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AFAN LIDO
3-2 HAVERFORDWEST
By Peter Reynolds
When Carl Payne
scored our third in the fiftieth minute it was game over, or
it should have been but no-one told the visitors. They scored
twice in a
five minute spell and should have at least drawn the game while our
lads
went off the boil.
Our first meaningful attack resulted in a corner which went right
across the
face of the goal with no-one getting a touch and the ball was
cleared.
After 11 minutes the ref was injured and the senior assistant took
over, the
fact he was only 15 did worry us slightly but our fears were
unfounded as he
did extremely well in the circumstances. Neither side got on
top in the
early stages but we did get in a couple of shots that all flew over
the bar.
On 25 minutes we took the lead when from a free kick 25 yards out in
a
central position the keeper fumbled the shot however we failed to
score from
the tap in and the ball went wide right. The ball was played
in and we hit
the post before Shaun Morgan finally turned the ball in. Two
minutes later
Nathan Hodgson from inside the six yard box hit the crossbar from a
Corey
Thomas cross. Just after the half hour Rory McCreesh dallied
on the ball
and was caught in possession inside our area luckily the visiting
striker
had pushed the ball wide and couldn't score from that position.
On 36
minutes we went two up when Nathan Hodgson headed in following a
right wing
thrown in and a header on to him. 5 minutes before the
interval Antonio
Facciuto received a long cross but only succeeded in guiding his
first time
effort wide of the far post.
Corey Thomas had the first chance of the second half when a left
wing cross
was headed on to him but his header was straight at the keeper,
however in
the fiftieth minute we did increase our lead when an attack was only
half
cleared and Carl Payne picked up the ball just outside the area, he
shot
first time, the ball taking a deflection and wrong footing the
keeper.
Instead of this being the signal to dominate the game and improve
our goal
difference we seemed to switch off and allow Haverfordwest
time and space to
attack us.
They made it 3-1 in the sixty fifth minute when the
defence
stood and watched a long ball over the top, no-one chased back and
the
attacker had time to beat Rory in goal. 5 minutes later
another ball over
the top and another goal 3-2, it was game on but we didn't respond
to this.
On 76 minutes another ball over the top caught us out again but this
time
Rory saved it, two minutes later we attacked wide left through Ceri
Cook but
his shot from outside the box clipped the top of the crossbar.
Dale
Lambrick was booked with 10 minutes to go when he contested a hand
ball
decision against him. Luke Borrelli then received the ball
wide right, made
ground and crossed to Ceri Cook, his effort on goal was blocked but
fell to
Corey Thomas, his shot produced a fine save from the keeper to keep
the
visitors in touch. Haverfordwest then won a corner right side which was
half cleared, Rory then saved a shot at the expense of another
corner
followed by yet another before we cleared to touch.
We weren't
able to
clear our lines and get the ball forward to a red jersey, this last
10
minutes was desperate defending. Haverfordwest
had a further corner which
Rory held under the crossbar before they twice should have at least
equalised in the 88th and 91st minutes when despite being well
placed they
failed to hit the target. Thankfully the referee blew his
whistle to give
us a thoroughly undeserved three points, hopefully we will play
better than
this next week at Llanelli.
Lido side Rory McCreesh Josh Cockings Matt Beynon
Luke Borrelli Dale
Lambrick Shaun Morgan Antonio Facciuto Carl Payne
Ceri Cook Nathan
Hodgson Corey Thomas
Subs 12 Sean O'Brien for Josh Cockings
89
14 Tony
Davies
15
Damon Thomas
16 Steve
Hughes for Carl Payne 56
17 Tom
Darlington
One booking Dale Lambrick
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