PENALTY SAVED!

Haddington Ath Sky Blues 0 – 5 MYS Black Stripes (17Nov07)

Both teams had good starts to the match, with chances at either end. Thanks to some good defending however, the first period ended 0-0.

The Youngstars dominated the second period, helped by an early goal. From a short corner, Josh played a quick one-two with Sam, then crossed the ball into the box for Harvey to knock it into the net. Soon afterwards Josh played a great cross in from the right hand side to Calum at the back post, who calmly struck the ball past the Haddington keeper. Josh then set up the third goal with a pass to Harvey who squeezed the ball past the keeper’s near post. To round things off, Harvey scored with a fantastic solo effort. He won the ball wide on the right, then dribbled past three defenders before passing the ball into the bottom of the net.

Into the third period, and Dylan made a number of great wide runs and with good crosses into the box, but the Haddington defence managed to clear each time. However, on one occasion, Dylan passed the ball early into Jason’s feet just outside the box. Jason showed some great skill with a cheeky “step-over” that fooled the Haddington defender and bought him some space. He then looked up and blasted the ball low into the bottom corner for the team’s fifth goal of the match. With a minute of the third period remaining, Harvey played the ball out of defence but it fell to a Haddington striker who drove quickly into the Youngstars’ penalty area. Harvey did well to chase back, but his tackle was a bit late and he brought the striker down to the ground. The referee awarded a penalty, which gave Kyle the opportunity to show what he could do in goal. The striker hit the ball soundly enough, but Kyle made a great save diving to his right and then smothered the ball.

In the final quarter, Mark and Innes played really well together at the back and didn’t give anything away (both managing to make a number of great clearances). Sam also had a strong period with some good tackling and a number of great passes. In the end, however, no more goals were scored and the team picked up yet another victory.

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

Goal scorers: Harvey (3), Calum, and Jason