DEA Bedford Masters 2

Game two was against a much better team.

A lot of back and forth in the first half, although the ball spent more time in their end than ours. We got on the board first with our usual patented run to the right corner by Jim. He beat a few defenders then sent a cross to the middle where Steve Morgan headed it in. That's our first header goal in a long time. Unfortunately as a number of people commented, when your only up by one and playing at Sportsman, it just takes one bad bounce.

We dominated the second half as well, but a through ball to a guy hanging out behind the back line (yeah, he was offsides, but with one ref, youse gets what youse gets) gave them a break on the goal. Joe made a good commit on the guy and got a hand on the chip, but the right wing (offsides too if you're being technical, but who's counting?) was there to collect the loose ball and tie it up. We pushed hard for the 8 minutes left, but couldn't get the win.

In this division, any game in which we only let one goal in should be a win for us, and we've got the time of possession in their half, just have to work a bit more on converting that into actual points on the board.

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GM NOTE:   We were a bit more challenged by this team...  We need to concentrate on putting the ball in the net.   The best defense is a good offense.