Challenge Cup Round 1
Monday March 10th
As the tail end of the worst storm to hit the UK catches up with us, just as we arrive at the ground, we’re sure the game is going to be cancelled. Parents, players and the match officials huddle together in the dressing room corridor, peeking outside as the forceful wind carries anything not nailed down hurtling across the pitch. Recreativo are eager to get out there, despite the gale. The head of referees has a last puff on his fag and gives us the nod, ‘it’s on’ and we’re out in the lashing rain trying to conduct a warm up. We start with the same team who won our last match and take control of the game early on. Despite the unforgiving conditions, we are once again well supported by parents cheering on from the sidelines. The first twenty minutes sees us more or less camped out in Muskateers half, but despite the majority of possession, we reach half time at 0-0. Because this was a cup match we had been practising penalties, but were determined to go all out and score in the second half. Excellent link up play in and around the box resulted some fantastic football. Benji won a tackle, side-stepped an opponent and passed a great ball through to Jaden, who finished the move with a great goal. Harry done well after coming on late, sending balls forward and Ollie too had a great half. George secured our place in the second round of the Cup with a late goal, celebrating with a forward roll and his team mates bundling on top of him! A great performance all round. Who knows, with this spirit, we can really give it a go and get to that final. Recreativo for the Cup!
Team: Eren Doldur, Lara Tollington, Jaye Paul, Daniel Garcia Fernandez, Storm Gregory-Hickling, Jaden Stephenson, Louis Dillon, Zeki Bolat, Sam Abdullah Kirton, Benji Barbour Ricketts, Ollie Goldblatt, Harry Butcher, George Wakefield.
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