Euxton Villa 1  BAC 3

 Last week saw the boys produce a hard fought win against a good  organised team, this week they faced the league leaders who had previously beaten them at home. On paper it was same team minus Nicky who was replaced by Adam,  but it wasn’t the same team out on the park. The game started as we expected with Bac putting us under a lot of pressure, and us not really being able to get going, the boys just didn’t seem up for it. Very few chances were created at both ends with both midfields not keeping possession or making any decent passing movements.

Totally  against the run of play, Liam picked up one of the numerous loose passes , just inside the BAC half , looked up and hit a fantastic shot which sailed over the keepers head and in,  1-0. BAC responded as you would expect , piling on the pressure and pushing forward. Half time came as a relief allowing Andy to try and get the team going, and to start talking to each other.

When BAC kicked off the second half, the boys mentally were still in the changing rooms, let BAC number 10 waltz through and slot the equaliser home, 1-1. This gave BAC the encouragement to move up a gear and increase the pressure, and sure enough they went ahead with a deflected own goal. The boys heads went down and apart from a few long range shots were not able to raise their game and try to snatch an equaliser. It was no surprise that they went further ahead with a header from a corner, 3-1 game over.

BAC are a good organised team, but we should have been able to make more of a game of it. It must have been the half term blues, afternoon kick-off, or late nights but whatever, the boys just didn’t seem up for it, and played well below their capabilities. All is not lost though, the boys know they can play better and there is still a long way to go in the season, next up are Tarleton, another good team , hopefully the boys will be well and truly up for it.

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