AFC Kesgrave B 7th February 2009

This alas was the end of the road for the B teams glorious cup run. Well beaten by a better team. The scoreline however did not reflect the bulk of the game. The final score was 8-0 which suggests a walkover but at half-time it was only 2-0 and we had missed several golden chances which on another day might have gone in.

We lined up- Harley in goal, Cammy in defence, Curtis, Keiran and Alex in midfield, Nat and Jake up front. Charlie W on the bench.

For half the game we gave Kesgrave a run for their money. Cammy was excellent in defence, Keiran battled well in the middle of the pitch and little Jake was a terrier up front. Curtis enjoyed his best performance since joining the team on the left and was matched by Alex on the right. We practised runs an dcrosses before the game and both wingers got a few in during the game. Nat got stuck in in his usual fashion and was unlucky not to get a few goals in the end. Charlie came on at half time and gave it his all.

Kesgrave however also played well and were just too strong. Harley had made a couple of saves but hesitated on his line when he could have stepped forward to pick up the ball. this allowed the striker to pass the ball across the front of the goal. Keiran did well to beat the other striker to the ball, unfortunately he scored the goal for him!!

We continue to battle well but in the second half seemed to run out of steam and lost 4 goals in quick succession which finished us off. In the end it was 8-0 but the lads can hold their heads up as they did everything except score.