Saturday saw the Ladies 2nd XI take on the IA A’s and whilst there were a lot of positives to take from the game the girls are still searching for that elusive first win of the season.
Straight from the first whistle the girls knew they were in for a tough game coming up against a team of young, fit and fast local girls. This was the first time this season that the girls had come up against this type of direct play and for the first half the Tornados struggled to contain the IA with the midfield gaps being constantly exposed by a couple of extremely handy IA players.
However, this is not to say that the first half was all one way. Tornados put together some nice moves with Reachelle combining nicely with Annalise to cause the IA defence a few headaches as well as some good strong running from the forwards. Once again the defence looked solid despite conceding a few goals in the first period – as always the SHF refs probably contributed to the score line but I think the IA deservedly went in ahead at the break. In all fairness the girls didn’t react to some of the decisions which was a credit to them – they left all of that to Mitch on the far touchline ;)
After a quick team talk from Joran (and after a quick whisper with the officials from Mrs B!) the Tornados came out for the second half and looked like a completely different team. The structure looked a lot more solid and the midfield started to stem the flow of the deep runners coming through from the IA. Lady of the Match Lizzie started to boss the game from the left hand side and linked extremely well with the rest of the midfield and forwards – she showed some slick little dribbles and some strong tackling as well which was great to see! Tornados were unlucky not to nick a couple of goals in the second half with Sara desperately unlucky not to get her name on the score sheet with one of her trademark on the knees sweeps. To add to this there were also a couple of goal mouth scrambles and on another day it could have been a different story....I think it finished 5-0 in the end and most of that damage was done in the first half.
If the girls can increase their levels of composure in all departments and start the game at a higher tempo there is no reason why we can’t get a few wins on the board in the next few weeks!
Keep up the good work ladies.
Coach Kris.
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