Year 9 Football Vs Springfield

9 Goal Extra Time Thriller

By William Hadley

St George’s come back in extra time to beat Springfield in a 9 goal match.

The St George Year 9 football team were over the moon with their victory over Springfield at home on the 29^th November 2013. Throughout the 1^st half St George’s were a goal down but in the second half they played much better to make the final score 1-1. This being a Hampshire Cup match they played into extra time where both teams scored making it a final 2-2 going into penalties. Luckily for St George they won the penalties 5-4 so they could move into the next round of the Hampshire cup.

The starting eleven were James (c),Dan K ,Jonathan  ,Daniel P ,Harrison ,Warren ,Kieron K, Che, Naz, Glen and Marcel. The formation was 4,3,3. Subs were Quin, Jordan, Nial, Abdul and Kieran W.

The match got underway at 2.30pm. After 20 minutes Springfield were 0-1 up and had almost scored two more goals but St George they were saved on the line by Harrison and Jonathan. Later on Kieron K was subbed for Kieran W to conclude the first half and St George were 0-1 behind.

At half time Mr Steve Strange (spectator) said, “Tight game ,very physical ,they are a very good passing team so we need to step it up , be first to the ball ,then our team will be normal standard and then we will win the game.”

Before the second half started Che and Naz was subbed for Quin and Abdul. At 48 minutes Kieran W scored for St George to make it 1-1. Later on in the second half Warren was subbed for Jordan and Marcel was injured by a tackle but he recovered quickly. Soon after Marcel’s injury Dan P, Quin, Glen and Kieran W were subbed for Kieron K, Che, Nial and Naz. To conclude the match at 65 minutes Jordan was subbed for Warren. Five minutes later it was full time 1-1 going into extra time.

 

The first half of extra time had begun five minutes each way and minutes later St George shot but it was saved by the Springfield keeper. As the second half of extra time began Quin scored for St George making it 2-1 to the home team. But minutes later Springfield scored with the last kick of the match making it 2-2 going into penalties.

Jordan went up first and missed by an inch but Springfield scored making it 0-1. Then Abdul and Warren both scored and both of Springfield’s players missed making it now 2-1 to St George’s. It went 4-4 into sudden death. Naz was next, he scored and when the Springfield player then missed, St George had won the match and were closer to winning the Hampshire Cup.

When the match was over St George, wearing red and white, and Springfield, wearing white with black strips, shook hands to conclude the football match. The match was refereed by                   Mr A Maynard a PE teacher at St George’s.