Match report

Match report

Round 17        Bridgewater White vs Woodside u9

The week leading into this week’s game had us thinking we were going to get postponed as we had plenty of rain yet again. 

Well we were wrong game was on and the pitch was soggy. players were expecting to have to work pretty hard with such a heavy pitch under foot. 

For the first time in a while we had everyone fit and well and ready to play, so we actually had a sub on the bench rotating through.

The game began with the team and the crowd showing respect to the Queens passing with a minute silence. It was a memorable moment and a special way to begin our second to last game of the season. 

Warm up had a new feeling with Fight Song pumping us up ready for a tough game and we had a lot to find after our first real solid defeat last week. 

Every time we have played this team it has been hard and fast and could go either way at present scores are even for both teams having a win on the board against each other, bridge winning the first and Woodside winning the second.

Game began and we were looking like we were going to be dominant,  as we pushed forward and played an early attempt on goal, we missed as the bridge defence pushed us out wide, it wasn’t going to be easy after all, ball going back and forth up and down the pitch, everyone giving their all . Our centre forward seemed to be everywhere being forced to play harder than I had ever seen before. 

The whistle blew it was half time and scores were level at 0/0 defence from both sides seeming to be impenetrable. 

Second half started after a short break and only minor changes made to the team on the ground as we had one player coming off of sickness that he went in goals to save some energy as breathing looked to be a struggle. 

Game continued and the new goalie on bridges team looked amazing diving to save a goal and catching up high as well, it was looking as unlikely as every that either teams were going to score this game. 

Woodside kept fighting regardless of their failed attempts on goal from the bridge pressure provided by their defence. 

Time was running out and we were no longer waiting for players to get back to halfway  as we needed all the time we had to give us as many chances as we could to score . It was a goal kick from our end, we had posession, pass out wide, and then a pass up the line and a quick dribble past a couple of players and finally a cross goalie gets a finger to it but it is not enough and it hits the back of the net. 10 more seconds and game is over . 0/1 Woodside’s  way what a match right down to the wire.