Grocho 3 Gower Phoenix 3
Phoenix Denied at the Last
Gower Phoenix (4-4-2) Ronnie - Dens, Wall, Selbie, Jamie - Henry, Bradley, Mitch, Lucas - Nick, Toby
Gower Phoenix were denied a last minute winner by an outrageous outside call which would have given the team a deserved victory over the league leaders.
Phoenix, following weeks of rain delayed games and a poor showing in the MA cup, were far more positive and looked to press forward from the start. With Ronnie doing a sterling job in goal for the first half the team looked comfortable in possession. The first blood went to Phoenix when the ball was passed across the edge of the area and Bradley ran onto it shooting first time with a sidefooted effort that flew like a bullet in off the cross bar. It was a goal that would not have looked out of place on Match of the Day goal of the month, superb. 1-0.
Phoenix were their own worst enemy in letting the oppo back into the game and gave away several free kicks allowing them to kick to their 8 foot tall striker, Ronnie thankfully was up to the task. Not clearing the ball properly would cost Phoenix dearly, firstly after picking up a deserved yellow card, the Wall was unlucky to see an effort deflect off him to dribble in to the net to make it 1-1.
Phoenix bounced back and Mitch was breaking up play in the middle and Toby and Nick looked dangerous up front. Phoenix went back in front when Dens picked up possession and pushed up on the left before disecting the opposition's defence with a cross that Toby collected and finished past the keeper. 2-1 at half time.
Phoenix kept it at that score largely due to very robust defending, which didn't allow the oppo near our goal which now had Henry in it. Selbie and Jamie were putting in one helleva stint, highlights including Jamie's takedown of a long ball followed by keepy-upies and then a clearance. Phoenix should have made it 3-2 when a driven near post corner bounced around their area for ages with numerous goal line clearances.
Sadly Grocho made it 2-2 when Phoenix dalied on the ball in their own area and with five minutes to go a lucky break put their striker clean through to make it 3-2 Grocho. Thankfully Phoenix rallied to the cause and good work from Bradley and Lucas saw the play switched to Toby who played in Ronnie to burst into the area and cooly finish to make it 3-3.
With minutes to go Toby combined again to slot the ball back to Nick who finished, but for no reason at all (beyond pressure from the oppo subs bench) the goal was not awarded. Criminal.
Anyhow, 3-3 was the result and alot of positives for Phoenix to take into some important upcoming cup games.
MOTM - Ronnie - great work in goal and a vital goal scored outfield. Well done mate.
Gower Phoenix (4-4-2) Ronnie - Dens, Wall, Selbie, Jamie - Henry, Bradley, Mitch, Lucas - Nick, Toby
Gower Phoenix were denied a last minute winner by an outrageous outside call which would have given the team a deserved victory over the league leaders.
Phoenix, following weeks of rain delayed games and a poor showing in the MA cup, were far more positive and looked to press forward from the start. With Ronnie doing a sterling job in goal for the first half the team looked comfortable in possession. The first blood went to Phoenix when the ball was passed across the edge of the area and Bradley ran onto it shooting first time with a sidefooted effort that flew like a bullet in off the cross bar. It was a goal that would not have looked out of place on Match of the Day goal of the month, superb. 1-0.
Phoenix were their own worst enemy in letting the oppo back into the game and gave away several free kicks allowing them to kick to their 8 foot tall striker, Ronnie thankfully was up to the task. Not clearing the ball properly would cost Phoenix dearly, firstly after picking up a deserved yellow card, the Wall was unlucky to see an effort deflect off him to dribble in to the net to make it 1-1.
Phoenix bounced back and Mitch was breaking up play in the middle and Toby and Nick looked dangerous up front. Phoenix went back in front when Dens picked up possession and pushed up on the left before disecting the opposition's defence with a cross that Toby collected and finished past the keeper. 2-1 at half time.
Phoenix kept it at that score largely due to very robust defending, which didn't allow the oppo near our goal which now had Henry in it. Selbie and Jamie were putting in one helleva stint, highlights including Jamie's takedown of a long ball followed by keepy-upies and then a clearance. Phoenix should have made it 3-2 when a driven near post corner bounced around their area for ages with numerous goal line clearances.
Sadly Grocho made it 2-2 when Phoenix dalied on the ball in their own area and with five minutes to go a lucky break put their striker clean through to make it 3-2 Grocho. Thankfully Phoenix rallied to the cause and good work from Bradley and Lucas saw the play switched to Toby who played in Ronnie to burst into the area and cooly finish to make it 3-3.
With minutes to go Toby combined again to slot the ball back to Nick who finished, but for no reason at all (beyond pressure from the oppo subs bench) the goal was not awarded. Criminal.
Anyhow, 3-3 was the result and alot of positives for Phoenix to take into some important upcoming cup games.
MOTM - Ronnie - great work in goal and a vital goal scored outfield. Well done mate.
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