Well done to all the boys for progressing through to the Quarter Finals of the County Cup. To get this far is a massive achievment and i'm very proud of the boys.
The game last Sunday started off really well with the Ref asking parents who wants to be linesman until someone corrected him and let him know that U9's dont have offsides. He found this particuly amusing and shared a joke with the players about how there all allowed to goal hang. Just what I want, the ref to be encouraging my players to-do a minute before kick-off.
We started off brightly and moved the ball around well from the kick-off. We created a few chances and ended scoring a goal from Okems shot which James headed in on the line. Half -time came and we found ourselves 1nil up and deservedly so.
The 2nd half was a stop, start game. With freekick after freekick being given against us. With all the stop starting we found it very hard to get our passing game going. On Hemel's 64 freekick of the game they finally beat Faraz with a cracking shot in the top corner. After this again the game didn't flow well and we found ourselves going into extra time again.
The 1st half of extra time was tight with the only effort going to Aaron 'Pretty Boy' Buckett who spanked the bar from a great Azzurri counter attack. In the 2nd half of extra time we started to get our passing going and looked to be in control. The 1st chance of the half came to Okem who blasted a left foot volley into the top corner. A minute later Okem struck again to put Azzurri 3-1 up and surely into the next round. The last couple of minutes were tense, and with 45 seconds left Hemel scored to make it 3-2. For what seemed like an hour Hemel tried and tried to get the equaliser and with a second to go a deflected cross looked like it was going in until Faraz pushed it round to post. The final whistle went and Azzurri U9's are in the Quarter Finals.
Next round match will be against away to Welwyn Pegasus on 20th Feb. We have no control over the kick-off time and this is more likely to be a morning one. Please make sure all players are available.
I look forward to seeing you all at training tonight
Many Thanks
Simon Williams
07515814032
ncfootball / Barnet Azzurri FC
The game last Sunday started off really well with the Ref asking parents who wants to be linesman until someone corrected him and let him know that U9's dont have offsides. He found this particuly amusing and shared a joke with the players about how there all allowed to goal hang. Just what I want, the ref to be encouraging my players to-do a minute before kick-off.
We started off brightly and moved the ball around well from the kick-off. We created a few chances and ended scoring a goal from Okems shot which James headed in on the line. Half -time came and we found ourselves 1nil up and deservedly so.
The 2nd half was a stop, start game. With freekick after freekick being given against us. With all the stop starting we found it very hard to get our passing game going. On Hemel's 64 freekick of the game they finally beat Faraz with a cracking shot in the top corner. After this again the game didn't flow well and we found ourselves going into extra time again.
The 1st half of extra time was tight with the only effort going to Aaron 'Pretty Boy' Buckett who spanked the bar from a great Azzurri counter attack. In the 2nd half of extra time we started to get our passing going and looked to be in control. The 1st chance of the half came to Okem who blasted a left foot volley into the top corner. A minute later Okem struck again to put Azzurri 3-1 up and surely into the next round. The last couple of minutes were tense, and with 45 seconds left Hemel scored to make it 3-2. For what seemed like an hour Hemel tried and tried to get the equaliser and with a second to go a deflected cross looked like it was going in until Faraz pushed it round to post. The final whistle went and Azzurri U9's are in the Quarter Finals.
Next round match will be against away to Welwyn Pegasus on 20th Feb. We have no control over the kick-off time and this is more likely to be a morning one. Please make sure all players are available.
I look forward to seeing you all at training tonight
Many Thanks
Simon Williams
07515814032
ncfootball / Barnet Azzurri FC
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