Girls U9's Lionesses - Stratford u9 girls

An unfortunate lose for the U9s girls today. The team have come on leaps and bounds by merging. Despite losing the girls kept fighting and smiling.

1st Half:
The girls started strong opening the scoring with a brilliant run through and well executed goal by Phoebe. With such a strong start the other side came back with an attack straight away, catching our girls off guard and scoring their first goal of the game. We kept battling and had some very positive forward play. We just couldn't stop the opposition from scoring, they played some tactical passes through our lines.

2nd half:
The girls regrouped and with a change of goalie the girls we excited to get back on. The opposition started strong but we held them off well. They unfortunately still managed to score past us. The girls played some excellent balls leading to a brilliant pass through their back line to Phoebe who went 1v1 and placed it past their keeper in a composed finish. Our defense did amazing tracking back and pushing up with our attackers. Stratford managed to break apart our defence to score. Our girls decided they wanted one back, they played some incredible football. Another ball earned high up the pitch by the midfield allowed a forward pass to Phoebe who managed to convert the chance. Ending the game on a hatrick!!!

Our parents players of the match were Scarlett who defended so well today and made some very positive balls forward assisting the attacks. The parents couldn't  just pick one and chose Amelia too who was goalie and midfielder today. She played so well protecting our goal and distributing play out from the back and when in midfield she chased every ball and tracked back while also being part of every attack. Well done both!

Our Coaches player of the match was Phoebe for her calmness when converting chances and her communication on the pitch. Well done!!!