As soon as I got home I looked up the word "frantic" in the dictionary and low and behold there was a picture of our game today! Watching that game was like watching a VCR movie on permanent fast forward (VCR = video cassette recorder, girls you can ask your parents what those looked like :-). Back and forth, 100 miles an hour, no time on the ball for anyone to dribble let alone think, and collisions everywhere!
Just as I expected you raised your game for the final and in doing so looked far more like a "team" today than you did at any other time in the tournament. What a difference from yesterday when we seemed to be playing in super slow-motion, looking very much like the turkey most of us would be eating later that evening. "Running in treacle" is what an old coach of mine would have said to describe our effort against Lakehill. Today's game you got to the ball first, were solid in the tackle and kept your shape much better.
Our first two goals came something against the run-of-play but were excellent examples of simple, direct-soccer. Both goals were breakaways that came after long clearances from our defenders caught the Richmond defenders by surprise.I won't often ask my teams to play this style of soccer, but on such a small field it's hard not to. Both Lucy and Jadyn finished their chances well, not easy to do on a bumpy field under pressure, but credit also to Robyn and Erin on their long kicks. We've been emphasizing getting distance and power in our kicks so it was nice tos ee some results today.
We also defended pretty well today with Kathleen leading by example from her sweeper position. Of course defences always look better playing in-font of good keepers, and both Camille and Jadyn made important contributions between the pipes to help steady the ship. Then came a couple of miscues leading up to their goal followed by some tense minutes as we dillied and dallied on the ball. But like much of the weekend, the result was obviously never in doubt as Claudia chased down another long clearance and blasted home the insurance goal (with an exclamation mark!).
Congratulations on your first tournament win ladies, lets hope there are more of them in your future!
Thanks again to Naomi, Jadyn and Mckenna for playing for us this weekend. Hopefully we see you again real soon.
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