Monday, 24 February 2020 - HYFA @ MacPherson (1)

From the schedule thread:

Feb 24, 2020 15:05:17 GMT 8 Rajiv said:

Selectors are Jeff and Keith. Line ups to follow.

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Line ups as posted by Keith on the WhatsApp group chat at 5.13 pm:

Whites: Keith Mark Sean Guolong Ray Anthony George

Reds: Jeff Ivo Alex Calvin Jessen Andrew Ben

$1 credit to each of Keith and Jeff as selectors.

Please post reports and comments on the game below.

Reds started nicely leading by two goals by some good interplay from the back with Alex and Ivo doing what ball-playing defenders do. They opened up the Whites by picking the right passes and keeping possession. Some form of a game pattern started to take emerged while the Whites continued to hussle. The Whites hard work paid off as they kept within distance and continued their own assault. Mistakes at the back and chances not taken by the Reds led to Whites taking the lead at 4-3, then the equalizer and then Reds pulled ahead at 6-5 with about 15 mins to go.

Reds then started to lose positional discipline; the lack of fitness and the eagerness to attack while already leading exposed the midfield and the flanks which allowed Whites to equalized and then put two more goals for the final score of 8-6. An unfortunate game where Reds could have held to possession and closed the game.

Btw, Andrew is a good forward and took his half chances well, calling this out for future references.

Ball Credit: Calvin.

It was a close game throughout and goals kept coming as both sides kept creating opportunities. After 40 minutes, score was tied at 4-all. In the last 5 minutes, White edged ahead and won the game 8-6.

Special mention to Ray for his contribution.. 4 goals and 1 assist.

Whites played well on the counter attack, capitalising on Reds all out attack tactics.

$1 credit to each of Jeff and Anthony for a first report for Reds and Whites respectively. Additional $1 credit to each of Keith and Jeff as captains. Additional $1 credit to Keith for a second report for Whites.