U13 Orange - Cov Jag

Great game yesterday boys.

We spoke beforehand about the need to start with intensity,  as the winners would go top of the league.

We did that, but got caught out twice in the 1st 10 minutes to fall 2-0 down.

Fair play to everyone for staying positive, as we weren't out of the game.

We left big holes in the midfield,  and then also started to play the oppositions game of the player rather than the ball.

Some outstanding saves from Charlie kept the scores down, what a GK 💪

The last 5-10 minutes of the 1st half we started playing through the 3rds, and either through or over their midfield, to use our ATT'S pace against their back 3.

2-1 at halftime after Jake got 1 back for us after drawing the GK out, and we knew we were back in the game. 

Halftime chat was all about not getting drawn into playing the oppositions physical game, but to carry on playing those forward passes through or over the centre of their Mid block.

Absolutely devastating performance in the 2nd half, where everyone took onboard what we'd asked them to do at halftime and executed it perfectly. Cov Jag couldn't deal with the pace once we got near their DF 3rd.

2 or 3 of our goals went from our Df 3rd into the back of their net within 3 or 4 passes, with us using our wide players so well too.

2nd half was probably our best performance of the season so far,  especially considering they were T3 last season. 

Loads of candidates for MOTM , which we somehow narrowed down to 2.....Az for a fantastic performance capped off with a well deserved hatrick,  and George Rumble. We knew that Cov Jag had a fast ST & RW, but neither got many chances, George had the RW in his pocket all game.

Well done boys👏👏👏

⚽️⚽️⚽️Az

⚽️Jake 

⚽️SamF

⚽️🅰️Ezra

🅰️Toby

🅰️Aiden

🅰️Ruben

Players MOTM Aiden

Parents MOTM Az