Another fine performance from the team!
How the weather can change in a week! No frequent water breaks due to the heat more like
hot tea and thermals.
Hellesdon very kindly hosted this match. Natalie, their manager has been very helpful to us. Due to a fixture change, the divisional secretary did want HPR to host it again but as our pitch at Thomas More (our official home ground) is still not marked up for U8s, Hellesdon came to our rescue. I am working on getting our pitch marked up. Trust me!
The first game featured the two away teams play: Surlingham and Hellesdon. Surlingham looked strong and were several inches taller than Hellesdon and a lot of our players. In fact, I recognised several boys from the beginning of last season when we played them and it was soon evident that they had been playing together for some time, had good positional sense and team spirit. Final score was 5-2 to Surlingham.
The management team briefed the players on our new code of conduct before the first game and it is nice to see the team listening better and taking things more seriously.
The first game was evenly matched and by the first half we had not made a break through. Ted did some excellent acrobatics in goal and without his efforts Surlingham would probably have been ahead. Second half, with the wind behind us and downhill allowed Aiden to muscle in on goal twice. Felix also broke through the defence as well. These 3 goals came in the last few minutes. Some fine defending from Evie and Max prevented a lot of the breakthroughs from Surlingham getting on the scoreline and the score would have been a lot closer without their presence.
Final score HPR 3 Surlingham 0
Hellesdon were up next and were wanting to get a win after their 2-1 defeat by us last time. Archie was in good form and soon got a strike on goal however after a little muddle in defence Hellesdon not only equalised but went 2-1 up by half-time. We were starting to clump together and moving out of position allowing their blond haired, skillful forward to break through several times.
No doubt, as the season progresses we'll keep better tabs on their star player!
Ted came to our rescue after the break with a shot on goal, rather than dribbling over the line. Well done Ted for listening to the coaches! Would this be the final score? No, a great pass from the wing (Aiden?) ended up as a fabulous 1 - 2 as Luke connected with the ball in the goal mouth. Great looking football!
Final score HPR 3 Hellesdon 2
Man of the match: Luke for starting to keep in position and proving that when you do goals go in!
A rather dejected Hellesdon left the pitch, surely waiting to get back on level terms soon!
Still unbeaten!
James
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