Ladies 2s V Leek 3 Match Report

Ladies 2s V Leek 3

This week the Ladies 2 travelled the (very welcome!) short distance to Abbotsholme School to play Leek. Burton started off brightly - with Nat, Lexy and Bex bolstering numbers. Leek’s two goals came in the first half - one as a result of a short corner. The umpire said he had warned us 3 times of not being 5m in our 23, but having not heard any we were treated to a short corner to defend. It was a well-worked short resulting in a goal for Leek. I can’t remember which way round the goals were but the other was from open play. The second half Burton battled hard - after a team talk focussing on possession, using space and movement. We had two short corners of our own, but unfortunately couldn’t convert. A couple of other chances came our way - one with Lyanna 1-1 with the keeper, and another lovely cross by Lyanna that went past the back post. Our movement forward improved during the second half - Steph, Abi (who played well as her first time as an Inner), and forwards of Nat, Lyanna and Sophie gave us great chances. We defended well throughout the second half - Naoise, myself, Bex and Lexi with support from Tilly and Felicity put some great solid tackles in and lovely forward balls. We kept out their final short corner with 2mins to go, final score 2-0.

Potm - Lyanna - some great forward runs! Votes also for Felicity, Naoise, Lexy and Nat - reflects how hard everyone worked