The Sharks were coming into this first game of 2020 off the back of a good hard fought victory. With the shuffling of leagues, it was all change for the second half of the season. Regardless of the opposition the Sharks were positive of getting an another victory. The news that Dylan was not able to play due to an injury was not ideal, but we would reshuffle things and try our best regardless. So we started the game as follows. Jack in goal (to start with at least) Elliott, Aidan, Giacomo, Liam, Jake, Freddie with Caleb, Josh and Harry starting from the bench.
The game started and the Sharks were a little off tune. I put this down to the change in positions and the Christmas break rather than the opposition forcing the Sharks into mistakes. The Sharks didn’t have good shape and the midfield were not tracking back as well as they should have, but with that said, the Sharks managed to have the first effort on goal. This came from an ambitious effort from Liam, collecting the ball well from Giacomo, taking a player on and having a shot when the chance presented itself to him.
After only 5 minutes the Sharks were behind, this was due to a good move from the opposition that isolated Elliott and took him out of the game. Elliott wasn’t able to recover and the opposition scored past Jack who tried his best to stop it but without much luck.
The Sharks now had to draw themselves level, and they set about the task brilliantly with efforts from Giacomo, Liam, Freddie and Elliott all testing the oppositions goal keeper, but unfortunately with no goal to show for it. As it looked like we were going to draw level the opposition managed to extend their lead again. The Sharks were out of position, and not holding the correct shape, letting the opposition have space they needed. But either way they still had to score which they did.
The Sharks now found themselves a couple of goals adrift and I felt that this was going to be one of those days that things were not going to go our way. This was only highlighted by a penalty appeal being waved away. I think VAR might have had something to say about that if that was in use. So the Sharks continued to ask more questions knowing that one goal before half time was going to make all the difference. But the goal went in the oppositions favor, with some bright play and a neat finish. The Sharks had a mountain to climb as the first half came to a close.
I must mention Harry now. He had to came on very early into the first half and play a position that is normally played very well by Jack. Harry managed brilliantly, putting in every ounce of effort that he had; running, tackling back, not giving up when he lost the ball and making life hard for the opposition, preventing them from scoring as best he could Of that alone he should be super proud of himself.
Liam took over in goal and Jack come out onto pitch. The half time chat was brief but simply, ‘Do not concede another goal!’, and try and claw our way back into this game.
Just as the second half got underway, the Sharks conceded another goal, just to make our challenge even more interesting. So we had to score multiple goals to even think about drawing level let alone winning it.
Now the tale of the second half really got underway. With Jack and Elliott resuming their normal positions the Sharks finally started to look like an attacking threat, with Freddie playing some smart through balls that both Jake and Giacomo were running on to. Caleb, Harry, Jack and Elliott were all breaking up the play brilliantly, Josh was entering the field and making an impact, he is also doing more running and applying more pressure where he can.
The break though finally happened when Giacomo scored his first of the game with some bright play by Aidan who had returned to playing on the right hand side of midfield, collecting the ball holding o ff a player and passing the ball into space. The ball broke to Giacomo who drove towards goal before slotting home nicely.
The recovery was underway, and it appeared that the boys believed that to be the case too, we were now defending better and trying to pass the ball more. Elliott was making impressive runs which was causing real trouble for the opposition, and this was how our next goal came about. An impressive run and pass, leading to the ball falling at Freddie’s feet, and my little fox in the box didn’t let me down. He slid the ball into the back of the net to halve the oppositions lead. The opposition management sensed that the comeback was on, as they changed shape to try restrict the Sharks and prevent us from scoring again.
Within 3 minutes of the Sharks halving the lead they managed to claw another goal back, this was scored by Giacomo again, bursting through the middle and holding off a challenge before finishing well. This goal gave the Sharks a massive lift and belief that we could win this game, it was now becoming a race against time as we were entering the final 10 minutes.
The Sharks had a massive effort denied by a good save from the keeper, the cross bar and the roof of the net. Elliott struck his shot so true that everybody was surprised not to see the net ripple, I think it hit the goal keeper, the underside of the cross bar then the net before the opposition goal keeper clawed it back out… this was a shame as Elliott deserved that, but minutes later the Sharks had drawn level through another goal from Freddie, an amazing effort by all.
The ball was played into the box, then after a short scrabble landed in Freddie’s path who stabbed the ball into the back of the net. The lads were over joyed to be level, but they weren’t finished there. The opposition could not believe that the Sharks had managed to claw themselves back into this game. The Sharks went about trying to now win the game, an unbelievable thought at the start of the second half, and the come back was complete. Giacomo popped up with the winning strike, his third goal of the game and we had no more than a minute to hold on to this great result which the Sharks managed to do.
This has to go down as one of the best games the Sharks have had! We were dead and buried after the first half, but the boys pulled together and got the result they deserved for their effort and courage they had shown.
Once again thanks or the fantastic support from you parents, this team wouldn’t be anything without you guys.
So onto next week in high spirts. Well done Sharks.
The game started and the Sharks were a little off tune. I put this down to the change in positions and the Christmas break rather than the opposition forcing the Sharks into mistakes. The Sharks didn’t have good shape and the midfield were not tracking back as well as they should have, but with that said, the Sharks managed to have the first effort on goal. This came from an ambitious effort from Liam, collecting the ball well from Giacomo, taking a player on and having a shot when the chance presented itself to him.
After only 5 minutes the Sharks were behind, this was due to a good move from the opposition that isolated Elliott and took him out of the game. Elliott wasn’t able to recover and the opposition scored past Jack who tried his best to stop it but without much luck.
The Sharks now had to draw themselves level, and they set about the task brilliantly with efforts from Giacomo, Liam, Freddie and Elliott all testing the oppositions goal keeper, but unfortunately with no goal to show for it. As it looked like we were going to draw level the opposition managed to extend their lead again. The Sharks were out of position, and not holding the correct shape, letting the opposition have space they needed. But either way they still had to score which they did.
The Sharks now found themselves a couple of goals adrift and I felt that this was going to be one of those days that things were not going to go our way. This was only highlighted by a penalty appeal being waved away. I think VAR might have had something to say about that if that was in use. So the Sharks continued to ask more questions knowing that one goal before half time was going to make all the difference. But the goal went in the oppositions favor, with some bright play and a neat finish. The Sharks had a mountain to climb as the first half came to a close.
I must mention Harry now. He had to came on very early into the first half and play a position that is normally played very well by Jack. Harry managed brilliantly, putting in every ounce of effort that he had; running, tackling back, not giving up when he lost the ball and making life hard for the opposition, preventing them from scoring as best he could Of that alone he should be super proud of himself.
Liam took over in goal and Jack come out onto pitch. The half time chat was brief but simply, ‘Do not concede another goal!’, and try and claw our way back into this game.
Just as the second half got underway, the Sharks conceded another goal, just to make our challenge even more interesting. So we had to score multiple goals to even think about drawing level let alone winning it.
Now the tale of the second half really got underway. With Jack and Elliott resuming their normal positions the Sharks finally started to look like an attacking threat, with Freddie playing some smart through balls that both Jake and Giacomo were running on to. Caleb, Harry, Jack and Elliott were all breaking up the play brilliantly, Josh was entering the field and making an impact, he is also doing more running and applying more pressure where he can.
The break though finally happened when Giacomo scored his first of the game with some bright play by Aidan who had returned to playing on the right hand side of midfield, collecting the ball holding o ff a player and passing the ball into space. The ball broke to Giacomo who drove towards goal before slotting home nicely.
The recovery was underway, and it appeared that the boys believed that to be the case too, we were now defending better and trying to pass the ball more. Elliott was making impressive runs which was causing real trouble for the opposition, and this was how our next goal came about. An impressive run and pass, leading to the ball falling at Freddie’s feet, and my little fox in the box didn’t let me down. He slid the ball into the back of the net to halve the oppositions lead. The opposition management sensed that the comeback was on, as they changed shape to try restrict the Sharks and prevent us from scoring again.
Within 3 minutes of the Sharks halving the lead they managed to claw another goal back, this was scored by Giacomo again, bursting through the middle and holding off a challenge before finishing well. This goal gave the Sharks a massive lift and belief that we could win this game, it was now becoming a race against time as we were entering the final 10 minutes.
The Sharks had a massive effort denied by a good save from the keeper, the cross bar and the roof of the net. Elliott struck his shot so true that everybody was surprised not to see the net ripple, I think it hit the goal keeper, the underside of the cross bar then the net before the opposition goal keeper clawed it back out… this was a shame as Elliott deserved that, but minutes later the Sharks had drawn level through another goal from Freddie, an amazing effort by all.
The ball was played into the box, then after a short scrabble landed in Freddie’s path who stabbed the ball into the back of the net. The lads were over joyed to be level, but they weren’t finished there. The opposition could not believe that the Sharks had managed to claw themselves back into this game. The Sharks went about trying to now win the game, an unbelievable thought at the start of the second half, and the come back was complete. Giacomo popped up with the winning strike, his third goal of the game and we had no more than a minute to hold on to this great result which the Sharks managed to do.
This has to go down as one of the best games the Sharks have had! We were dead and buried after the first half, but the boys pulled together and got the result they deserved for their effort and courage they had shown.
Once again thanks or the fantastic support from you parents, this team wouldn’t be anything without you guys.
So onto next week in high spirts. Well done Sharks.
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