WOMENS MATCH RESULTS
U14’s:
This was our biggest clash of the year as we faced top of the table, Adelaide Olympic. We had an early scare when Olympic jumped us at kick-off and almost scored inside 1 minute, but the girls steadied and took control of the match and we were in our forward half for the remainder of the half. The team’s top scorer and league’s 2nd striker, Liya Ratthanachan ran onto a pass from Leilah Kaneza and closed in on goal and megged the keeper to put us 1-0 up. We kept pushing for the remainder of the half, but just couldn’t get a clear shot on goal.
HT 1-0
The second half was a real arm wrestle. To Olympic’s credit, they jumped us early again and managed to get a thru ball to their striker who did not miss to tie the game up 1-1 with 30 minutes to go. Olympic stayed in control for a while, but our girls took back the initiative and we pressed hard for the winner for the remainder of the match. Olympic defended well and brought their wings in to fill up the middle of the pitch and while we tried to go wide and exploit that, we just weren’t able to get those clear cut chances.
Olympic received a free kick just outside the penalty box, 45 degree angle with 2 minutes to go, but our keeper, Maddi Machin made a fantastic diving save to push the ball wide. We cleared a corner 60 seconds later and the match was done. FT 1-1. A fair result between two exceptional teams that didn’t give in. We remain undefeated in our past 7 games and only 1 point off top spot.
Special shout out to Lisa David, who had an outstanding game at left back and was best on ground. Lisa stopped just about everything and made tons of critical interceptions and just could not be beat. The back four of Lisa David, Keira Bowes, Pendeza Mabilo and Nimiska Sirwal were simply awesome. Matiyah Ocampo, fought hard physically against girls twice her size all day up front. An absolute warrior! Every girl played with courage and determination and did the Playford jumper proud.
Patriot Girl Power!!!
- Chris Bowes, U14 coach
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JUNIOR RESULTS RECAP
vs FK Beograd
U12’s:
Outstanding performance by the u12s today, coming away with a 2-0 win against the 2nd place team, everyone was committed right from the start and it showed, we stayed calm under pressure ,knocked the ball around really well as a team and dominated large parts of the game, with 3wins in 4 weeks now it’s great to see the confidence growing along with the teams potential, really great win today.
U13’s:
Very important today for the lads to bring an answer to a couple of tough games.
We started strong and put our stamp on the game early, and finished a strong half 2up.
We tried to replicate the first, but Beograd came out hard and a good free kick and a corner allowed them to get the 2 back.
We held tight and focus and eventually founded the winner and finished 3-2 up and returned ourselves to second on the table.
U14’s:
Once again the boys come out firing from the first whistle.
They displayed confidence, taking possession and pushing the ball around superbly.
Our persistence in the first half bought us in at half time with a 3 - 0 leed.
Second half the boys came out and maintained their work rate and effort to put another one away to win the game 4 - 0.
Very happy with the effort of all involved, especially keeping a clean sheet.
U15’s:
Unfortunately from the first minute we weren’t switched on and we went down 1-0 before we could even sit down on the bench. We rallied late in the first half to finish the half off strong. We began the second half much better and managed to level the score. At that point all the momentum was with us and we were looking the more likely to score. Then an uncharacteristic error at the back saw Beograd retake the lead. Shortly after this a free kick from Beograd hit the post and they were quickest to pounce and tuck away the chance. Final score 1-3 loss. Looking forward to a big week on the training track to ensure we are ready to bounce back against para hills next week.
U16’s:
U/16’s played Beograd at home in a top of the table clash, we started poorly giving them the first goal, and persisted all day to make poor decisions and gift Beograd goals. We couldn’t handle their direct football and aggressive press, to go down 6-2 in a terrible display across the pitch. Big lessons for this group, hopefully we can learn from them.
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