Euxton Villa 6 Croston
Juniors 0
Euxton returned to something
like their best form in this match and continued the
strong start to the season. The match was played in cold
conditions but overall the pitch was in good shape despite
the weather. Myles was unfit to play and so we made a
couple of changes with Dominic coming into inside right
and Lee playing wide right.
We got off to a great start
when, following great work by Lee on the right, the ball
fell to Dominic at the edge of the box. He hit a crashing
shot which came off the underside of the crossbar and
Connor reacted first to shoot us into the lead.
On 8 minutes Matthew received
the ball just outside the box and hit a well placed
curling shot into the corner.
The rest of the half was in
the main played in Croston's half , though the defence had
to be alert to breakouts. At times we had them pinned back
but the final pass or run of the ball didn't work for us.
We had chances but the Croston team defended with spirit
and it was fairly even at times. In the centre of midfield
we were winning lots of tackles and Steven and Dominic
were dominant but from goal kicks they were playing "After
You Claude" when they should have been heading it and so
were making things hard for themselves.
Just before half time a foul
just outside the box gave Matthew the chance for a shot at
goal. He hit it well to the side of the wall and it came
to Steven who finished it well.
3 - 0 at half time and the
parents and management could relax after the last 2 weeks
tense affairs.
We started the second half
brightly but were pleased to Matty make a good save to
keep out a firm shot from Croston. He had not had a lot to
do but kept his concentration well. Then after 43 minutes
Josh got end of the a good move to finish from a tight
angle. By now we were totally dominant and 5 substitutions
were made. All of the boys who came on did well for us.
On 48 minutes Tom scored with
a hard shot from inside the box after Lewis challenged
well with a header. Then after some persistant work Lewis
scored the goal that his efforts deserved. There was time
for a fine move that resulted in a shot come cross (he
says cross) from Steven that Tom met well with a header to
direct it into the goal. Sadly it was judged offside as it
would have been the goal of the game.
A good win 6-0 with 6
different scorers and 5 substitutes all getting a good
run against a hard working side . A special mention to
Lee who worked very hard and showed us some strong
challenges (one on the Croston No 3 was fantastic) as well
as making sure that we kept the ball . Well Done Lee -
lets see more of that next week.
