Not quite a game of two halves, but close enough. Two goals leads are the most dangerous in sport and so it was today when we built a good lead but then suffered a couple of mistakes and misfortune and had to work much harder for the win than perhaps we should have.
We really played well in the first half and were absolutely worth our two goal lead and perhaps a couple more. Justine's recent strong play up-front was finally rewarded with a goal. Both the pass from Olivia and Justine's finish were top class - certainly one of the prettiest goals we've scored this year. We opened up the Lakehill defence on 5 or 6 more occasions, much of this coming from good build-up from the back and our strikers (Miranda & Justine ) doing an awesome job of holding the ball up and finding their team mates with passes. But our goal attempts didn't match the quality of our build-up play and too few of our shots troubled their keeper. Then after some sustained pressure Erin collected the ball about fifteen yards out and scored with a left-footer (really?) that fooled their keeper. Shortly after it should have been three after a cross from Olivia skipped past Miranda and Justine to find Robyn all alone in front of goal but, erm well we wont dwell on what happened next.
The second half saw Lakehill rejuvenated and they got a goal back quickly. This gave them a real kick and play was pretty even for the next five-ten minutes. We were still creating good chances but when shooting chances came our way we were too slow to take them. Defensively we were doing OK, but definitely lacked the confidence we had moving the ball as we did in the first half. Then Lakehill equalized with a goal that owed much to the slick surface of the field, squirming away from Justine. 2-2 and Lakehill were confident they could get the winner.
In response we raised our game again and our ball movement and decision making improved. As a result we put plenty of pressure on the Lakehill goal, but when Kathleen's fine shot from the left hit the crosswork (twice) it didnt look to be our day. However with a minute left Robyn scored a beauty after a quick short corner with Olivia. I'm sure Robyn will claim it was a shot and not a cross, but either way it was a great goal and a nice way to win a game we almost let get away from us.
Reminders we have fitness training Monday 5:30 (grass) and another game versus the boys on Wednesday 6:00 (turf).
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