28/09/2020
This weeks footage 🎬comes from our seasons second matchup against Noranda💪. No footage from last weeks scheduled match with a gimme 3 points when our rivals had to forfeit the fixture😢. Not so this week with Noranda sporting a healthy 15 man line up👏. Last time we met, our girls walked away with a dominant 9/2 win🥳🔥. However, with Noranda improving in all their second round games👊, including almost stealing a point from Bassendean in a recent 3/2 thriller😲, nothing was taken for granted. Plus, as with most of our past games with Noranda, 🤔plenty of spice was anticipated.
No Chelsea, Little Jess or Di for this one, however 🥳Gabs wanted to test her ankle with a few small runs after being absent for the past five weeks. She joined 💃Linda, Maddie, Kid Kinkaid, Lisa, The Roach, G, Big Red, Sal the Favourite, Renee, Big Jess (AKA Clydesdale Jess,) Briar, Cheyenne and Shelberry💃.
The game was just a few minutes underway when after a series of touches, losing then regaining possession, a deft left foot flick from G set Shelby on her way. 🔥Running direct toward goal with a touch or two, Shelby rewarded the play by neatly slotting it well out of reach of the keeper.💪
Noranda constructed a few forward half moves, however we were building play after play of deep forward surges😘, placing plenty of strain on Noranda’s defensive line🥵.
Cheyenne came extremely close 🤏if not for a nice reflex keeper save, but the excitement may of been too much for Sally who needed some respite from an ensuing asthma attack.🥴
Errors were being forced 👊and it was Cheyenne who came closest again, attempting to guide home a corner ball provided by her sibling👏. Briar then tried her luck, chipping too high, 👏but the next break through came with what I’m claiming as, a super sub.💪
Gabs took the field and as she pressured the well weighted G set piece, Gabs first touch resulted in the ball falling nicely to Shelbs, 🔥who had timed her run perfectly to tap home our second. Before anyone had time to take a breath, 😲within a minute of the restart, Super G made an interception💪, laid it off to Briar who spied the cue being given by our forwards👊. An exquisite through ball was pounced upon by Shelby 🔥who took one touch before powering home the shot on goal. Although the keeper closed the angle well, 🤔and maybe could have done better with the attempted parry, the firm strike rewarded Shelby a 12 minute hattrick, 💃a testament to some impressive team plays.🥳🥳🥳
When Red took a throw in a few minutes later, Jess’ flick to the running Gabs who improvised from a bad first touch, made amends quickly with a delicate pass through to free the unmarked Briar for a one on one with the keeper. 🔥After a small first touch, a quick back lift of her left foot was too quick for the advancing keeper.
The score had quickly blown out and 🤔Noranda had to make changes for damage control and halt the one sidedness. 👏👏Bolstering their defences allowed them to finally settle and immediately from the restart, Noranda began matching our girls with the amount of forward runs. 🤔It was just a matter of who would score next. And it would be Noranda who took the opportunity at the 25 minute mark 🔥with a back post tap home from and uncleared corner.👏
Briar came close as she struck the upright😲. Sally hinted 🙄her desire to return to the field. Big Jess had a decent crack 👏that sailed wide. Then Noranda hit the upright with a decent smack from distance👏. Shelby, who btw is desperate to prove to the coach she can score with both feet, 😬had a fair attempt with her left 🤏but was just slightly askew of the target. 4/1 at the break.💃💃💃
In the opening minutes of the second half, Roach set up Briar who was superbly denied at the front post😲. A short time later the roles were reversed with Roach being denied by the diving keeper😮. Jess had an attempt with the head👏, all the meanwhile our defensive line were holding firm 💪💪and keeping Noranda well contained.🥳
Shelby banshee screaming at an inquisitive magpie was a jovial release 😂😂amongst some hardness in plays, forcing her to swap sides of the ground. After she stopped using G as a protective shield that is.🤣🤣
Gabi almost scored a sweet cross goal strike😲, disappointingly watching it ricochet of the post. Another great opportunity presented as Cheyenne and Shelby broke the offside trap when G provided, however a 🤏slightly over hit left forced Shelbs wide and the chance went begging.😢
Cheyenne was denied a short while later, 👊and even though our final third runs and tally of shots on goal soared, 💃no joy was being received. 😒
Renee had a decent go with the head👏, Shelby hit a little too straight🤏, and with some of the hardness seen, both sides had their frustrations😩. Sally had seen enough 🙄and demanded to be put back on, and then watched on as Briar was brilliantly denied by the outstretched foot of the keeper 😩who was all but beaten. Never mind, 🤔because before the cheers for the awesome save had barely subsided, 🔥the resultant corner was volleyed home by Sal, 🤔......although Big Jess had also tried to claim it, sporting Sally’s sprig marks on her thigh.
And that was it. 👏👏A stronger defensive performance in the second period by Noranda and some genius in goal denied a larger return from what was an impressive team game by our girls.💃💃💃💃
Well done to all who participated and cheers to all the supporters present for the spectacle.👏👏
Futsal for Futskills
Paul Carter
Head Coach