friday 28th August
98G white got their first outing as a team on turf. Rampage brought their usual big girls game and pushed the ball into our half consistently with big boots upfield. Our girls struggled with the ball running fast on the turf and neither side was able to put a passing game together.
Rampage scored through a breakout where our defence stood a little flat, and also forgot to kick the ball... so as usual, that goal didn't really count.
For the second half, Sporting produced a defensive and goal tending master class. The wind kept the ball at our end of the field for most of the half but strong defence and aggressive goalkeeping from Adriana kept the Rampage out. We managed a couple of really nice breaks resulting is some shots on the Rampage goal .
It was very useful to be able to try some players in different positions. The coaches and the girls learn what will and won't work. Hopefully we'll have most of this sorted before the season starts.
0-1 versus a class 1B team is a decent result. We'd have beaten them on grass anyway
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No question about it, the ball was on our half for most of the game. Rampage kick-and-run worked well, especially given the hustle and athleticism of the Rampage girls. Our passing and possession game was more sophisticated, but kept getting interrupted by a quicker moving opponent.
ReplyDeleteStill, for a defense and keeper to be under such constant pressure and only allow 1 point is remarkable.