Monday, 30 March 2009

Juggs V Pot Black (League Cup)


M.O.M. REEDO (The only photo I can find of him)
Juggs v Pot Black
Cup 29-03-09
Win 6-2

PB were drawn against Juggs from Div 2 who have won their league already this year and will be playing Div 1 football next year. So this was potentially going to be a hard game for PB and although the final score of 6-2 appeared comfortable, the game itself was never and Juggs deserve a lot of credit for the way they played and on that form should have no problems next year.

The game started with PB having to make changes again with Danny starting up front and Liam taking a central midfield role. Juggs started with 10 men but it was the home side that were showing a lot more commitment for the game and had the lion’s share of the opening exchanges. They could have taken a deserved lead on several occasions but for poor finishing and superb goal keeping by Reedo. One save in particular, where he stopped the original shot but got up to block the rebound was one from the top drawer.
PB were struggling to put 2 passes together and seemed intent on trying to hit a difficult pass or hit a long ball when simple 10 yrd pass would have better. Kieron had to be replaced after a1/2 hr with an injury allowing Rob to replace him. Just before half-time PB took the lead when a defender clearing the ball passed the ball straight to Rory allowing him a clear ran in to goal before passing to Birdy to put the ball into the net. The half-time whistle blew with PB somewhat fortunately winning 1-0.

The second started again with Juggs on the front foot and soon equalised when a forward got through onto goal onto goal only for Reedo to make a good save but the rebound fell kindly and the ball ended up in the PB net.
Birdy then got inured after a heavy tackle, which resulted in Lansy coming on and PB reshuffling again. Liam then showed his class with a fee-kick from 30yrds, which he took quickly and planted the ball into the top left corner of the net. Juggs soon equalised after another good save from Reedo resulting in the ball clearing to the edge of the box where a Juggs player hooked the ball over his head and into the top of the PB net.
The game was evenly balances now and with both sides looking for that 3rd goal and importantly it went to PB when after a goalmouth scramble, Danny blasted the ball into the roof of the net. PB’s fourth was not long coming when Liam took the ball round the keeper only for him to bring him down and a penalty being given. After a long delay which resulted in the keeper having to leave the game through injury, Reedo stepped up to take the penalty and duly planted the into the top left hand corner of the net.
The game was now all but over and further goals from Liam and Rory gave the final score of 6-2 for PB.
Although PB advance into the next round and the triple is still on, they will have to play a lot better to achieve this.
MOM
Reedo: excellent saves and showed a how a penalty should be taken
Next Week: Lake Lothing Normanston Park , pitch 1