ROCKETS 4 - 3 SAUGHALL COLTS
Back to league fixtures this morning it was great to get a win against a team we've been very evenly matched against since the boys were little.
The pitch conditions in one half made life difficult but after a good training session last night we showed more passing intent and movement off the ball than we did last week against Vicars Cross. We can still be quicker in thought and need to give more options especially from the back, with the midfield dropping to receive.
We went 1-0 down from a good corner and near post finish but then we started to play and got back into the match from a penalty box scramble and the ball sitting up for Bailey to blast into the top corner for 1-1.
Shortly afterwards Harry was fouled whilst breaking on the right. From Harry's perfect free-kick Rory leapt like a salmon to head to the top corner to put us ahead 2-1.
Saughall introduced their secret weapon being a very talented girl who was very good at showing for the ball, attacking and passing. She set up the Saughall equaliser by playing in their striker to make it 2-2.
The boys kept playing their football and we moved Harry up top with immediate results as Harry bundled through the middle of the defence and poked the ball past the keeper to put us ahead again 3-2.
In the second half both teams had good periods of pressure. Saughall were working harder and we struggled a bit to clear our lines and we rode our luck slightly. We did always look like we could hit them on the break and on a few occasions we were one good pass away from seeing either Rory or George through on goal - again we need to get our heads up and play the ball quicker if a team mate is in a better position.
We conceded after a slight defensive mix-up and us dawdling too long on the ball and at 3-3 the game was anyone's to win.
It was left to the Harry/Rory combination to win the game for us after Harry beat two players and put in a superb deep cross where Rory again rose like a salmon to head a winner to the top corner for his 18th goal of the season.
With Bailey then going into defence we were able to see out the game for a deserved 12th win of the season and extend our unbeaten run going back to 29th October last year.
MOTM was awarded to Harry who had his best game for the club. He was a constant threat going forward and was also very physically strong and balanced to hold possession, using the 'arms of steel' technique from training!
Well done boys, great result and really enjoyable game to watch.
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