Under 13 Herons
Matches
Sat 05 Oct 2019
Gosport Borough Black
09:30
Stubbington Youth FC
Under 13 Herons
Missed opportunities

Missed opportunities

Steven Cooper8 Oct 2019 - 08:57
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Goalkeepers day

On what turned out to be a sunny morning at Arden Park for the first meeting between the teams the Stubbington Herons took the first half kick-off against newly formed GBB. It was to be a fairly evenly matched affair with some good defending from both teams but it was the GBB Goalkeeper who owned the day in the end. A number of chances fell to the Herons in the first half of which the majority were kept out by a determined GBB GK. Olly 13, Jack, Alfie and Taylor all had good chances saved in the first half as the Herons won the majority of the midfield battles and created goalscoring chances. More of these chances were squandered wide as the Herons shooting seemed a little off, a free kick taken by Noah went closest but was tipped onto the post by the outstretched GBB keeper. The opening goal finally came when George made a determined effort to get past three Gosport tackles in a pinball-like fashion and then got a pass away to Jack who dribbled across the edge of the box to the right-hand side, his cross back across the area rebounded off a Gosport defender only to fall to young Ben who had taken up a great position at the edge of the area. He calmly controlled the ball and executed a composed finish to beat the keeper and place the ball in the left-hand side back of the net.

Gosport were hitting the Herons on the counter for much of the first half but the Herons defence was coping well until confusion reigned as the Herons defence was caught hesitating with the ball on the left of the pitch just beyond the penalty area. A high press won the ball for GBB and the resulting panic to win the ball back left a GBB attacker all alone in the six-yard box. a shot came in from the left which was blocked by Louie in the Herons goal but unfortunately fell kindly for the unmarked GBB striker, he calmly slotted the ball into an empty net with just a couple minutes left of the first half.

The second half was more even with GBB trying to put the Herons under pressure with the high press, this allowed the Herons to do the counter-attacking. Some good chances fell for Jack, Josh, Olly and Alfie but unfortunately, the finishing couldn't match the build-up play and the Herons failed to score any more goals. The defence held firm though in the second half and despite Gosport probably enjoying slightly more possession they too failed to create another goal in the second half.

Match details

Match date

Sat 05 Oct 2019

Kickoff

09:30

Meet time

09:10

Location

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