“Foxes keep the pressure on the leaders”

The Foxes were without their captain this week as she was on holiday.  Interestingly so was Tarik, hhhhmmmm interesting.

 

Anyway, we still put out a solid team to keep the pressure up and possibly steal top spot. 

 

Kalee started in the net.  She had some good saves and the throw outs were good.  The Magpies were very tight on the Foxes which made the throws difficult but with Celine dropping back there was always a player available.  The Magpies caught onto this so we needed to get a bit more space in the second half. 

 

Celine and Tre were solid in the back.  Celine stayed on their best player and so was often all over the pitch as she covered the player.  Tre was the last player and stayed on the task with good runs going up front as well.

 

Vicki and Jenny started up front together and had some great runs and made themselves available for the through ball.

 

There were a lot of shots at the goal but the keeper had some good saves.  Early on in the first half a penalty was given to the Foxes for the opposition going into their area.  No one was really all that aware that this had happened but Vicki took a great penalty and slotted it low into the bottom right corner to put us ahead.

 

The Magpies were able to get an equaliser in the first half so in the break we assessed what we could do to win the game.  As always, our passing was very good and we were getting some good positions and some good shots away so we decided to stay with the formation that we had.

 

Johno came to cheer us on and give us some moral support and some help in the break but he felt that we just needed to keep doing what we were doing and it would come.

 

The Magpies were surprisingly well organised and strong throughout the game.  They were quite tough on the boards but there was only really one or two that would shoot.

 

In the second half, the goalie duties were switched around.  The defence was kept as it was in the view to change the front players only.

 

Jenny and Kalee played well together up front and the passing and awareness of them was great.  Celine was pushing forward to try and help get the winning goal.  She made an excellent pass to Kalee who was able to control the ball and create a bit of space to finish with a good goal. 

 

With Tre holding really well in the back, and the Magpies falling back more, Celine came forward and gave the Foxes a great third goal to make sure that we took all three points.

 

Score: 3-1

Scorers: Celine 1, Kalee 1, Vicki 1