Match type: League
Man of the match: Corey Scothern
Match Location: Away
YEL Sunday U13′s
After a couple of weeks without a game due to the weather it was nice to get a game of football, it was a big pitch but was flat and a good surface for the boys to play on.
The game started quite slowly and both sides looked a little rusty, but it was Warriors who were applying most of the pressure. Kieren Beales trying his luck from distance on a few occasions without troubling the Calverton keeper too much. There were also one or two scares at the other end and Jacob Day kept the scores level after grabbing the ball as it bounced off the post. Warriors took the lead when a through ball found Ethan Barnes who slotted the ball past the on rushing Calverton keeper. The players looked bemused and didn’t celebrate thinking it was offside the ref gave the goal, it was a very surreal event.
Despite constant waves of attacks Calverton drew level before half time, a long ball forward saw the Calverton striker hit a great shot from the edge of the area and past the Warriors keeper. 1-1 at half time.
The manager made a few changes at half time and reverted back to a 4-4-2 formation. This had the desired effect the players looked more comfortable With Sean Bird controlling the centre midfield and Corey Scothern immense on the right hand side of midfield.
Scothern released Beales down the right who played the ball intelligently in to Barnes for a tap in that saw Warriors take the lead, it was all Warriors now and the third came from a corner that Corey played in and Billy Platts volleyed home at the back post. Calverton had a rare move forward and Edward Ridley got a faint touch on a shot that was enough to take the sting out of it and the Warriors defence cleared. That was Ridleys only touch in the second half. The fourth goal came from an unlikely source, the manager waved Ethan Jacques forward for a corner and as the ball bounced in the area Jacques smashed the ball into the roof of the net.
The game finished 4-1 to Warriors and a much improved second half.
Well Done boys.
Squad for this match: Jacob Day, Billy Platts, Ethan Jacques, Corey Scothern, Oliver Straw, Lewis Phillips, Owen Taylor-Parrot, Kieren Beales, Sean Bird, Ethan Barnes, Finley Watkins, Kai Bramley, Edward Ridley

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