Friday, February 20, 2009

Rams 4 Hillingdon Youth 2

The Rams dominated the first half with a polished display, keeping possession of the ball well and creating openings in the Hillingdon defence. Tom Scott broke the deadlock finnishing off a good passing move with a well struck shot. James made it 2-0 after a quickly taken corner, made his way into the box before unleashing a well placed low shot which the keeper could not keep out at the near post. Another fine passing move created the third goal, the cross coming in from the right wing beat the keeper and Hillingdon defenders, Corey was on hand to shoot goalwards only for his shot to come back off the post, fortunately for us hitting a defender and ending up in the back of the net, 3-0.

In the Second half Hillingdon worked hard to get back into the game and made the breakthrough after some a well struck shot was parried by Lewis in goal only for one of the Hillingdon strikers to react quickest to the rebound and slotted the ball home calmly, 3-1.

Both teams continued to create opportunities, Hillingdon were awarded a free kick just outside the Rams penalty area and with the keeper unsighted an unstoppable shot was fired into the top corner, 3-2 and a great free kick.

The Rams stood strong with solid defensive performances from Callum, Ben and Jamie. Lewis did well in the SYCOB goal and had little chance with the two goals conceded. The lads kept battling away and eventually put the game beyond reach of the visitors when Tom Scott doubled his tally for the day receiving the ball on the edge of the box, evading the oncoming keeper and defender who ended up in a heap on the floor turned brilliantly to fire into the open goal.

Moment of the match was when Arran spun fantastically on the ball in the centre circle beating two midfielders showing a bit of skillage that wouldn't look out of place on Soccer AM's showboating!

MOTM went to Tom Scott for another fine performance working effortlessly and scoring two well taken goals.

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