Match report NMJU9 Eagles v NMJU9 Hawks
12/03/23
A second New Mills derby in a week awaited us today at Glossopdale as the Hawks were our opponents on this cold sunny morning.
We have never managed to beat this Hawks team so we knew what a tough game awaited us. They are a strong, well drilled team and play some great football.
The game started quickly with the hawks putting the Eagles under pressure but everything they threw at the Eagles was dealt with by the superb Jacob and Nathan at the back, and anything that they missed was swept up by another excellent performance in goal by Zac.
Soon the Eagles put their passing and movement game together and were a constant threat to Harley in the Hawks goal.
Several chances were created but somehow they couldn’t get the breakthrough.
Archie a constant threat up front. Running the front line superbly. Several challenges went unpunished and the sight of a nasty gash on his ankle again showed how tough this team is.
An excellent first half from the Eagles that came with the added reward of being in front at the break.
End to end played at an extremely fast pace by both teams but the big question was could the Eagles keep it up.
There was no doubt that the Hawks could as Dan and Dave work hard with their team , but we had to match them.
The second half continued like the first but chances at both ends couldn’t be taken, until the referee awarded a penalty.
Sadly this seemed to have a negative effect on the Eagles and their play could not keep up with the relentless attack of the Hawks after that. The Eagles strong defensive play seemed to desert them and the link up play between defence and attack dropped.
The Hawks finished strongly and came out on top in this last Millers derby of the season.
Goal from Archie ⚽️
Player of the match this week was Jacob who played the defensive role superbly today. He even managed a Cruyff turn that came off at one point.😀
Special mentions to the whole team today who constantly ran, but just ran out of energy towards the end. Something which we can work on in training.
This group never give up and constantly try their best to turn things around.
Well done Eagles
Up the Eagles 🦅
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