Match report

Match report

Woodside U13 Blue hosted Hahndorf on a beautiful autumn’s morning. Both teams started confidently and the ball transitioned quickly between each respective midfield areas and a frantic pace.

The Warriors led some of the more dangerous forward thrusts and we eventually rewarded with Josh Constable’s 12 minute header from Rojo Nambia’s superb corner goal. This was the steadier that the Warriors required and what followed was a hard fought contest where Hahndorf refused to allow the Warriors to fully dominate. Troy Murray, Charlie Knipe, Luke Sommes and Sam Colla provided a solid defense which allowed the Warriors midfield to continue the supply to forwards which also included the dazzling pace of Jordan Virgara and the emerging new talent of Thomas Constable both caused plenty of headaches for the Hahndorf defenders. Again Constable bobbed up and secured his second goal which saw a small buffer of 2-0 going into halftime. The second half started intensely with the Warrior’s defense put under enormous pressure from the fast breaking Hahndorf strikers and they were rewarded with their first goal. Murray provided some great support and intercepted some crucial balls in dispute which negated many Hahndorf attacks before they became too dangerous. Elliot Klein’s usual high work rate was on show for their Rep’s coach Richard Gaultier who watched on from the sidelines, Klein ran hard and carved the ball from center midfield quickly answering the Hahndorf threats to taking the lead with his first goal of three for the half. Axel Vassos had his work cut out in goals and was unlucky to lose the ball to the sun with a magnificent long distance hit from the Hahndorf midfielder which smashed the back of the net signifying that this game was going to go down to the wire. With the score locked at 4-3, an accidental handball resulted in a penalty kick to Hahndorf. Goal keeper Vassos nervously prepared himself for the strike which resulted in a glorious last line saving dive to allow the Warriors to maintain the advantage. Klein rounded off his afternoon with another hattrick which saw the Warriors secure a 5-3 win over a very competitive Hahndorf.