BRILLIANT PASSING PERFORMANCE

MYS Black Stripes 5 – 2 Dunbar Utd White (3Nov07)

Dunbar started this match very strong, with constant pressure in the Youngstars’ penalty area for the first 6 or 7 minutes. However, Musselburgh broke free and started to play some excellent one-touch football (especially between Harvey, Jason and Lennon). Eventually, the ball broke to Harvey just outside the Dunbar box and he drilled the ball low into the corner past the keeper’s right hand side to start the scoring for the day. Shortly afterwards Harvey played a great one-two with Jason and then crossed the ball into the box for Lennon to tuck it under the keeper for goal number two. Then, Lennon and Josh worked a quick short corner and crossed into the box for Jason who played a one-two with Harvey before blasting the ball into the net for the third goal of the game.

Things were a lot closer in the second quarter of the game with Dunbar getting a goal back early on. A cross from the right was saved by Kyle’s feet, but it broke to a Dunbar forward who smashed it home. Dylan soon found some space on the left and charged down the wing, before cutting inside and blasting the ball into the roof of the net from an incredibly tight angle. Morgan played really well on the right hand side of defence with some great runs into the Dunbar half, keeping the Dunbar team pinned back. Calum also had a good game on the right hand side of midfield and his tireless running gave Dunbar many problems.

Dylan was involved in the team’s fifth goal with a great corner into the box. A Dunbar defender managed to get his foot to it, but it was deflected to Harvey who managed to score a carbon copy of his first goal. Dunbar managed to pull another goal back after some constant pressure, with a fantastic shot from outside the box. Josh and Innes worked well together in defence, and managed to keep Dunbar at bay for the rest of the quarter along with some help from Kyle who was called upon to make a few good saves.

The final quarter of the game had some great defending, especially from Mark who was outstanding. Sam showed great determination to win many tackles and set up attacking moves but the quarter ended without any goals, leaving the final score at 5-2 to the Youngstars.

Teamsheet: Kyle, Mark, Innes, Morgan, Josh, Harvey, Lennon, Dylan, Sam, Calum, Jason J.

Goal scorers: Harvey (2), Lennon, Jason, Dylan