New Mills Juniors FC U11 Girls Vs Hazel Grove Jets
Tough game for us today with a physically strong, attacking Hazel Grove side. Our first game in a new league with teams who are going to test us and make us up our game.
First ten minutes end to end game of pure battle and New Mills getting more and more frustrated.
With continual substitutions from the opposition the mini-Millers run of play was constantly interrupted and they became unsettled. Our defenders having to work hard today to just get the ball out of our box and some lovely pressure from Jay who was not fazed and gave 100% all game. You have listened and applied all our training to your games lately & it shows!
A shot on goal from Hazel Grove 10 minutes in unfortunately resulted in us giving away a penalty. Lily taking her first full game in net for us today stood her ground with concentration, but Hazel Grove squeezed it past her. Another great game for Lily getting the ball high up the pitch and to players feet, making some great saves – take all the positives from this game Lily you were super brave! We seemed to play a better second half but with lots of 3v1s we struggled to move the ball forward or get it out from our feet to find a pass. Plenty of goal mouth action in the second half, again we were unfortunate to have a ball come off the side of a foot for an own goal, Hazel Grove with some nice passing up front found them through space and into the net. Hazel Grove sealing our fate with a scrappy goal mouth goal giving us plenty to take into our next training session. A tough game, not one I’d like to watch again – onwards & upwards. I’d take a loss over a good team like Hazel Grove but what I never want to see is added pressure on the team or for them to go home upset and feel like we’re disappointed in them. What we must learn is that we’re going to get beaten, we use it to propel us forward, we play fair, support each other and every one of us give equal effort for the good of the team. These girls are giving as good as they get and play better when they’re happy, supported and having fun – that’s kids football ! Absolute girl of the match today was our defender Jay, applying pressure, going in for the tackles, well thought throw ins, motivated, effort & as ever, smiles – well deserved!
Caz
Manager
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