Finally a win under our belt!
The boy's were given a tough team talk before the game. They were told to put there all in and put what they have been doing in training into practice. We started the game with an attack on Berko's goal and Archie should really have put us 1-0 up but was too quick to shoot when he actually had time to control the ball and run at the keeper. Lewis P, Harry and James had a few shoots on target but all in all the 1st half was pretty poor and we went in at half time 1-0 down. I think i made a comment to the tone of 'come on, this is like watching Watford!', shame on me.
The second half of the game was one with lot's of 'Oohs' and 'Arrghhs'. All the parents on the sidelines (and the coaches) were egging the boy's on and we started to put pressure on their defence, they started making mistakes. We worked really hard and finally we got our equalizer, scored by Lewis P, Evergreen Juniors' top scorer last season.
Last season when I was coaching Herons, we played Evergreen 3 times and they beat us each time. Lewis P was one of the Evergreen players that gave me nightmares, he was everywhere and scored pretty much most of Evergreens goals against us.
The last 3 games that I've watched Archie and Evergreen play, Lewis P hasn't really figured as much as he did last season but today he was on form. He set Archie up with 3 great chances to score, each time Archie missed very narrowly. I was beginning to wander if we were going to get a winner after our constant battering or if we would give away another easy goal. We did eventually get what we deserved. Harry was fighting for the ball in midfield and showed real courage putting his foot in to nick the ball from one of the Berko defenders. He put the ball into the box, there was a bit of a goal mouth scramble but Archie was in the right place at the right time to put the ball into the back of the net. You could see how much it meant to the team, everyone ran up to him and congratulated him. Archie was happy as Larry! We were unlucky not to make it 3 as Lewis P connected with a fine header from an equally fine corner taken by Harry, but the ball glanced over the bar.
GOALS: Lewis P (1), Archie (1)
The whole team really showed determination to get the win and I for one am looking forward to see what happens next week against Chorleywood Tigers in the next League Intermediate Cup game.
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