFIELD AND CAUSED LODDON PROBLEMS WITH THEIR DIRECT RUNNING AND HARD TACKLES.LIBBY B IN GOAL HAD LITTLE TO DO BUT KICKED WELL AND LOOKED ASSURED THROUGHOUT.FREETHORPE TOOK THE LEAD WHEN THE BALL WAS WORKED DOWN THE RIGHT ,JESSICA H COLLECTED THE BALL, LOOKED UP AND PASSED TO ERIN K WHO TURNED SMARTLY AND PASSED THE BALL INTO THE GOAL TO THE DELIGHT OF THE GIRLS AND THE FREETHORPE SUPPORTERS.

FREETHORPE WERE WELL IN CONTROL OF THE GAME AND HAD SEVERAL CHANCES TO INCREASE THEIR LEAD BUT WERE DENIED BY SOME GREAT GOALKEEPING AND LADY LUCK DESERTING FREETHORPE AGAIN.ERIN K TRIED SO HARD BUT COULD NOT BEAT THE KEEPER.SAM S WAS INTRODUCED FOR HER DEBUT AND PLAYED WELL IN MIDFIELD GIVING JESS A REST.

AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY LODDON SCORED WITH THEIR FIRST SHOT ON GOAL A SPECULATIVE PUNT SOMEHOW FOUND IT WAY OVER LIBBY IN GOAL AND INTO THE NET JUST BEFORE THE BREAK.

THE SECOND HALF SAW FREETHORPE CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR THE WINNER WITH ELLAN P S LONG THROWS INTO THE BOX CAUSING LODDON MUCH CONCERN.AT TIMES FREETHORPE HAD ALL BUT ELIZABETH UP FRONT WHICH LEFT THE TEAM EXPOSED TO THE COUNTER ATTACK.BOTH TEAM HAD THERE CHANCES TO SCORE THE WINNER AND THE GAME WAS GREAT ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE LARGE CROWD.ALAS NO MORE GOALS WERE SCORED AND THE GAME FINISHED 1-1 A FAIR RESULT AGAINST A SPORTING AND WELL BEHAVED TEAM.

JANE'S G.O.M. EMMA P