John Brandman's spectacular strike in the dying minutes gave the Maroons a rollercoaster 5-4 victory over Uni Gangrenes at Corrimal on Saturday.
The Maroons were 2-0 up in no time through Shaky and Fergus and should have been out of sight with TH10 wasting three clear cut chances with over-eager shooting. A defender also put the ball against his own crossbar and Ant slid another ball across the face of goal without anyone managing a touch.
The Gangrenes, a nemesis late last season when their 2-2 draw cost us any chance of playing in the finals, hit back with a stunning long range strike from their mouthy but creative No.7.
Just before the break TH10 took a through ball and slotted past the advancing keeper for a 3-1 lead. We were cruising and the jovial mood at half time reflected this but we were caught cold in the second term and the game changed completely.
Our passing became weak, we started to dither on the ball and struggled to get a foothold as the Uni side started to play better football.
Uni walked in a second goal as a succession of Waves failed to clear and then they got back on level terms when the No.7 was given space inside the box and drove a low shot past Pete.
With eight minutes left Ant had a break away down the right. TH10 stayed behind him then ran onto the inside pass and shot past the the keeper for 4-3.
The home side complained bitterly about the absence of an offside call (see post from a couple of weeks back), although the linesman got it spot on, and there was a sense the the ref might have agreed. Just two minutes later he gave a free kick to Uni and when they swung it into the box he immediately called a marshmallow penalty against Graeme P for holding the hand of an attacker.
The No. 7 scored to level the game at 4-4 with five to play.
We had couple of close chances, the Uni keeper tipping an Ant header wide and the defenders blocking a couple of goal bound shots. One of the blocks reulted in a corner, taken by JB and as it came back out to him he made himself a slight angle and smashed the ball into the roof of the net. This time there was no denying the Waves from a second win to start the season.
Dave and Kirk from the Whites reported that the team gave up two very soft goals early against Shellharbour City and never got back into stride, trailing 3-0 at halftime. They said the heads went down and it took a while for the team to lift at all, but they put in an improved second half effort. If any Whites player wants to do a more involved match report please leave as a comment or email it to me and I'll post it for you.
For those not away this week, we'll see you at training.
Cheers
Tony
The Maroons were 2-0 up in no time through Shaky and Fergus and should have been out of sight with TH10 wasting three clear cut chances with over-eager shooting. A defender also put the ball against his own crossbar and Ant slid another ball across the face of goal without anyone managing a touch.
The Gangrenes, a nemesis late last season when their 2-2 draw cost us any chance of playing in the finals, hit back with a stunning long range strike from their mouthy but creative No.7.
Just before the break TH10 took a through ball and slotted past the advancing keeper for a 3-1 lead. We were cruising and the jovial mood at half time reflected this but we were caught cold in the second term and the game changed completely.
Our passing became weak, we started to dither on the ball and struggled to get a foothold as the Uni side started to play better football.
Uni walked in a second goal as a succession of Waves failed to clear and then they got back on level terms when the No.7 was given space inside the box and drove a low shot past Pete.
With eight minutes left Ant had a break away down the right. TH10 stayed behind him then ran onto the inside pass and shot past the the keeper for 4-3.
The home side complained bitterly about the absence of an offside call (see post from a couple of weeks back), although the linesman got it spot on, and there was a sense the the ref might have agreed. Just two minutes later he gave a free kick to Uni and when they swung it into the box he immediately called a marshmallow penalty against Graeme P for holding the hand of an attacker.
The No. 7 scored to level the game at 4-4 with five to play.
We had couple of close chances, the Uni keeper tipping an Ant header wide and the defenders blocking a couple of goal bound shots. One of the blocks reulted in a corner, taken by JB and as it came back out to him he made himself a slight angle and smashed the ball into the roof of the net. This time there was no denying the Waves from a second win to start the season.
Dave and Kirk from the Whites reported that the team gave up two very soft goals early against Shellharbour City and never got back into stride, trailing 3-0 at halftime. They said the heads went down and it took a while for the team to lift at all, but they put in an improved second half effort. If any Whites player wants to do a more involved match report please leave as a comment or email it to me and I'll post it for you.
For those not away this week, we'll see you at training.
Cheers
Tony
Has Pete been hit? He looks in pain ......
ReplyDeleteGreat shot, so many questions come to mind such as, How brave is Dave C and how much surface area does JB need to cover?
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