Despite a confident start to the game, with Waverton showing some
confident passing football, following on from what they did in training
on Monday night, Ellesmere Port scored the first goal against the run of
play. The next ten minutes saw Ellesmere Port score another two goals
despite a lot of good passing football from Waverton. Then after 17
minutes Waverton got what they deserved, their first goal of the game
scored by Ashley ('Tosh')who, following a great run on goal, kept going
and
managed to knock it past the goalie and two defenders, 3-1 and game on!
The next ten minutes saw some of the best football of the season so far
by Waverton with two attacking moves involving great passing football
forcing two corners with attempts on the Ellesmere Port goal.
An unfortunate deflection in the Waverton box made it 4-1, again against
the run of play. Louise playing in goal made some good saves with Ashley
again testing their goalkeeper with a strong run and shot at the other
end. Ellesmere Port scored a fifth just before half time with a great
shot that flew high into the top right hand corner.
Half time Waverton 1 Ellesmere Port 5. Despite the score we saw some of
the best football played by the girls all season.
The second half saw more passing football by the Waverton girls with Mel
in goal making two great saves. An early attack by Waverton saw Louise
pick up the ball just outside the penalty area and go past two players
and get a low shot in to beat the goalie at the near post to narrow the
gap and make it 5 - 2. Despite all the possession and pressure by the
girls Ellesmere Port managed to score another two goals.The next fifteen
minutes saw Waverton keeping Ellesmere Port in their own half putting
them under intense pressure with yet more corners being won and a great
shot from Mel who had come out of goal for the last five minutes.
As Waverton continued to press the game Ellesmere Port scored another
two on the break to make it 9-2.
The final score was Waverton 2 Ellesmere Port 9. In terms of goals we
lost the game but in passing, possession and footballing terms it was a
victory for the girls!
So many positives came out of this game - confidence on the ball, great
passing, team work, never say die attitude, great tackling and even a
few fouls given against us!! Without doubt the best performance of the
season. The Ellesmere Port manager said aftr the game "for 15 minutes in
the second half you put so much pressure on us that we couldn't get out
of our half".
Well done to Louise McWilliams for getting the away coach's MOM award.
Robbie told the girls that he awarded them all MOM for this game - very
proud of all the girls today - well done!
Training on Monday night again, and then next Saturday we are away to
Ellesmere Port Rangers, and if we can play like we did today we could be
looking at our first win of the season. If the girls believe in
themselves there is no reason why they can't get the win that they now
deserve. Well done today girls, you all should be very proud of
yourselves.
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