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PORT TALBOT
3-1 AFAN LIDO
By Peter Reynolds
If we've played worse than this
this season then I'm glad I missed it.
Players seemed to think they only had to go on the field and the game was
won. Some players took delight in hitting 50 and 60 yard passes,
unfortunately most went to a blue jersey. Early on we fed Luke Borrelli
but
as the game wore on this option seemed to disappear. It could have been so
different, inside the first 10 minutes a Luke Borrelli cross was cut out but
the ball reached Carl Payne whose shot hit the keepers legs and bounced to
safety. Luke then shot from outside the box but his shot went wide, we
pushed forward and Port Talbot tried to catch us on the break. We could
easily have conceded a penalty on the half hour, Nathan Hodgson tackled a
forward from behind, he went down but the ref gave a goal kick. We went
down the other end and Joel Kabia hit the crossbar from eight yards. Port
Talbot attacked and their centre forward turned Darren Franks made ground
and hit the post with Rory McCreesh beaten. This gave the home side a lift
and they then won a corner, a poor clearance by Remi Whitelock forced Rory
to punch the ball clear under pressure.
5 minutes before the interval we
went behind, it led from a Lido free kick which was cleared up to their main
striker, he was one on one with Darren Franks who managed to knock the ball
out for a throw. The throw went into the box, one striker with at least
four defenders, the striker shot first time and found the back of the net.
If that was bad enough we went 2-0 down within 22 seconds of the second
half, Port Talbot kicked off and attacked, Nathan Hodgson missed his tackle
allowing the striker to shoot and beat Rory McCreesh for number two. From
the kick off we were awarded a free kick, the ball was played into the box
and Matthew Beynon in a pack of players headed home to at least give us a
chance. Another Lido free kick was punched clear by the keeper and they
broke quickly forcing a save from Rory McCreesh.
On 64 minutes we should
have been level, Luke Borrelli crossed from the right, it beat the keeper
and Damon Thomas with an open goal didn't make contact from six yards. It
was to prove a critical miss as we then lost the ball in the back to allow
another strike which made it 3-1 and unless things changed for the better it
was game over. With just over twenty minutes to go Port Talbot hit the
post
and we then had a goal disallowed when an Umberto Brassiello shot was
parried by the keeper and Joel Kabia following up netted but the linesman
gave offside. We forced several corners in the last few minutes but other
than an overhead Carl Payne shot which went straight to the keeper Port
Talbot dealt with them.
Lido side
Rory McCreesh Darren Franks Matt Beynon Nathan Hodgson
SteveHughes Corey Thomas Luke Borrelli Carl Payne Damon
Thomas Joel Kabia Remi Whitelock.
Subs
12 Tom Darlington for Nathan Hodgson 85
14 Shaun Morgan for Darren Franks 60
15 Umberto Brassiello for Steve Hughes 66
Booking Carl Payne 75
Goal Matt Beynon 47
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